Tag: International Space Station
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This year, there’ll be empty spaces at the table for Thanksgiving on space station
NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, at right, takes a group selfie with Russia’s Sergey Prokopyev and Germany’s Alexander Gerst on the International Space Station. (NASA Photo) Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for big gatherings around the dinner table, but this year’s feast on the International Space Station will be served to only three people. And only…
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Japanese cargo capsule succeeds in re-entry tech demo
The HTV Small Re-entry Capsule is hoisted from the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan on Nov. 11. Credit: JAXA A miniature cargo return vehicle carried aboard a Japanese supply ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month in the first test of a new capsule to bring home experiment samples from the International…
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Space station receives second of back-to-back cargo deliveries
The Cygnus spacecraft, named the S.S. John Young, in the grip of the space station’s robotic arm Monday. Credit: NASA/Serena Auñón-Chancellor Wrapping up a two-day chase since launching from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a commercial Cygnus cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station Monday with more than 7,200 pounds of supplies and experiments, the second…
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Russian freighter arrives at International Space Station
The Progress MS-10 supply ship during Sunday’s rendezvous with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two days after launching from the steppe of Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter docked with the International Space Station Sunday. The Progress MS-10 spacecraft lifted off Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz-FG rocket…
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Antares rocket launches cargo run to International Space Station
An Antares rocket lifts off at 4:01 a.m. EST (0901 GMT) Saturday at pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo carrier climbed into orbit Saturday from Wallops Island, Virginia, in pursuit of the International Space Station with more than 7,200…
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Antares rocket launches Cygnus cargo ship, doubling up space station deliveries
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket rises from its launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) Two uncrewed cargo craft are now en route to the International Space Station, thanks to the launch of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spaceship atop an Antares rocket. Liftoff came right on time at 4:01…
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Antares launch timeline on the NG-10 mission
Credit: Orbital ATK Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Saturday to begin a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a complex owned by the state of Virginia at…
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Progress resupply craft lifts off from Kazakhstan, heads for space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) after launch. A Soyuz rocket lifts off Friday with the Progress MS-10 supply ship heading to the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian Progress freighter loaded with nearly three tons of supplies, water and fuel lifted off on top of a Soyuz rocket Friday from…
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Live coverage: Commercial Cygnus cargo craft arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 10th operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Wallops Clean Feed”] [tabbyending]
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Russians reboot space station computer
A picture taken from the International Space Station shows Japan’s robotic HTV-7 cargo ship being released from the station’s Canadian robotic arm. (ESA Photo / Alexander Gerst via Twitter) A balky computer system is working again on the International Space Station, thanks to a reboot, the Russian space agency reported today. “The system was tested…