Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Soyuz crew set for Friday launch to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik pose for a picture after a crew news conference Thursday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Friday carrying three fresh crew members to the International Space Station will boost the lab’s crew…
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Launcher for next space station crew in position for liftoff Friday
A Russian Soyuz rocket made a railroad journey Wednesday to its launch pad in Kazakhstan, two days before blastoff with a crew of three spaceflight veterans from the United States, Italy and Russia heading for the International Space Station. The three-stage rocket departed an assembly building just after sunrise Wednesday on a special rail car…
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Propulsive landings nixed from SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon capsules will not return astronauts to Earth for powered landings as originally envisioned, company boss Elon Musk said Wednesday, a design change that raises questions about the space transport firm’s plans to send commercial landers to the surface of Mars. Musk cited safety…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship ends month-long mission
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. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Progress cargo freighter docks with International Space Station
Credit: NASA TV A Russian Progress supply ship sailed to an automated docking Friday with the International Space Station two days after departing the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering approximately three tons of fuel, spare parts and water to the orbiting outpost and its three-person crew. Docking of the Progress MS-06 cargo craft to the…
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NASA unveils new class of 12 astronauts
The 2017 NASA astronaut candidates. Front row, from left: Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Raji Chari and Loral O’ Hara. Back row, from left: Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA has picked 12 engineers, scientists and pilots to begin basic training for…
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Video: Replay of Soyuz MS-03 crew landing in Kazakhstan
Watch a replay of the landing of Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet inside the Soyuz MS-03 crew capsule on the Kazakh stepped Friday, ending their six-and-a-half month expedition on the International Space Station. The duo departed the space station at 1047 GMT (6:47 a.m. EDT), braked out of orbit with a de-orbit burn and rode…
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Soyuz with two-man crew lands safely in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft descends to the landing site in Kazakhstan under parachute. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Leaving crewmate Peggy Whitson behind in orbit for an extended mission, a Russian cosmonaut and his French co-pilot undocked from the International Space Station early Friday and plunged back to Earth,…
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Live coverage: Two-man crew departs space station, returns home
Live coverage of the Expedition 51 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Astronauts replace failed computer in short spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jack Fischer waves to a camera during Tuesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now After a bit of a struggle with a balky bolt, space station commander Peggy Whitson replaced a failed external computer during a short, hurriedly planned spacewalk Tuesday while crewmate Jack Fischer installed a pair…