Tag: International Space Station
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Preview: Cygnus ship sending abundance of science to ISS
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, the Cygnus was tilted to the horizontal position for final stowage of cargo.Credit: NASA/Bill White CAPE CANAVERAL — Carrying more science research gear to the International Space Station than ever launched before by U.S. commercial logistics vehicles, the next Orbital ATK Cygnus freighter takes flight…
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Atlas 5 rocket aims for Tuesday morning launch of supplies to space station
The Atlas 5 will be rolled to the launch pad on Monday. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Air Force meteorologists on this Good Friday have released their initial forecast for Tuesday’s launch of a cargo ship to the International Space Station, predicting favorable conditions to fly the Atlas 5 booster on a commercial…
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Videos: Atlas 5 rocket stacked to launch Cygnus
This is video footage documenting stacking activities for the two-stage United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall, to boost the commercial Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station. Activities occurred at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility. Liftoff is scheduled for April 18 at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). Video…
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Science: Cygnus to make science-enabling delivery to the space station
The Orbital ATK and NASA logos for the OA-7 Cygnus mission. Credit: Orbital ATK and NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — Loaded with investigations into chemotherapy drugs with reduced side effects and radiation detectors for homeland security, a plant-growing chamber to promote future food harvesting in space and a technology demonstration for sample-return capsules, a commercial Cygnus…
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Amazon Web Services plays role in NASA’s first ultra-HD live video from space
The International Space Station’s commander, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, will chat with AWS Elemental’s CEO during the first space-to-Earth live stream to make use of ultra-high-definition video. (NASA Photo) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stars in the highest-resolution video ever broadcast live from the International Space Station, bur Amazon Web Services will play a supporting role.…
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Video: Expedition 50 landing
Remarkable video shot near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, shows the Soyuz capsule descending under parachute for an on-target landing. The touchdown safely capped the three-man Expedition 50 crew’s 173-day mission to the International Space Station. Post-egress scenes from the Soyuz landing zone show Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight…
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Soyuz makes pinpoint landing in Kazakhstan with crew of three
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan on Monday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Astronaut Shane Kimbrough and his two Russian crewmates — Soyuz MS-02 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko — undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Monday, landing on the steppe…
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Photos: Soyuz MS-02 spaceship lands in Kazakhstan
Carrying three space station crew members back home after 173 days in orbit, the Russian Soyuz MS-02 landing craft touched down in Kazakhstan on Monday after a parachute-assisted descent through clear skies. The 7-foot by 7-foot capsule landed at 1120 GMT (7:20 a.m. EDT; 5:20 p.m. local time in Kazakhstan) with Sergey Ryzhikov, Andrey Borisenko and…
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Video: NASA astronaut and two Russians return to Earth with ‘bull’s-eye touchdown’
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko landed back on Earth today after spending almost six months on the International Space Station. The three left the station overnight in a Russian Soyuz craft and made what NASA spokesman Rob Navias called a “bull’s-eye touchdown” on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 5:20 p.m.…
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Live coverage: Three-man crew closes out 173-day space mission
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