Tag: Expedition 62
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Photos: Space station crew back on Earth
A scaled-down team of technicians and medical personnel — wearing facial masks as a precaution against the global coronavirus pandemic — met a three-person space station crew on the steppes of Kazakhstan Friday after their landing aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. These photos show the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft’s descent under an orange and white main…
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Soyuz with crew of three lands safely in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Russian cosmonaut and his two NASA crewmates undocked from the International Space Station and landed in Kazakhstan early Friday, returning to an unfamiliar world in the grip of a pandemic that will force them to extend the social isolation they were hoping to end. “It’s a little…
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Live coverage: Station crew lands in Kazakhstan
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Station crew ready for return to Earth, and coronavirus
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Expedition 62 crew members Drew Morgan, Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir pose inside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Nearly seven months aboard the International Space Station may be an extreme case of social distancing and isolation, but astronaut Jessica Meir says she expects to feel more isolated…
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With successful splashdown, SpaceX retires first version of Dragon spacecraft
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule — flying on SpaceX’s CRS-20 mission — is seen berthed at the International Space Station in this photo taken March 24. Credit: NASA For the final time, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule was released from the International Space Station’s robotic arm Tuesday and splashed down hours later in Pacific Ocean southwest…
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Live coverage: Dragon supply ship departs space station
Live coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of experiment samples and cargo. SpaceX and NASA will not provide live video coverage of the splashdown. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page.…
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Pandemic prompts few changes to busy month on space station
The International Space Station’s robotic arm and Dextre, a two-handed robotic aide, extract the European Bartolomeo platform from the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft in this March 25 photo. Credit: NASA U.S. and Russian vehicles ferrying crews and cargo will continue traveling to and from the International Space Station this month, sustaining the orbiting…
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Astronauts capture SpaceX cargo capsule with robot arm for final time
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule is seen berthed to the International Space Station’s Harmony module Monday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now For the final time, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule approached the International Space Station Monday for capture with the research lab’s robotic arm, delivering more than 4,300 pounds of food, experiments and spare parts. Future Dragon…
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Cygnus freighter delivers new British-made antenna to International Space Station
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship was captured using the space station’s robotic arm at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT) Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter arrived at the International Space Station Tuesday two-and-a-half days after launching from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, delivering a new British-made high-speed communications antenna and…
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Soyuz ferries three crew members to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION With the arrival of three new crew members Wednesday, the International Space Station is temporarily home to people. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian commander, a NASA co-pilot and a United Arab Emirates guest cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, chased down the International…