Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Soyuz ferry craft rides rails to launch pad
A three-stage Soyuz booster rocket, capped by a three-person crew transport capsule, rolled out to a launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, two days before blasting off with new residents headed for the International Space Station. The rocket emerged from its hangar just after sunrise Monday, traversed across the Kazakh steppe towed behind a train…
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Photos: Russian supply ship flies to space station
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…
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Russia launches cargo ship to station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russia’s Progress M-28M spacecraft blasted off at 0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: NASA TV Recovering from an April failure, Russia successfully launched a Progress cargo ship early Friday loaded with more than three tons of supplies and equipment needed to replenish stockpiles aboard the International Space…
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Soyuz rocket rolled out for critical ISS cargo launch
An eight-ton Russian Progress supply ship packed with nearly three tons of food, water and fuel for the International Space Station is ready for liftoff Friday on a vital mission to resume cargo deliveries to the outpost after back-to-back logistics flights fell short. The Progress M-28M cargo freighter is crammed with propellant to refuel…
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Proton crash deals another blow to Russian space sector
The Proton rocket lifted off at 0547 GMT (1:47 a.m. EDT; 11:47 a.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but ran into trouble about eight minutes later. Credit: ILS TV/Spaceflight Now Failure struck Russia’s troubled space program for the second time in three weeks Saturday, when a Proton rocket carrying a high-tech satellite…
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Proton rocket ready to loft Mexican telecom satellite
A Russian Proton rocket is ready for launch at 0547 GMT (1:47 a.m. EDT) Saturday. Credit: Khrunichev A Boeing-built communications satellite for the Mexican government is set for liftoff Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Proton rocket. The Mexsat 1 satellite is cocooned inside the nose fairing of the 191-foot-tall Proton…
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Live coverage: Proton launch runs into trouble
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the Mexsat 1 communications satellite aboard an International Launch Services Proton rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Antenna snag strikes Progress cargo freighter
The Progress M-27M cargo craft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz rocket at 0709 GMT (3:09 a.m. EDT). Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Russian ground controllers decided Tuesday to delay the docking of a Progress supply freighter to the International Space Station until Thursday after telemetry signals indicated two radar navigation antennas may…
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Photos: Fiery start to marathon space mission
A three-man crew donned pressure suits, strapped into a Russian Soyuz space capsule and rode a rocket into orbit Friday, starting a record-setting expedition on the International Space Station that — for two of the crew members — will last for 342 days. Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly — all space…
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One-year space expedition starts with 18-hour workday
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko will blast off Friday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Two veteran spacemen embarking on a marathon yearlong mission in orbit must first sprint through a busy workday Friday — suiting up for liftoff, climbing into their Soyuz spaceship, then flying to the International Space Station.…