Tag: International Space Station
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Space station trio gets warm reception after chilly touchdown in Kazakhstan
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is all smiles as she is carried from the Soyuz landing site to a medical tent shortly after touchdown. The Soyuz sits in the background of the picture. (Credit: Bill Ingalls / NASA) Just a week after a fresh trio of spacefliers moved into the International Space Station, three other crew members…
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Video: Change of command ceremony held aboard the International Space Station
Departing Expedition 49 Commander Anatoly Ivanishin hands over International Space Station command to NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough. Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to return to Earth on Saturday, Oct. 29. Kimbrough and his two Russian crewmates — Sergey…
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Station crew preps for Saturday return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi (left to right) are scheduled to return to Earth Saturday. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew rotation, a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are packing up for the trip back to Earth Saturday, leaving the International Space Station just eight…
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Video: Latest Cygnus resupply ship arrives at the space station
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo freighter loaded with over 5,000 pounds of crew provisions, equipment and science gear arrived at the International Space Station on Oct. 23. The mission is named for the late Alan “Dex” Poindexter, a Naval Aviator and two-time space shuttle astronaut who served as pilot and then commander in the waning years…
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Cygnus cargo craft snared by station’s robot arm
This view from a camera on the robot arm’s end effector shows the aft end of the Cygnus supply ship during the final stages Sunday’s rendezvous. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The International Space Station received more than 2.5 tons of fresh supplies and experiments Sunday with the arrival of a commercial Cygnus cargo vessel after…
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Photos: Antares rocket lights up eastern shore of Virginia
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returned to flight Oct. 17 with a successful evening launch from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a beacon visible for hundreds of miles along the U.S. East Coast as the 13-story rocket set course for a cargo delivery to the International Space Station. The liftoff from launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional…
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Photos: Space station crew rockets into orbit from Kazakhstan
The three newest residents of the International Space Station sped into orbit Wednesday aboard a Soyuz launcher after liftoff into an overcast sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-02 spaceship blasted off from pad 31 at Baikonur at 0805 GMT (4:05 a.m. EDT; 2:05 p.m. Baikonur time) Wednesday. The three-stage Soyuz booster…
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Soyuz spacecraft delivers three new residents to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft closes in on docking with the International Space Station on Friday, backdropped by the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An upgraded Soyuz ferry ship, the second in a new series featuring improved avionics, navigation and other systems, glided to a…
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Video: Soyuz capsule docks to the International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut successfully docks to the International Space Station after a two-day trek from Earth.
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U.S.-Russian trio moves into space station
A Russian Soyuz craft approaches the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) Three new crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today, just in time to help out with a big moving job. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and his Russian crewmates, Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, floated out of their Russian Soyuz capsule and…