Tag: Andreas Mogensen

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft descends to a landing in Kazakhstan at 8:51 p.m. EDT Friday (0051 GMT Saturday). Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Three space station crew members — two short timers completing a 10-day flight and a veteran cosmonaut who has logged a world record 879 days aloft…

  • Soyuz docks with space station, boosts crew to nine

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV A Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station early Friday, boosting the lab’s crew to nine for the next week and providing a ride home next March for two station crew…

  • Photos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of Kazakhstan

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    Three space fliers rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, setting off in pursuit of the International Space Station to swap out Soyuz lifeboats for the research lab’s one-year crew. The launch occurred at 0437 GMT (12:37 a.m. EDT; 10:37 a.m. Baikonur time). Veteran cosmonaut Sergey Volkov sat in the center couch…

  • Live coverage: Soyuz crew back on Earth

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    Mission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 44 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Soyuz booster in position for crew launch

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    A Russian Soyuz booster rolled out of a hangar at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome and rode a rail car to its launch pad Monday, setting up for Wednesday’s launch with a three-man crew hailing from Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan. The trio is setting off on a two-day voyage to the International Space Station on a…

  • Cosmonaut from Kazakhstan to fly on Soyuz in September

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    Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov will fly to the International Space Station in September. Credit: Kazcosmos Russia’s space agency says a Kazakh cosmonaut will fly to the International Space Station on 10-day mission in September, replacing British singer Sarah Brightman, who backed out of the mission in May. Aidyn Aimbetov, a 42-year-old fighter pilot turned cosmonaut,…