Tag: Expedition 43

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    The International Space Station got a new shipment of supplies Friday, and astronauts living on the outpost shared their photos of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft during the rendezvous. Photo credit: NASA/Terry Virts Photo credit: NASA/Terry Virts Photo credit: NASA/Terry Virts Photo credit: NASA/Terry Virts Photo credit: NASA/Terry Virts Photo credit: NASA/Scott Kelly    …

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    SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule flies underneath the space station on final approach Friday. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts Packed with an array of experiments and provisions, including a custom-made Italian espresso maker, SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon cargo capsule reached the International Space Station on Friday after a precise laser-guided rendezvous more than 250 miles above Earth. The commercial…

  • SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13

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    File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo carrier prepared for launch on a previous mission. Credit: SpaceX The launch of SpaceX’s next resupply run to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for April 13, officials said Tuesday. The Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral was due for no earlier than…

  • Kelly settling in aboard space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The six-person Expedition 43 crew settles in after the arrival of Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Scott Kelly on Friday. The photo was posted on Twitter by Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts Astronaut Scott Kelly, settling in aboard the International Space Station for…

  • Photos: Fiery start to marathon space mission

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    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…

  • Space station crewmen head off on 342-day mission

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts A workhorse Soyuz booster thundered to life and climbed into a dark Kazakh sky Friday, carrying NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko on a four-orbit voyage to the International Space…

  • One-year space expedition starts with 18-hour workday

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    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.…

  • Live coverage: Crew blasts off on record-setting space mission

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    Mission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 43 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Kelly, Kornienko braced for marathon mission

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Veteran astronaut Scott Kelly, Soyuz commander Gennady Padalka and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are set to blast off to the International Space Station at 1942:57 GMT (3:42:57 p.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Shuttle veteran Scott Kelly first heard about NASA’s plans to send an astronaut to…

  • Soyuz primed to launch veteran space station crew

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    A Soyuz rocket is sitting on a historic launch pad in Kazakhstan after a railroad journey at sunrise Wednesday positioned the crew ferry craft for liftoff Friday with a three-man crew destined for the International Space Station, including two spaceflight veterans who will spend nearly one year in orbit. Riding a specially-made rail car, the…