Tag: Expedition 46

  • 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…

  • 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…

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

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    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…