Tag: Italy
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Live coverage: Space station crew back on Earth
Live coverage of the Expedition 53 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Soyuz carries three station crew members back to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-05 descent module just before touchdown in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space station crew members hurtled back to Earth Thursday, completing a fiery plunge back through the atmosphere before settling to a frigid touchdown on the snowy…
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Space station crew returns Thursday, replacements launch Sunday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and Expedition 53 commander Randy Bresnik donned their Sokol spacesuits last week to rehearse undocking and landing procedures. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew rotation, a Russian cosmonaut, a NASA astronaut and an Italian flier plan to close out a…
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Arianespace procures first batch of upgraded Vega-C rockets, preps for last Ariane 5 order
This artist’s illustration shows the lineup of European rockets currently flying or scheduled to debut in the next few years. From left to right: Vega, Vega-C, Ariane 5 ECA, Ariane 62 and Ariane 64. Credit: ESA–David Ducros, Jacky Huart, 2016 Arianespace has split its third order of Vega rockets from Italy’s Avio between old and…
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Replays of new station crew’s liftoff and docking
The videos posted below include a replay of NASA TV’s coverage of the Soyuz liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and link-up with the station’s Rassvet module Friday, plus multi-angle views of the launch provided by Roscosmos. The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft lifted off at 1541:12 GMT (11:41:12 a.m. EDT; 9:41:12 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday…
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Soyuz rockets into space with three bound for station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from Kazakhstan Friday, boosting a three-man crew into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station. The workhorse Soyuz rocket thundered to life at 11:41 a.m. EDT (GMT-4; 9:41 p.m. local time) and streaked away from the…
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Live coverage: Veteran three-man crew docks with space station
Live coverage of the Expedition 52 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Soyuz crew set for Friday launch to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik pose for a picture after a crew news conference Thursday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Friday carrying three fresh crew members to the International Space Station will boost the lab’s crew…
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Launcher for next space station crew in position for liftoff Friday
A Russian Soyuz rocket made a railroad journey Wednesday to its launch pad in Kazakhstan, two days before blastoff with a crew of three spaceflight veterans from the United States, Italy and Russia heading for the International Space Station. The three-stage rocket departed an assembly building just after sunrise Wednesday on a special rail car…
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Images from European satellite reveal possible impact with space junk
The picture shows Sentinel 1A’s solar array before and after the impact of a millimeter-size particle on the second panel. The damaged area has a diameter of about 40 centimeters (16 inches), which is consistent on this structure with the impact of a fragment of less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) in size. Credit: ESA…