Tag: David Saint-Jacques
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Watch multi-angle replays of the Soyuz MS-11 launch
These video replays show the liftoff of the Soyuz rocket carrying Oleg Kononenko, David Saint-Jacques and Anne McClain away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station around six hours later. The three-stage rocket lifted off from historic Launch Pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at…
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Soyuz crew enjoys problem-free launch, docks with space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION EDITOR’S NOTE: The Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft docked with the space station’s Poisk module at 12:33 p.m. EST (1733 GMT), delivering three new crew members to the orbiting research complex. Credit: NASA TV A Soyuz FG rocket thundered to life and shot into orbit smoothly Monday carrying three crew members on a…
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Live coverage: Russia launches first crewed mission since Soyuz failure
Live coverage of the Expedition 57 mission on 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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Soyuz crew rocket arrives on the pad for first time since dramatic launch abort
Keeping up a tradition dating back to the dawn of the Space Age, a Russian Soyuz rocket emerged from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan before sunrise Saturday for rollout to Launch Pad No. 1 at the Central Asia space base, moving into position for liftoff Monday with a U.S.-Russian-Canadian crew heading for…
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NASA assigns astronauts to future space station missions
Astronauts Ricky Arnold (left) and Joe Acaba (right) aboard the space shuttle Discovery in March 2009. Credit: NASA NASA has announced that veteran astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold will launch on nearly six-month expeditions aboard the International Space Station starting in September and in March 2018, filling seats aboard Russian Soyuz spaceships recently acquired…
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First German commander among astronauts named for station flights
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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First German commander among astronauts named for station flights
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…