Tag: Oleg Skripochka

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Expedition 62 crew members Drew Morgan, Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir pose inside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Nearly seven months aboard the International Space Station may be an extreme case of social distancing and isolation, but astronaut Jessica Meir says she expects to feel more isolated…

  • Soyuz spaceship lands in Kazakhstan

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft touched down in Kazakhstan at 9:13 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0113 GMT Wednesday). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America’s most experienced astronaut, joined two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery return to…

  • Station fliers set for return to Earth after 172-day mission

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    File photo of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America’s most experienced astronaut, will join two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery descent to Earth Tuesday evening to close out a 172-day mission covering…

  • Live coverage: Soyuz capsule brings home station crew

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 48 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.  

  • Photos: Crew departs on half-year space station expedition

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    Check out a pictorial retrospective on Friday’s launch of three new space station crew members from Kazakhstan, riding an iconic Soyuz booster to orbit and arriving at the 250-mile-high research complex less than six hours later. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, kicking off his fourth voyage to the International Space Station, is set to take command…

  • Soyuz docks with space station with fresh crew

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Photo credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Friday, chased down the International Space Station and glided to a smooth automated docking, boosting the lab’s crew back to six. After trouble-free countdown, the Soyuz TMA-20M/46S booster’s…

  • Video: Soyuz crew blasts off en route to space station

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    A Soyuz rocket climbed away from a historic launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday with three new crew members heading for the International Space Station. Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, making his first trip into space, sat in the commander’s seat of the Soyuz TMA-20M spaceship for the launch at 2126:38 GMT (5:26:38…

  • Soyuz crew transport arrives at launch pad

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    A Russian Soyuz rocket has reached its last stop before liftoff Friday with two Russian cosmonauts and veteran NASA flight engineer Jeff Williams, who is slated to break the record for the most cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut. The kerosene-fueled rocket is set for launch at 2126 GMT (5:26 p.m. EDT)…