Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Live coverage: Proton rocket launches with two U.S.-built satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Eutelsat 5 West B television broadcasting satellite and the first Mission Extension Vehicle satellite servicing spacecraft. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”ILS…
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Satellite industry’s first robotic servicing mission ready for launch
The Proton rocket’s Breeze M upper stage, the MEV 1 satellite servicing spacecraft, and the Eutelsat 5 West B communications satellite (left to right) during launch processing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: International Launch Services A pioneering Northrop Grumman-built satellite designed to dock with an aging spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above Earth,…
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Soyuz ferries three crew members to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION With the arrival of three new crew members Wednesday, the International Space Station is temporarily home to people. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian commander, a NASA co-pilot and a United Arab Emirates guest cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, chased down the International…
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Live coverage: International crew launches from Kazakhstan
Live coverage of the Expedition 61 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Roscosmos Webcast”] [tabbyending]
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Soyuz rocket in position for launch of next station crew
The Russian Soyuz rocket that will carry a three-person crew to the International Space Station Wednesday has arrived on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Riding a specially-equipped railcar, a Soyuz-FG rocket rolled out of its assembly building, or MIK, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just after sunrise Monday. After a winding…
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ExoMars rover leaves British factory, heads for testing in France
The completed ExoMars rover, named “Rosalind Franklin,” is lifted in preparation for shipment from an Airbus facility in Stevenage, England. Credit: Max Alexander/Airbus The European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover left its Airbus factory in Britain on Wednesday, heading for a round of testing in France before integration with its carrier and descent modules on pace…
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Russians ready unpiloted Soyuz capsule for launch
An unpiloted Russian Soyuz spacecraft, with a humanoid robot in the commander’s seat instead of a cosmonaut, is scheduled for liftoff late Wednesday (U.S. time) from Kazakhstan on a test flight to verify the spaceship’s compatibility with the new-generation Soyuz-2.1a rocket set to begin launching crews to the International Space Station next year. Flying…
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Live coverage: Soyuz MS-14 docks at space station
Live coverage of the test flight of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Robot-carrying capsule launches on test flight to space station
The Russian Skybot F-850 robot, seen here inside the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft after launch, will undergo experiments at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Roscosmos With a robot rather than a cosmonaut in the commander’s seat, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan late Wednesday (U.S. time) en route to the International Space…
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ExoMars parachute failures could jeopardize 2020 launch date
The ExoMars parachute deployment sequence that will deliver a surface platform and rover to the surface of Mars. The graphic is not to scale, and the colors of the parachutes are for illustrative purposes only. Credit: ESA The European Space Agency has confirmed a parachute for the ExoMars rover mission set for launch next July…