Tag: International Space Station
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Live coverage: Station crew lands after 11 months in orbit
Live coverage of the Expedition 46 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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Kelly, Kornienko about to wrap up 340-day mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko pose for a photo on the International Space Station in January after 300 days in space. Credit: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are making final preparations for return to Earth Tuesday evening, closing out a record…
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Video: Change of command aboard International Space Station
With his year in orbit at an end, Expedition 46 commander Scott Kelly hands command of the International Space Station to Expedition 47 commander Tim Kopra.
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Video: Next International Space Station crew in Star City
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skriprochka and Alexey Ovchinin finish their training in Star City in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station on March 18.
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Video: Scott Kelly’s in-flight news conference before landing
As his year-long mission aboard the International Space Station draws to a close, Expedition 46 commander Scott Kelly of NASA gives a final in-flight news conference with U.S. media on Feb. 25. Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov are preparing for their return to Earth on March 1, U.S. time, aboard the Soyuz…
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly: I could spend another year in space, but I’m ready to come home
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly answers questions from the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting ready to come home after spending a longer stretch in orbit than any other American in history, but he says he could stay in space for double that time. “I could go another 100 days. I could go…
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Ape … in … space! Watch Scott Kelly’s primo prank on International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly floats through the International Space Station in a gorilla suit. (Credit: NASA) Leave it to Scott Kelly, NASA’s record-holder for longest continuous time spent in space, to go big and go home: While winding down nearly a year in orbit, he donned an ape suit to terrorize a crewmate on the…
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Record numbers apply to become a NASA astronaut
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space Station last year. Credit: NASA A record number of would-be space travelers have applied to join NASA’s corps of astronauts to fly aboard the International Space Station, the Orion crew capsule, or commercial spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX, the space agency announced Friday. NASA said more…
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U.S. resupply ship headed for space station to launch March 22
OA-6 patch. Credit: Orbital ATK CAPE CANAVERAL — Signs that a launch to the International Space Station is approaching are obvious this week at Cape Canaveral, with the Atlas 5 booster rocket beginning to take shape and the commercial resupply ship heading to its propellant depot. Assembly of the Atlas started this morning at the…
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Photos: Cygnus cargo ship’s departure from International Space Station
The Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus resupply vessel departed the International Space Station on Friday after 72 days spent at the outpost, delivering more than 7,000 pounds of cargo and taking away 3,000 pounds of trash. Credit: NASA astronaut Tim Kopra Credit: NASA astronaut Tim Kopra Credit: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly Credit: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly…