Tag: International Space Station
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Watch a replay of the Soyuz launch and abort
Watch as Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague launch aboard a Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station but a Soyuz booster failure cut short their ascent into orbit. Video: NASA Television.
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Soyuz crew lands safely after emergency launch abort
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Soyuz rocket lifts off with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A normally reliable Soyuz FG rocket malfunctioned two minutes after liftoff from Kazakhstan Thursday, forcing a Russian cosmonaut and his NASA crewmate to execute an emergency abort and a steep-but-safe return to Earth a…
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Russian rocket malfunctions during launch to space station; crew makes safe landing
An American and a Russian spaceflier are in good shape after they were forced to abort their trip to the International Space Station due to a rocket anomaly, but today’s scary launch has cast a pall over orbital operations going forward. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin were due to begin a…
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Russians plan Thursday launch of two to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague pose outside their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft Oct. 6 during pre-flight testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov One week after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft departed the International Space Station and brought three crew members back to…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew safe after emergency landing
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Photos: Soyuz transferred to Baikonur launch pad
A Soyuz rocket poised to send two new crew members to the International Space Station rolled to its launch pad Tuesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz-FG rocket emerged from an assembly building at the Central Asia spaceport at sunrise Tuesday. Lying on its side, the three-stage launcher rode a specially-designed rail car…
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Soyuz brings three station fliers back to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Russian Soyuz ferry ship carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts undocked from the International Space Station early Thursday, flew a lap around the 20-year-old outpost for a photo survey and then plunged back…
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Boeing and SpaceX reschedule Starliner and Dragon space taxi flight tests for 2019
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner are being developed to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station for NASA. (SpaceX / Boeing Illustrations) NASA says we’ll have to wait until 2019 to see the first orbital tests of the space taxis that are being built by SpaceX and Boeing for trips to…
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U.S.-Russian trio returns to Earth from space station on Sputnik anniversary
At the end of its parachute, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft fires its landing pyrotechnic devices as it touches down, bringing a U.S.-Russian crew back to Earth from the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) What better way to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the start of the Space Age than to see the…
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Live coverage: Two Americans, one Russian back on Earth from space station
Live coverage of the Expedition 56 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.