Tag: Canadian Space Agency

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei worked on the space station’s robotic arm during a spacewalk Thursday. Credit: NASA Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station early Thursday and performed what amounted to hand transplant surgery on the lab’s Canadian-built robot arm, removing a crippled grapple…

  • Station astronauts prep for spacewalk to repair robotic arm

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    Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei are pictured inside their spacesuits during a recent rehearsal for Thursday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei plan to head outside the International Space Station Thursday on a spacewalk to replace one end of the lab’s Canadian-built robotic arm, a changeout that engineers say…

  • Photos: PSLV climbs away from Indian spaceport

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    Firing into orbit from a barrier island on India’s east coast, a 145-foot-tall (44-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off early Wednesday to deploy 20 satellites in a perch more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth. Propelled by a solid-fueled core stage and six strap-on solid rocket motors, the PSLV XL launched at 0356…

  • India’s PSLV blasts off with 20 satellites

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    Updated after launch. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 0356 GMT Wednesday (11:56 p.m. EDT Tuesday), or 9:26 a.m. local time in India. Credit: ISRO A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off early Wednesday with an assortment of payloads for the Indian government, domestic universities, and institutions and companies from Indonesia, Canada, Germany…

  • First German commander among astronauts named for station flights

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    German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulates astronaut Alexander Gerst on his selection as commander of the International Space Station’s Expedition 58 crew. Credit: ESA/Grothues International Space Station managers have named crew members to future expeditions to the research lab in 2017 and 2018, including the first German commander of a space mission and Canada’s third astronaut…

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    German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulates astronaut Alexander Gerst on his selection as commander of the International Space Station’s Expedition 58 crew. Credit: ESA/Grothues International Space Station managers have named crew members to future expeditions to the research lab in 2017 and 2018, including the first German commander of a space mission and Canada’s third astronaut…

  • More frontiers lie ahead as International Space Station makes its 100,000th orbit

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    The International Space Station has circled Earth more than 100,000 times. (NASA photo) The International Space Station registered its 100,000th orbit around the planet today, providing NASA with a news hook for looking at what humanity’s farthest-out outpost has done over the past 17 years. “During that time, over 1,922 research investigations have been performed,” NASA said in…

  • Canada backs ISS extension to 2024, gains two crew slots

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    The International Space Station’s Canadian-built robotic arm and Dextre robot. Credit: NASA The Canadian government announced Tuesday its intention to support the International Space Station through 2024, joining the United States and Russia as the major partners officially backing an extension of the global research project. The commitment will ensure Canadian astronauts have two flight…