Tag: International Space Station

  • Space station module moved to clear path for cargo ships

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    Ground controllers powered up the International Space Station’s robotic arm and repositioned a storage module Wednesday to give visiting cargo delivery vehicles a second parking port at the complex. The reconfiguration is another step in preparing the space station to receive commercial crew vehicles owned by Boeing and SpaceX. When the changes are complete later…

  • Boeing gets first order for commercial crew mission

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    Artist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule approaching the International Space Station. Credit: Boeing NASA has placed an order with Boeing for the first operational mission to ferry a crew to the International Space Station in a new era of commercial human spaceflight. The flight is expected to occur in late 2017 after Boeing’s CST-100…

  • Dashcam video records dazzling Soyuz docking

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    A video camera mounted inside a Russian Soyuz capsule captured stunning views of the docking of a U.S.-Russian crew to the International Space Station in March, supplying a spectacular visual of a cosmic ballet occurring 250 miles above Earth. Shooting through a window on the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft, the camera recorded the last phase of…

  • Brightman steps down from station flight

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Sarah Brightman is pictured during training for a planned flight to the International Space Station in September. Brightman announced Wednesday she is postponing her mission. Credit: Sarah Brightman’s Facebook page Soprano and would-be space tourist Sarah Brightman, who was in training for a flight to the International Space…

  • Russia delays ISS crew rotation flights

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui participate in final training exams in Star City, Russia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Russia is delaying the return to Earth of three space station crew members by about a month in the wake of the failure…

  • Stricken space freighter re-enters atmosphere

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    File photo of a Russian Progress supply ship. Credit: NASA A Russian Progress cargo craft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean early Friday after spinning out of control following liftoff April 28 with supplies for the International Space Station. The out-of-control spacecraft fell back to Earth around 0220 GMT Friday (10:20 p.m. EDT…

  • Out-of-control Progress cargo craft to fall back to Earth

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    Updated at 10:15 a.m. EDT (1415 GMT) on May 7. File photo of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft. Credit: NASA A Russian space freighter that failed to deliver supplies to the International Space Station last week is due to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Thursday. The Progress M-27M cargo capsule spun out of control…

  • A taste of Italian culture makes it to the final frontier

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    Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sips espresso on the International Space Station. Credit: Argotec Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti got a taste of home Sunday when she tried out a new espresso maker that is part creature comfort and part science experiment. Cristoforetti made her first cup of espresso in space as teams of engineers looked on from…

  • Progress failure probe narrows in on separation from rocket

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    File photo of a Russian Progress supply ship during rendezvous with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Something went wrong with a Russian Progress resupply mission moments before the spacecraft deployed into orbit Tuesday on the way to the International Space Station, and investigators are analyzing whether the stricken supply ship may have lost control…

  • Russia gives up on Progress supply ship docking

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of a Russian Progress supply freighter on approach to the International Space Station last year. Credit: ESA/NASA Russian flight controllers have given up attempting to salvage a Progress cargo ship loaded with 3 tons of supplies and equipment intended for the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott…