Tag: Human Spaceflight

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft lifted off at 1103:09 GMT (6:03 a.m. EST; 5:03 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz spacecraft streaked into space and chased down the International Space Station Tuesday, but a problem with the ferry ship’s automated…

  • Soyuz, with crew of three, set for launch to station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Veteran Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake pose with their Sokol spacesuits during launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Four days after a Soyuz ferry craft brought three space station fliers down to a…

  • Photos: Crew transport rolled out at Baikonur

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    Tugged along a historic route leading to the launch pad where Yuri Gagarin took off 1961 to become the first person in space, a Soyuz rocket rolled out of its assembly hangar in Kazakhstan and stood up on its launch mount Sunday. The photos below show the rollout at dawn, two days before the Soyuz…

  • Soyuz TMA-19M launch-to-docking timeline

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Based upon an on-time launch at 1103:10 GMT (6:03:10 a.m. EST) Tuesday, this is the timeline for the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft through its countdown, liftoff and docking with the International Space Station. Eastern Standard Time is GMT-5. TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 2015 12:18:10 AM…05…45…00…Batteries installed in booster 12:48:10 AM…05…15…00…Crew…

  • Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan, bringing three station crewmen back to Earth

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kimiya Yui, Oleg Kononenko and Kjell Lindgren bid goodbye to their space station crewmates Friday before departing the complex and heading for landing. Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly Three space station fliers floated into their Soyuz ferry craft, undocked from the lab complex and plunged back to Earth Friday, making…

  • Live coverage: International crew lands in Kazakhstan

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 45 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Three space station fliers set for landing Friday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko and Japanese flight engineer Kimiya Yui are scheduled to return to Earth on Friday. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew exchange, three space station fliers return to Earth Friday morning, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan just four days…

  • SpaceX receives firm order for its first crew flight

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    Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX Fresh off a major design review, SpaceX’s human-rated Dragon spaceship has received the first of up to six firm mission orders from NASA under the company’s $2.6 billion commercial crew contract. The structure of the commercial crew deals with SpaceX and Boeing give each company at…

  • NASA marks 15 years of space station occupation

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The International Space Station, seen here through the window of space shuttle Endeavour in 2011, is the largest spacecraft ever to fly in space. Credit: NASA The International Space Station’s first three-man crew moved in on Nov. 2, 2000, 15 years ago Monday, the first of 45 expeditions…

  • NASA space station program manager stepping down

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Michael Suffredini, NASA’s outgoing ISS program manager, led the program since 2005. Credit: NASA Mike Suffredini, manager of NASA’s International Space Station program, is stepping down after 10 years overseeing the lab’s final assembly and transition to post-shuttle operations, the agency said Wednesday. Kirk Shireman, deputy director of…