Tag: International Space Station
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Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitch
The International Space Station’s robotic arm reaches out to grapple Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo ship in a video view with an overlay of computer data. (Credit: NASA TV) Orbital ATK’s Cygnus commercial cargo ship had a smooth link-up with the International Space Station today, delivering about 7,500 pounds of supplies, equipment, experiments and high-tech gizmos.…
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Traveling Cygnus pulls into port at International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used the robotic arm to snare a commercial cargo ship and bring it aboard this morning while traveling at five miles per second. The Orbital ATK Cygnus freighter, dubbed the S.S. Rick Husband, was captured at 6:51 a.m. EDT (1051 GMT) by Expedition 47 commander and…
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Atlas 5 forced to improvise during Tuesday’s climb to orbit
Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The Centaur upper stage launching the Cygnus space freighter Tuesday persevered through a velocity shortfall from the first stage of the Atlas 5 rocket, improvising with a longer firing to reach the correct orbit. The 16,500-pound payload was injected into a 147 by 144-statute-mile orbit at 51.6 degrees…
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Space station’s new 3-D printer will churn out sculptures inspired by the Internet – and a laugh
Majestic.com is working with Made In Space to have a 3-D visualization of global Internet connections turned into a plastic sculpture, using the 3-D printer that’s being sent to the International Space Station. The sculpture should look something like this. (Credit: Majestic) The first objects to be created in orbit using the upgraded 3-D printer that’s…
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2nd Cygnus ship in three months rockets to orbit aboard Atlas 5
CAPE CANAVERAL — An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched another Cygnus cargo freighter for Orbital ATK Tuesday night, fulfilling the booster’s role of reestablishing America’s resupply link to the International Space Station. If all goes well over the next three days, the Cygnus will intercept the station on Saturday to deliver 7,485 pounds of food,…
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Cygnus cargo craft heads for space station with 3-D printer and more cool gizmos
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off, sending Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo capsule into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Credit: NASA) Orbital ATK’s commercial Cygnus cargo capsule was lofted into orbit tonight atop an Atlas 5 rocket, carrying an upgraded 3-D printer, a gecko-type gripper, a fire-starting experiment and tons of…
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Photos: Crew departs on half-year space station expedition
Check out a pictorial retrospective on Friday’s launch of three new space station crew members from Kazakhstan, riding an iconic Soyuz booster to orbit and arriving at the 250-mile-high research complex less than six hours later. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, kicking off his fourth voyage to the International Space Station, is set to take command…
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Soyuz docks with space station with fresh crew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Photo credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Friday, chased down the International Space Station and glided to a smooth automated docking, boosting the lab’s crew back to six. After trouble-free countdown, the Soyuz TMA-20M/46S booster’s…
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Preview: Cygnus to take flight Tuesday aboard Atlas 5 rocket
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A hundred days after the last U.S. commercial resupply of the International Space Station by a Cygnus cargo ship launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket, the booster and freighter duo will do it again Tuesday. It was just three months ago when a United Launch Alliance Atlas delivered Orbital ATK’s…
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Video: Soyuz crew blasts off en route to space station
A Soyuz rocket climbed away from a historic launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday with three new crew members heading for the International Space Station. Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, making his first trip into space, sat in the commander’s seat of the Soyuz TMA-20M spaceship for the launch at 2126:38 GMT (5:26:38…