Tag: Alexander Misurkin
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Russian actress, Japanese entrepreneur cleared for space station visits
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian actress Yulia Peresild participates in a press conference Thursday in Moscow. Credit: Roscosmos Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian…
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Soyuz spacecraft brings three station fliers home
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-06 spaceship descends through a morning sky over Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Bidding their crewmates farewell, a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts boarded their Soyuz ferry craft, undocked from the International Space Station and fell back to Earth Tuesday, landing safely on the snowy steppe…
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Live coverage: Three-man station crew lands in Kazakhstan
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Cosmonauts upgrade station high-gain antenna on record-breaking spacewalk
File photo of a Russian cosmonaut on a spacewalk. Credit: NASA Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov floated outside the International Space Station on Friday and installed an upgraded electronics box on a high-gain communications antenna at the aft end of the Zvezda service module. The spacewalking duo opened the hatch to the Russian…
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Soyuz docks with space station, adding three to lab’s crew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Lighting up the pre-dawn sky, a Soyuz rocket roared to life and streaked into orbit Tuesday carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, boosting the lab’s crew back to six and the U.S. complement to four NASA-sponsored astronauts. The…
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Live coverage: Soyuz sends Russian and two Americans to space station
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Soyuz rocket rolled out for next station crew launch
A Russian Soyuz booster arrived at its launch pad Sunday in Kazakhstan for two days of final countdown preparations ahead of liftoff with a Russian cosmonaut and two U.S. astronauts Tuesday on the way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz-FG launcher is set for liftoff at 2117:02 GMT (5:17:02 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, or 3:17…