Tag: Expedition 61
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Christina Koch having no problems re-adapting to Earth after record space flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch after landing in Kazakhstan on Feb. 6. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Astronaut Christina Koch, six days after returning from a record 11-month stay aboard the International Space Station, said Wednesday she’s re-adapting to gravity with no major problems, enjoying family life, an initial trip to the…
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Koch and crewmates back on Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped from the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — joined a Russian commander and an Italian flight engineer for a…
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Live coverage: Space station crew safely returns to Earth
Live coverage of the Expedition 61 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Spacewalkers complete another round of solar array battery replacements
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) Monday. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jessica Meir is seen near the end of Monday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now It took NASA more than 50 years to stage its first all-female spacewalk last October. It took three months before the second…
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Koch, Meir continue space station battery replacements on successful spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) after completion of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch, seen through the helmet camera of crewmate Jessica Meir on Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir floated back outside the International Space Station Wednesday for history’s second…
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Dragon cargo capsule brings home space station science experiments
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft flies away from the International Space Station Tuesday after release by the lab’s Canadian-built robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s 19th Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station ended Tuesday with the capsule’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles with nearly 3,600 pounds of cargo and…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo craft departs space station, returns to Earth
Live coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of experiment samples and cargo. SpaceX and NASA will not provide live video coverage of the splashdown. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page.…
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Koch marks record stay in space for female astronaut
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch works with an experiment on the International Space Station in this Dec. 22 photo. Credit: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch, launched to the International Space Station in March, marks her 289th day in space Saturday, breaking retired astronaut Peggy Whitson’s world record for the longest…
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Progress docking marks second cargo ship arrival at space station in two days
The Progress MS-13 spacecraft moves in for docking Monday at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An automated Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station Monday to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies, fuel, water and oxygen to the orbiting research complex. The Progress MS-13 spacecraft concluded a three-day pursuit of the…
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SpaceX resupply mission reaches International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship in the grasp of the International Space Station’s robotic arm Sunday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A commercial Dragon supply ship loaded with genetically-enhanced mice, a beer brewing experiment, a CubeSat developed by Mexican students and other scientific research payloads arrived at the International Space Station Sunday. The SpaceX-owned robotic cargo freighter…