Tag: European Space Agency
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket rolls to launch with four Galileo satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket emerged from its vertical assembly building Monday and rolled along dual rail tracks for a 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) journey to its launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on the northern coastline of South America, moving into position for blastoff Wednesday with four Galileo navigation satellites. The midday rollout Monday was powered…
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Powerful new European solid-fueled rocket motor aces first test-firing
European engineers test-fired the world’s most powerful present-day single-segment solid rocket booster Monday in French Guiana, clearing a major development hurdle for the Vega-C and Ariane 6 launchers set for debuts in 2019 and 2020. Mounted on a test stand over a flame trench carved out of bedrock at the European-run spaceport in South America,…
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Webb’s launch delayed to 2021 at an extra cost of nearly $1 billion
Artist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Northrop Grumman An independent panel has informed NASA that the James Webb Space Telescope will not be ready for launch until March 2021, and Congress will have to reauthorize the long-delayed, over-budget mission after breaching an $8 billion cost cap, officials said Wednesday. Blunders made by…
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Soyuz delivers crew of three to International Space Station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Rassvet module for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three wrapped up a problem-free rendezvous Friday, docking at the International Space Station’s Earth-facing Rassvet port less…
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U.S.-Russian-German crew launched to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft took off from Kazakhstan at 1112:39 GMT (7:12:39 a.m. EDT; 5:12:39 p.m. local time) with a three-person crew on-board. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Three days after a trio of space station fliers returned to Earth, a Russian cosmonaut, a German flight engineer and a NASA…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station
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Video: Soyuz lifts off, beams down on-board camera views
Video credit: NASA TV A three-person crew heading for the International Space Station took off Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived in orbit around nine minutes later, beginning a two-day pursuit of the research outpost. A camera mounted outside the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft provided live views of the rocket’s ascent into…
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After previous crew’s return, new space station residents set for launch Wednesday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Russian Soyuz commander Sergey Prokopyev, and German flight engineer Alexander Gerst are set for launch Wednesday. Credit: NASA/GCTC With three space station fliers safely back on Earth after a pinpoint landing Sunday, three fresh crew members made final preparations for launch Wednesday from Kazakhstan…
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Soyuz rocket for next station crew transferred to launch pad in Kazakhstan
Video credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz booster set for liftoff this week with a Russian cosmonaut, a German flight engineer, and a former NASA flight surgeon heading for the International Space Station arrived at its launch pad in Kazakhstan Monday. The Soyuz rocket, emblazoned with a logo commemorating the 2018 FIFA World Cup, emerged from its…
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One station crew heads home, another preps for launch
Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (upper left), Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov (bottom), and NASA flight engineer Scott Tingle (right) are set to return to Earth Sunday aboard the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JAXA With three space station fliers heading home Sunday after a 168-day mission, three fresh crew members made final preparations for launch three days…