Tag: Human Spaceflight

  • Live coverage: SpaceX supply ship returns to Earth

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    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. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Space station crew could be cut to five

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    Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen floating through the hatch way of the Russian segment aboard the International Space Station in July. Credit: NASA Russia may start sending just two of its cosmonauts to the International Space Station at a time, according to media reports and comments by a NASA manager, in a cost-cutting measure…

  • Spacewalkers attach docking adapter to space station for commercial vehicles

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The International Docking Adapter, delivered by a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is now firmly attached to the space station. Astronaut Jeff Williams is pictured below the docking port. Image: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now. Two spacewalkers attached a new docking port to the International Space Station Friday, clearing the way…

  • Long-awaited station spacewalk on tap Friday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Kate Rubins and space station commander Jeff Williams check out the spacesuits they will wear Friday. Credit: NASA Astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins plan to venture outside the lab complex Friday for a long-awaited spacewalk to attach a new docking mechanism, the first of two that…

  • NASA picks 6 companies to develop prototype space habitats

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of a Lockheed Martin-built habitation system with the Orion capsule. Credit: Lockheed Martin NASA has selected six companies to work on designs for deep space habitat modules that could be used by astronauts living and working near the moon as technology is developed for eventual flights…

  • Boeing nears fix for CST-100 Starliner design hitch

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    The pressure hull for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner structural test article sits inside a repurposed space shuttle hangar at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this July 25 photo. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Boeing says engineers are resolving concerns with the mass and aerodynamic shape of the company’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew carrier, and officials are…

  • NASA orders second SpaceX crew ferry ship

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of a SpaceX Crew Dragon on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX NASA has ordered a second commercial crew ferry ship from SpaceX, NASA announced Friday, as the agency continues its on-going push to develop U.S.-built spacecraft to carry astronauts to and from…

  • Dragon cargo craft reaches port at International Space Station

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    A Dragon spacecraft loaded with nearly 5,000 pounds of cargo arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday. Credit: NASA/Jeff Williams A commercial resupply freighter owned and operated by SpaceX wrapped up a two-day trip to the International Space Station on Wednesday, delivering a new docking port and two tons of other equipment to research…

  • Soyuz brings three to space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft approaches the Rassvet docking port for docking early Saturday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz spacecraft featuring a variety of avionics upgrades and other changes to improve reliability and performance docked with the International Space Station early Saturday after a two-day orbital chase,…

  • Photos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbit

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    A veteran Russian cosmonaut and two spaceflight rookies rocketed into orbit from a Kazakh launch base Wednesday on the first flight of a new-generation Soyuz capsule, kicking off a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The three-person crew, led by Russian commander Anatoly Ivanishin, left Earth on a nearly four-month expedition with a thundering…