Tag: Expedition 59
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 17th space station resupply mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Saturday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 0648 GMT (2:48 a.m. EDT) Saturday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. It…
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Live coverage: SpaceX cargo ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 17th operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending]
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SpaceX resupply launch delayed by malfunction on space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) with NASA’s confirmation of the delay. A portion of a solar array wing on the International Space Station is visible in this image. Credit: NASA A SpaceX Dragon supply ship packed with nearly three tons of experiments, crew provisions and supplies will remain on the ground…
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Carbon-monitoring instrument poised for launch to International Space Station
An astronaut on the International Space Station captured this image of the Florida peninsula April 20. Credit: NASA A $110 million NASA science instrument twice targeted for cancellation by the Trump administration is set for launch Tuesday inside the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule for delivery to the International Space Station, where it…
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Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space Station
The Cygnus spacecraft, christened the S.S. Roger Chaffee, is in the firm grasp of the space station’s Canadian-built robotic arm Friday after arrival. Credit: David Saint-Jacques/CSA/NASA NASA flight engineer Anne McClain grappled Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship with the International Space Station’s robotic arm Friday, marking the automated cargo freighter’s arrival after an abbreviated day-and-a-half-long…
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Progress cargo freighter docks with space station after fast-track rendezvous
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1445 GMT (10:45 a.m. EDT) Thursday after a successful docking. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Progress MS-11 resupply ship. Credit: Energy A Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter launched Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on top of a Soyuz booster.…
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Astronauts say NASA up to challenge of near-term moon landings
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Nick Hague, Anne McClain and Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The three U.S. astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Monday they’re ready to sign up for a trip to the moon if NASA can meet the Trump administration’s newly stated goal of…
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Hague, Koch complete another spacewalk to connect new batteries
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Nick Hague outside the International Space Station during Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now With plans for the first all-female spacewalk derailed by suit sizing issues, astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague floated outside…
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First all-female spacewalk foiled by spacesuit sizing issue
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 27 with McClain’s comments. NASA astronauts Christina Koch (left) and Nick Hague (right) during a spacesuit fit check March 18 aboard the International Space Station. Anne McClain assisted the astronauts in the suit-up procedure. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Nick Hague will take the place of Anne McClain on a spacewalk Friday…
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Spacewalkers hook up new batteries outside International Space Station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Nick Hague (upper left) and Anne McClain work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Anne McClain and Nick Hague floated outside the International Space Station Friday to…