Tag: International Space Station
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Video: Expedition 49 crew launches to the International Space Station
Watch the launch of Expedition 49, a three-man crew headed for the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Soyuz crew blasts off from Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off after the International Space Station. Running nearly a month late because or difficult work to repair a damaged cable in the Soyuz MS-02/48S command…
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Live coverage: Three-man crew docks with space station
Live coverage of the Expedition 49 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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Antares rocket back in action with successful launch of upgraded booster
The Antares rocket lifted off from Virginia’s Eastern Shore at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) Monday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A commercial Antares cargo booster powered by new kerosene-fueled rocket engines streaked into orbit from a launch pad on the Virginia coastline Monday, returning to service to resupply the International Space Station after a two-year grounding…
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Video: Antares post-launch news conference
This is the post-launch news briefing from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility held after the successful return to flight by the Orbital ATK Antares rocket that delivered the Cygnus cargo ship into space.
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Repaired Soyuz prepped to launch three to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko pose for a picture in their Sokol launch and entry spacesuits outside the Soyuz MS-02 spaceship. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Running nearly a month late because of work to repair a damaged cable, a Russian Soyuz…
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Antares launch visibility maps
Residents along the U.S. East Coast from South Carolina to Massachusetts could glimpse Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket climbing into space Monday night on a cargo run to the International Space Station. The 13-story rocket is set for blastoff from Wallops Island, Virginia, at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT), and the weather forecast calls for ideal…
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Video: Antares rocket returns to flight with new engines
The Antares rocket, Orbital ATK’s medium-class booster now with modern RD-181 engines, launches at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia. Pad camera replay Close up view
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Cargo manifest for the OA-5 station resupply mission
A view inside the pressurized cargo module of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft after technicians loaded the final supplies heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Orbital ATK The sixth commercial cargo delivery by Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft, and the first using an Antares rocket since a launch failure in 2014, will carry more than 5,000…
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After two-year gap, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket puts Cygnus cargo ship in orbit
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket lifts off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Credit: NASA TV) Orbital ATK’s Antares two-stage rocket sent a robotic Cygnus cargo spaceship on its way to the International Space Station today, nearly two years after a launch pad failure forced an engine overhaul. The Antares rocket blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Fllight…