Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Russian space station crews to be smaller next year
A Soyuz crew ferry craft (left) and a Progress supply ship (right) are docked with the International Space Station in this view captured during a night pass over Europe. The Strait of Gibraltar is visible in the background. Credit: NASA Russia’s space agency has decided to cut the size of its crew complement on the…
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Out-of-control Chinese space lab expected to fall to Earth next year
An image of Tiangong 1 from an approaching Shenzhou spacecraft. Credit: CCTV China’s Tiangong 1 space lab, replaced by an upgraded human-rated research station launched last week, is heading for an uncontrolled re-entry back into Earth’s atmosphere in late 2017. The crash is not expected to cause any damage — only a small fraction of…
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Out-of-control Chinese space lab expected to fall to Earth next year
An image of Tiangong 1 from an approaching Shenzhou spacecraft. Credit: CCTV China’s Tiangong 1 space lab, replaced by an upgraded human-rated research station launched last week, is heading for an uncontrolled re-entry back into Earth’s atmosphere in late 2017. The crash is not expected to cause any damage — only a small fraction of…
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Russians delay next crew launch to station
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is prepared for encapsulation inside the Soyuz rocket’s nose fairing in this Sept. 15 photo. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov The next launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space station fliers has been delayed indefinitely after testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan revealed an unspecified technical problem, the Russian space agency…
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China’s Tiangong 2 space lab successfully blasts off
The Tiangong 2 space lab launched at 1404 GMT (10:04 a.m. EDT; 10:04 p.m. Beijing time) Thursday on top of the Long March 2F T2 rocket. Credit: Xinhua The next stepping stone in China’s human spaceflight program launched Thursday, delivering a destination and living quarters to orbit for two astronauts preparing for liftoff next month…
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China readies launch of space station pathfinder mission
The Long March 2F T2 rocket, topped with the Tiangong 2 space lab module, rolled out of its assembly building at Jiuquan on Sept. 8. Credit: Xinhua China is scheduled to launch a human-rated spacecraft the size of a bus Thursday, paving the way for a month-long visit by two astronauts in October and nudging…
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Soyuz spaceship lands in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft touched down in Kazakhstan at 9:13 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0113 GMT Wednesday). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America’s most experienced astronaut, joined two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery return to…
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Live coverage: Soyuz capsule brings home station crew
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Astronauts complete problem-free spacewalk
Spacewalkers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins are dwarfed by the International Space Station’s truss backbone during Thursday’s EVA. Credit: NASA TV Space station commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Kate Rubins completed a smooth 6-hour 48-minute spacewalk Thursday, retracting a spare cooling radiator, installing two high-definition TV cameras and inspecting a massive solar array rotation…
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Astronauts set for second spacewalk in two weeks
Space station commander Jeff Williams and astronaut Kate Rubins plan to carry out their second spacewalk in two weeks Thursday, venturing back outside to retract a cooling radiator, install a high-definition TV camera, replace a burned-out light and inspect struts attached to a large solar array rotary mechanism. If time is available, they also may…