Tag: International Space Station
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Russian cargo ship to try fast-track rendezvous with space station
A Russian Soyuz rocket and Progress resupply freighter are set for liftoff Monday on an accelerated, less-than-four-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station after last-minute launch scrubs prevented two similar fast-track approach attempts in recent months. The Progress MS-09 cargo craft will blast off on top of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket at 2151 GMT (5:51 p.m.…
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SpaceX’s science-laden Dragon cargo spaceship hooks up with space station
News Brief: Three days after its launch, SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule is now attached to the International Space Station. Astronauts used the station’s robotic arm to capture the spaceship at 3:54 a.m. PT today and pull it in for its berthing. Over the course of the next month, the crew will unload nearly three…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends AI robot pal and other experiments to space station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, sending an AI-enabled, sphere-shaped robot companion to keep the International Space Station’s crew company. The European CIMON robot, complete with a video-screen smiley face, is packed aboard an uncrewed Dragon capsule along with nearly three tons of additional experiments and…
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Space junk clean-up demonstrator deployed from space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT). The RemoveDebris satellite deployed from the International Space Station on June 20. Credit: NASA/NanoRacks/Ricky Arnold A small satellite assembled in Britain has been released from the International Space Station, commencing a standalone mission to test technology and techniques that could be used to capture and de-orbit…
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NASA’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, hangs up her space helmet
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is framed by one of the windows in the International Space Station’s Cupola during her 2016-2017 tour of duty. (NASA Photo) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space, is retiring after 22 years in the astronaut corps and three tours of duty on…
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Station astronauts install new cameras on successful spacewalk
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev took this photo of astronaut Drew Feustel on Thursday’s spacewalk. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday and installed two new cameras on the front of the lab complex that will provide views of commercial crew ships during final approach and docking. The spacewalkers also replaced a…
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Spacewalkers install HD video cameras to monitor future SpaceX and Boeing trips
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold looks out from the International Space Station’s Quest airlock at the beginning of a spacewalk. (Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos via Twitter) News Brief: NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold installed new high-definition video cameras on the exterior of the International Space Station today during a spacewalk that lasted nearly seven…
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Axiom Space offers space station vacations starting in 2020, for $55 million
An artist’s conception shows a space traveler floating in zero gravity. (Axiom Space Illustration) How much would you pay for a 10-day stay in low Earth orbit? Houston-based Axiom Space has set a $55 million price point for trips that it says could begin as early as 2020. If you want to fly that soon,…
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Soyuz delivers crew of three to International Space Station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Rassvet module for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three wrapped up a problem-free rendezvous Friday, docking at the International Space Station’s Earth-facing Rassvet port less…
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Space station veterans give Pope Francis his own flight suit (with cape)
Pope Francis now has the right kind of suit for experiencing heaven in this world. During a visit to the Vatican, crew members from the International Space Station’s Expedition 53 gave the pope his very own blue flight suit. There’s even a short white cape to go with it, embellished with embroidered wings. But in…