Tag: International Space Station
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Dragon capsule splashes down in Pacific with space station cargo
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule departed the space station early Sunday. This view of Dragon was captured by a camera on the station’s Canadian-built robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Returning home from more than a month in orbit, a SpaceX Dragon supply ship departed the International Space Station and parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on…
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SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashes down with a crew of mouse-tronauts
SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule backs away from the International Space Station after its release by the station’s robotic arm. (NASA TV) SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule was set loose from the International Space Station today and returned to Earth with more than 3,800 pounds of cargo and experiments, including a set of live mice that…
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Soyuz docks with space station, adding three to lab’s crew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Lighting up the pre-dawn sky, a Soyuz rocket roared to life and streaked into orbit Tuesday carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, boosting the lab’s crew back to six and the U.S. complement to four NASA-sponsored astronauts. The…
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Six hours after launch, U.S.-Russian crew hooks up with International Space Station
Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the International Space Station tonight for a five-month tour of duty after a quick six-hour trip on a Russian Soyuz craft. With Russia’s Alexander Misurkin as commander and NASA’s Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba as crewmates, the Soyuz was launched from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
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Live coverage: Soyuz sends Russian and two Americans to space station
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Soyuz rocket rolled out for next station crew launch
A Russian Soyuz booster arrived at its launch pad Sunday in Kazakhstan for two days of final countdown preparations ahead of liftoff with a Russian cosmonaut and two U.S. astronauts Tuesday on the way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz-FG launcher is set for liftoff at 2117:02 GMT (5:17:02 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, or 3:17…
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International Space Station lab’s mission patch goes all in on a Star Wars theme
The latest mission patch for research payloads intended for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory has a Star Wars theme. (CASIS / Lucasfilm Graphic) Factual and fictional worlds collide in the latest mission patch associated with the International Space Station’s role as a U.S. national laboratory. Virtually every element on the patch ties in…
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Soyuz brings Whitson home after record-setting mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft touches down in Kazakhstan just after sunrise Sunday with Fyodor Yurhickhin, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Wrapping up a record-setting flight, Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with nearly two years of time in orbit across three missions, returned to Earth…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew capsule departs station, lands in Kazakhstan
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NASA’s most experienced astronaut set for return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Peggy Whitson on-board the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with nearly two years in orbit over three missions, returns to Earth Saturday after an extended 288-day stay aboard the International Space Station, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan with Soyuz MS-04…