Tag: Maxim Suraev

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The three-man Soyuz crew is greeted by Russian recovery teams in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran cosmonaut, a German volcanologist and a Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut whose mastery of social media earned him — and NASA — a global following, undocked from the International Space Station…

  • Russian cosmonauts wrap up successful spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev inside his Orlan spacesuit before the start of Wednesday’s spacewalk. Photo credit: NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst Two cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station Wednesday, jettisoning three no-longer-needed components and carrying out a photo survey of the Russian segment of the lab complex in the…