Tag: Human Spaceflight
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U.S. cargo craft tests reboost capability at International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, left, and Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft, right, are seen attached to the International Space Station in June. Credit: NASA A commercial Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship berthed at the International Space Station fired its main engine for 50 seconds Tuesday in a test of the spacecraft’s ability to reboost,…
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Relive the Progress MS-09 freighter’s expedited journey to space station
Russia’s Progress MS-09 cargo craft made a 3-hour, 40-minute trip from a launch pad in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station on Monday, setting a record for the quickest journey to the orbiting research laboratory. The achievement could set the stage for less-than-four-hour rendezvous profiles for future station crews riding on Soyuz capsules. Russian engineers…
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Progress freighter completes fastest-ever trip to International Space Station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0145 GMT (9:45 p.m. EDT) after docking. A Soyuz-2.1a booster lifted off at 2151:34 GMT (5:51:34 p.m. EDT) Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TV Roscosmos A Russian Progress resupply and refueling craft launched Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, riding a Soyuz booster into orbit on a…
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ISRO conducts abort test on prototype crew capsule
Video Playerhttp://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pat_test_video.mp4.mp400:0000:0001:39Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Video credit: ISRO India’s space agency tested a launch escape system Thursday that could be used on a future spaceship designed to carry astronauts into orbit. The abort rocket lifted a prototype crew capsule off a launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center, a launch…
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Station astronauts install new cameras on successful spacewalk
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev took this photo of astronaut Drew Feustel on Thursday’s spacewalk. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday and installed two new cameras on the front of the lab complex that will provide views of commercial crew ships during final approach and docking. The spacewalkers also replaced a…
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Soyuz delivers crew of three to International Space Station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Rassvet module for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three wrapped up a problem-free rendezvous Friday, docking at the International Space Station’s Earth-facing Rassvet port less…
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U.S.-Russian-German crew launched to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft took off from Kazakhstan at 1112:39 GMT (7:12:39 a.m. EDT; 5:12:39 p.m. local time) with a three-person crew on-board. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Three days after a trio of space station fliers returned to Earth, a Russian cosmonaut, a German flight engineer and a NASA…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station
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Video: Soyuz lifts off, beams down on-board camera views
Video credit: NASA TV A three-person crew heading for the International Space Station took off Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived in orbit around nine minutes later, beginning a two-day pursuit of the research outpost. A camera mounted outside the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft provided live views of the rocket’s ascent into…
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Video and photos: Soyuz crew capsule lands in Kazakhstan
The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft carrying U.S., Russian and Japanese space fliers returned to Earth on Sunday with a parachute-assisted, rocket-cushioned touchdown on the Kazakh steppe after 168 days in orbit. Suspended under an orange and white parachute, the landing craft descended under clear skies and touched down at 1239 GMT (8:39 a.m. EDT; 6:39 p.m.…