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Soyuz crew relocates spacecraft to new space station parking spot
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 GMT) after docking. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft is seen during a flyaround of the International Space Station on Friday. At left is a solar array of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo freighter. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into their Soyuz spacecraft…
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Progress freighter docks with space station to help discard Russian module
The Progress MS-16 supply ship approaches the International Space Station on Wednesday. Credit: Roscosmos A Progress supply ship completed a two-day trip to the International Space Station early Wednesday, successfully guided in by cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using a remote control console inside the station after an automated rendezvous system ran into trouble moments before docking.…
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Russia launches cargo ship heading for International Space Station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Progress MS-16 supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos Russia launched an unpiloted Progress cargo freighter Sunday from Kazakhstan, on course to deliver 2.7 tons of food, fuel, water, and supplies to the International Space Station before hauling away a no-longer-needed section of the outpost later this…
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Russian space station cargo freighter moved to launch pad in Kazakhstan
The Russian Progress MS-16 cargo freighter rolled out to its launch pad Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, its final stop before blastoff Sunday night with more than 5,000 pounds of fuel, food, and water for the International Space Station. Enclosed inside the payload shroud of its Soyuz-2.1a launcher, the Progress supply ship…