Tag: Expedition 45

  • Photos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of Kazakhstan

    Three space fliers rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, setting off in pursuit of the International Space Station to swap out Soyuz lifeboats for the research lab’s one-year crew. The launch occurred at 0437 GMT (12:37 a.m. EDT; 10:37 a.m. Baikonur time). Veteran cosmonaut Sergey Volkov sat in the center couch…

  • Live coverage: Soyuz crew back on Earth

    Mission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 44 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Soyuz booster in position for crew launch

    A Russian Soyuz booster rolled out of a hangar at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome and rode a rail car to its launch pad Monday, setting up for Wednesday’s launch with a three-man crew hailing from Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan. The trio is setting off on a two-day voyage to the International Space Station on a…

  • Russia updates launch schedule for ISS crews, cargo

    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…

  • Space station crewmen head off on 342-day mission

    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…

  • Kelly, Kornienko braced for marathon mission

    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…

  • Kelly, Kornienko eager for launch on one-year mission

    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Scott Kelly (left) and Mikhail Kornienko will launch in March 2015 on a one-year mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are gearing up for launch March 27 to kick off a record one-year stay aboard…