Tag: Scott Kelly

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Scott Kelly is pictured outside the International Space Station during an Oct. 28 spacewalk. Credit: NASA Space station commander Scott Kelly and flight engineer Kjell Lindgren are gearing up for their second spacewalk in nine days Friday, a planned six-and-a-half-hour excursion to reconfigure the ammonia cooling system…

  • Station astronauts complete tedious spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov took this photo of Scott Kelly exiting the space station’s Quest airlock at the start of Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: Sergey Volkov/Roscosmos Space station commander Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren carried out a tedious seven-hour 16-minute spacewalk Wednesday, installing cables needed for a new docking…

  • Station astronauts gearing up for spacewalk Wednesday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Scott Kelly tries on his spacesuit during preparations for Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA Expedition 45 commander Scott Kelly and flight engineer Kjell Lindgren are readying equipment and reviewing procedures for a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Wednesday outside the International Space Station. The major goals of the excursion are to…

  • Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia viewed from orbit

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    The VIIRS instrument on the joint NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP weather satellite in polar orbit captured this infrared view of the eye of Hurricane Patricia at 0920 GMT (5:20 a.m. EDT) Friday when the storm had maximum sustained winds of 200 mph. Credit: UW/CIMSS/William Straka III Astronauts on the International Space Station and a fleet of…

  • Station crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from space

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir’s book “The Martian,” adding they’re hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it’s released. Speaking with reporters during an orbital news conference,…

  • Kelly assumes command of space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Nine people are temporarily staying on the International Space Station this week. Credit: Sergey Volkov/Roscosmos In a brief ceremony Saturday, veteran cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka, the most experienced spaceman on or off the planet, turned over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who along…

  • Soyuz relocation clears way for launch of new station crew

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    The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft moved to a new docking port on the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Three space station crewmen strapped inside a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and relocated the landing capsule Friday, clearing a docking port for the arrival of a new crew next week. Under the command of veteran…

  • Kelly urges funding for commercial crew program

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is pictured inside the International Space Station’s Unity module in this photo from April 2015. Credit: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, 143 days into a planned 341-day stay aboard the International Space Station, urged lawmakers Monday to restore full funding to NASA’s commercial crew program…

  • Astronauts munch on space-grown lettuce

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Amid a Russian spacewalk to carry out routine maintenance and inspections outside the International Space Station, two NASA astronauts and a Japanese crewmate staged a culinary first in orbit — harvesting and eating a few leaves of leafy, space-grown red romaine lettuce. Astronaut Scott Kelly later tweeted the…

  • Photos: Russian supply ship flies to space station

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    Russia’s Progress M-28M supply ship blasted off from the steppes of Kazakhstan on Friday, launching on a two-day trip to the International Space Station with critical supplies, fuel and fresh food displayed by station astronaut Scott Kelly. Packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, including fresh water and oxygen, the resupply mission lifted off at…