Tag: Expedition 56

  • Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crew

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    Three veteran space fliers rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading to the International Space Station for a five-month stay. Soyuz commander Oleg Artemyev, flanked by NASA flight engineer Drew Feustel and astronaut Ricky Arnold, were aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spaceship for liftoff at 1744 GMT (1:44 p.m.…

  • Soyuz takes off with three bound for space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off and shot into orbit Wednesday, carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts, all veteran space fliers, on a two-day flight to the International Space Station. With Soyuz MS-08/54S commander Oleg Artemyev at the controls in the spacecraft’s center…

  • Soyuz crew set for Wednesday launch on station flight

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev and Ricky Arnold (left to right), all spaceflight veterans, are set for launch Wednesday on a five-month expedition to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Engineers readied a Russian Soyuz rocket for launch Wednesday to ferry a veteran cosmonaut and two NASA shuttle…

  • Photos: Soyuz booster rolls out for launch of space station crew

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    A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, two days before its scheduled departure with three passengers on the way to the International Space Station. The three-stage rocket emerged from its assembly building at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome before sunrise Monday, riding a rail car for the trip across…

  • Astronaut Jeanette Epps bumped from space station flight

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    NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps participates in a news conference Nov. 30 in Star City, Russia. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NASA said Thursday that rookie astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor will replace Jeanette Epps on an expedition set for launch to the International Space Station in June. The space agency did not disclose a reason for…

  • NASA assigns astronauts to future space station missions

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    Astronauts Ricky Arnold (left) and Joe Acaba (right) aboard the space shuttle Discovery in March 2009. Credit: NASA NASA has announced that veteran astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold will launch on nearly six-month expeditions aboard the International Space Station starting in September and in March 2018, filling seats aboard Russian Soyuz spaceships recently acquired…