Tag: International Space Station

  • Soyuz ferry craft rides rails to launch pad

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    A three-stage Soyuz booster rocket, capped by a three-person crew transport capsule, rolled out to a launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, two days before blasting off with new residents headed for the International Space Station. The rocket emerged from its hangar just after sunrise Monday, traversed across the Kazakh steppe towed behind a train…

  • Support strut probable cause of Falcon 9 failure

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    Updated at 9 p.m. EDT with SpaceX statement A faulty support strut inside the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage liquid oxygen tank likely broke free during a June 28 space station resupply launch, destroying the booster minutes after liftoff in a cloud of debris over the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Monday. While…

  • Photographer catches space station transiting the moon

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    Australian photographer Dylan O’Donnell captured this view of the International Space Station transiting the moon June 30. Credit: Dylan O’Donnell It’s not an unprecedented sight, but catching the International Space Station transiting a celestial object like the sun or moon takes patience and precision. An Australian photographer was in the right place at the right…

  • Musk: Falcon 9 rocket failure a “huge blow” to SpaceX

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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke apart approximately 139 seconds after launch June 28. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Scriptunas Images Speaking publicly for the first time since a Falcon 9 rocket failure that destroyed a Dragon cargo capsule for the International Space Station, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Tuesday that engineers are still piecing together what happened…

  • Photos: Russian supply ship flies to space station

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    Russia’s Progress M-28M supply ship blasted off from the steppes of Kazakhstan on Friday, launching on a two-day trip to the International Space Station with critical supplies, fuel and fresh food displayed by station astronaut Scott Kelly. Packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, including fresh water and oxygen, the resupply mission lifted off at…

  • Progress resupply mission arrives at ISS

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Progress M-28M spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress cargo ship glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station early Sunday, bringing more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment to the lab complex. The unpiloted…

  • Russia launches cargo ship to station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russia’s Progress M-28M spacecraft blasted off at 0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT) Friday. Credit: NASA TV Recovering from an April failure, Russia successfully launched a Progress cargo ship early Friday loaded with more than three tons of supplies and equipment needed to replenish stockpiles aboard the International Space…

  • Soyuz rocket rolled out for critical ISS cargo launch

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      An eight-ton Russian Progress supply ship packed with nearly three tons of food, water and fuel for the International Space Station is ready for liftoff Friday on a vital mission to resume cargo deliveries to the outpost after back-to-back logistics flights fell short. The Progress M-28M cargo freighter is crammed with propellant to refuel…

  • Padalka breaks spaceflight endurance record

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    Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka waves to family and friends before launching to the International Space Station on March 27. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Veteran Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, more than three months into his fifth trip into orbit, has passed countryman Sergey Krikalev’s mark of 803 days of cumulative time in space. That is equivalent to…

  • SpaceX failure adds another kink in station supply chain

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    Updated at 3 p.m. EDT on June 29. This image of the International Space Station is from a video recorded by a Soyuz spacecraft on final approach to the complex in March. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos Managers in charge of International Space Station say the massive orbiting laboratory and its residents can keep going despite Sunday’s failure…