Tag: Expedition 56
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Crew of three safely lands in Kazakhstan after 197-day space mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst exits the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after landing Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Russian cosmonaut, a German flight engineer and a NASA astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth overnight Wednesday, landing on the snowy steppe of…
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Station crew set for overnight landing in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Expedition 57 commander Alexander Gerst, and Soyuz commander Sergey Prokopyev are set for landing in Kazakhstan Thursday. Credit: Roscosmos Eight days after a dramatic spacewalk to inspect the site of a leak in the hull of his Soyuz ferry ship, Russian commander Sergey Prokopyev,…
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Departing crew snaps spectacular photo survey of space station’s exterior
The International Space Station viewed Oct. 4 from the departing Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos A three-man crew that departed the International Space Station on Oct. 4 flew their Soyuz spaceship into position to take spectacular photos of the orbiting research complex as officials prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first element’s launch.…
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Soyuz brings three station fliers back to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Russian Soyuz ferry ship carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts undocked from the International Space Station early Thursday, flew a lap around the 20-year-old outpost for a photo survey and then plunged back…
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Live coverage: Two Americans, one Russian back on Earth from space station
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Soyuz set to depart station bringing crew of three back to Earth
Members of the Expedition 56 crew gather for a meal of “cosmic sushi” earlier this week. From left to right: Drew Feustel, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev, Oleg Artemyev, Ricky Arnold and Alexander Gerst. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos A cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts finished packing up their Soyuz ferry ship Wednesday and prepared to undock from…
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Japanese cargo ship reaches space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The HTV-7 supply ship in the grasp of the space station’s robotic arm Thursday. Credit: NASA TV A Japanese cargo ship loaded with more than 10,000 pounds of supplies and equipment, including a new set of solar array batteries, was captured by the International Space Station’s robot arm…
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Astronauts send home views of ‘nightmare’ Hurricane Florence
A crew member on the International Space Station took this image of Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean on the morning of Sept. 12. At that time, the storm packed maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Credit: NASA Astronauts have captured views of Hurricane Florence raging in the Atlantic Ocean and heading toward a likely…
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Station commander flatly denies any crew involvement in Soyuz leak
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, commander of the space station’s Expedition 56 crew, works with an experiment in this image from July. Credit: NASA The head of the Russian space agency caused a stir last week when he said a hole drilled through the side of a Soyuz ferry ship docked…
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Russians investigate cause of Soyuz leak, focus on human error
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA released this photo of the puncture in the Soyuz spacecraft’s orbital module, then removed the image from a video posted to YouTube. Credit: NASA via RT Ruling out a strike by space debris or a micrometeoroid, Russian engineers say a small now-plugged leak in a Soyuz crew…