Tag: Expedition 44

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    A three-stage Soyuz booster rocket, capped by a three-person crew transport capsule, rolled out to a launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, two days before blasting off with new residents headed for the International Space Station. The rocket emerged from its hangar just after sunrise Monday, traversed across the Kazakh steppe towed behind a train…

  • Photos: Russian supply ship flies to space station

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    Russia’s Progress M-28M supply ship blasted off from the steppes of Kazakhstan on Friday, launching on a two-day trip to the International Space Station with critical supplies, fuel and fresh food displayed by station astronaut Scott Kelly. Packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, including fresh water and oxygen, the resupply mission lifted off at…

  • Progress resupply mission arrives at ISS

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Progress M-28M spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress cargo ship glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station early Sunday, bringing more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment to the lab complex. The unpiloted…

  • Russia launches cargo ship to station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russia’s Progress M-28M spacecraft blasted off at 0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: NASA TV Recovering from an April failure, Russia successfully launched a Progress cargo ship early Friday loaded with more than three tons of supplies and equipment needed to replenish stockpiles aboard the International Space…

  • Soyuz rocket rolled out for critical ISS cargo launch

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      An eight-ton Russian Progress supply ship packed with nearly three tons of food, water and fuel for the International Space Station is ready for liftoff Friday on a vital mission to resume cargo deliveries to the outpost after back-to-back logistics flights fell short. The Progress M-28M cargo freighter is crammed with propellant to refuel…

  • Padalka breaks spaceflight endurance record

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    Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka waves to family and friends before launching to the International Space Station on March 27. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Veteran Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, more than three months into his fifth trip into orbit, has passed countryman Sergey Krikalev’s mark of 803 days of cumulative time in space. That is equivalent to…

  • Astronaut Scott Kelly looks down on aurora lights

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    A spectacular aurora is visible from the International Space Station in this scene captured by astronaut Scott Kelly. The space station’s Canadian-built robotic arm is visible in the foreground. Credit: NASA From a perch more than 250 miles up, astronaut Scott Kelly got a bird’s-eye view of this week’s spectacular auroral display that enraptured skywatchers…

  • Russia updates launch schedule for ISS crews, cargo

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    Updated at 11 p.m. EDT NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese flight engineer Kimiya Yui will launch to the International Space Station in late July. Credit: NASA/GCTC The next three-person crew will launch to the International Space Station sometime between July 23 and July 25 after a two-month delay triggered by…

  • Russia delays ISS crew rotation flights

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui participate in final training exams in Star City, Russia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Russia is delaying the return to Earth of three space station crew members by about a month in the wake of the failure…

  • 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…