Tag: International Space Station
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Commercial Cygnus space freighter leaves station after two months
CAPE CANAVERAL — Disconnected from the International Space Station berthing port and then cast free by the robotic arm, the commercial Cygnus cargo craft flew away today after successfully restarting U.S. resupply service to the outpost. The Orbital ATK maneuvering freighter was released from Canadarm2 at 7:26 a.m. EST (1226 GMT) some 250 miles above…
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Live coverage: Cygnus cargo freighter departs space station
Live coverage of the flight of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to 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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Russians carry out spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov prepare for Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly Two veteran cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station Wednesday, swapped out materials science space exposure samples, installed handrails needed for future spacewalks and tested an applicator and thin-film coatings that could prove useful reconditioning…
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Abort, retry, fail? Astronaut pokes fun at Windows XP during space training in Russia
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet undergoes training in a Soyuz spacecraft simulator in 2014 at Russia’s Star City cosmonaut training center. (Credit: ESA) Moscow, we have a problem: Russia’s cosmonaut training center in Star City might need to upgrade its Soyuz spacecraft simulators to Windows 10. Based on some snapshots tweeted by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet,…
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Cygnus sections arrive in Florida for next space station cargo launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — Elements of the next U.S. commercial cargo-delivery trip to the International Space Station are coming together at Kennedy Space Center for the planned March 10 liftoff. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship, comprised of a pressurized cargo module that will carry 7,700 pounds of provisions, equipment and science experiments and a service module…
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Spacewalk terminated due to spacesuit water leak
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Tim Peake is seen outside the International Space Station during Friday’s spacewalk. Flight controllers ordered two astronauts to terminate a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Friday after one of them reported a small amount of water leaking into his space helmet. While not nearly as dangerous…
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Not again! Astronaut’s leaky helmet forces early end to spacewalk at space station
NASA astronaut Tim Kopra works outside the International Space Station. Kopra and his British crewmate, Tim Peake, had to end their spacewalk early due to the presence of water in Kopra’s helmet. (Credit: NASA TV) Today’s spacewalk at the International Space Station was called off early when NASA astronaut Tim Kopra reported a small bubble of…
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NASA splits space station cargo deal three ways
Updated with quotes and details after NASA press conference. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo freighter, Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser, and SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship will carry equipment to and from the International Space Station under contracts announced Thursday. Credit: NASA/Sierra Nevada Corp. An unpiloted space plane developed by Sierra Nevada Corp. will join cargo carriers built…
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NASA splits space station cargo deal three ways
Updated with quotes and details after NASA press conference. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo freighter, Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser, and SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship will carry equipment to and from the International Space Station under contracts announced Thursday. Credit: NASA/Sierra Nevada Corp. An unpiloted space plane developed by Sierra Nevada Corp. will join cargo carriers built…
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Astronauts to repair station electrical circuit on Friday spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA Two space station astronauts are gearing up for a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Friday to replace a presumably shorted out solar array voltage regulator that knocked one of the lab’s eight power channels out of action late last year. They also plan to finish up ongoing work…