Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Software patch fixes station robot arm; Monday spacewalk repair called off
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of an astronaut attached to the space station robot arm grapple fixture from a spacewalk in 2002. Image: NASA. A corrective software patch uplinked to the International Space Station has fixed a problem with a newly installed grapple fixture on one end of the…
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Newly installed space station robot arm grapple fixture not operating properly
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The grapple mechanism installed on one end of the space station’s robot arm during a spacewalk Tuesday is experiencing problems with one of two control channels. Rather that use the fixture without redundancy, it will be removed during a re-planned spacewalk Monday and the original fitting will be…
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Spacewalkers complete repairs to station robotic arm
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) after the end of EVA. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo from a spacewalk last year repairing the space station’s robotic arm. Credit: NASA Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station early Tuesday and replaced one of the grapple fixtures on the…
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Astronaut Jeanette Epps bumped from space station flight
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps participates in a news conference Nov. 30 in Star City, Russia. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center NASA said Thursday that rookie astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor will replace Jeanette Epps on an expedition set for launch to the International Space Station in June. The space agency did not disclose a reason for…
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Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Official portrait showing astronaut Bruce McCandless II, attired in the shuttle Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit with Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) attached and American flag in background. Credit: NASA Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor winner who joined NASA…
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Soyuz with three-man crew docks with space station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian commander, a NASA flight engineer and a Japanese physician-astronaut docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, capping a smooth two-day rendezvous to boost the lab’s crew back to six. With Soyuz MS-07 commander Anton Shkaplerov monitoring the final stages of an automated approach, the nose of the ferry…
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Soyuz blasts off on two-day flight to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky While a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship closed in on the International Space Station early Sunday, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off from frigid Kazakhstan, boosting a fresh three-man crew into orbit for a two-day flight to the lab complex. Under a clear but cold sky…
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Live coverage: Fresh crew docks at space station
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Live coverage: Space station crew back on Earth
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Soyuz carries three station crew members back to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-05 descent module just before touchdown in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space station crew members hurtled back to Earth Thursday, completing a fiery plunge back through the atmosphere before settling to a frigid touchdown on the snowy…