Tag: International Space Station

  • Live coverage: Crew blasts off on record-setting space mission

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    Mission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 43 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Soyuz primed to launch veteran space station crew

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    A Soyuz rocket is sitting on a historic launch pad in Kazakhstan after a railroad journey at sunrise Wednesday positioned the crew ferry craft for liftoff Friday with a three-man crew destined for the International Space Station, including two spaceflight veterans who will spend nearly one year in orbit. Riding a specially-made rail car, the…

  • Soyuz launch double-header set for Friday

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    A Soyuz rocket is prepared for launch March 27 from French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Russian launch crews on two continents are putting the final touches on a pair of Soyuz rockets scheduled to blast off less than two hours apart Friday — one carrying a three-man…

  • Astronauts install antennas for commercial crew capsules

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Terry Virts outside the International Space Station on Sunday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Terry Virts and space station commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore ventured back outside Sunday for their third spacewalk in eight days to complete initial preparations for upcoming dockings by commercially developed…

  • Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024

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    A view of the International Space Station’s main power truss. Credit: ESA/NASA/Samantha Cristoforetti Russia plans to stay part of the International Space Station partnership until 2024, then undock its modules to create a standalone base in orbit, the Russian space agency announced Tuesday. A statement posted to the Russian space agency’s website said a meeting…

  • Astronauts prep space station for commercial capsules

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Terry Virts (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) work outside the International Space Station on Saturday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts floated outside the International Space Station Saturday and installed wiring needed for two new docking mechanisms that will be…

  • Live coverage: Station astronauts wire up new antennas

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 42 crew’s spacewalks to outfit the International Space Station for a new set of docking adapters and communications equipment to welcome commercial crew spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Progress cargo mission ready for launch to space station

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    A Russian Progress supply ship packed with 3.1 tons of cargo and propellant to refuel the International Space Station is set for liftoff Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Progress M-26M cargo craft will blast off at 6:00:17 a.m. EST (1100:17 GMT) Tuesday atop a Soyuz rocket, which rolled out to Launch Complex…

  • Photos: Lightning shines in the eye of a cyclone

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    Electrifying photos taken from the International Space Station show flashes of lightning glowing like spotlights in the eye of Tropical Cyclone Bansi in the Indian Ocean. Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti shared the images on Twitter. She took the photos as the storm churned in the Southern Indian Ocean near Mauritius. Tropical Cyclone Bansi packed maximum winds of…

  • NASA hopes to replace cargo lost on Antares failure this year

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    SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station on Jan. 12 with 2.6 tons of supplies. Credit: NASA NASA officials say the International Space Station’s logistics chain was designed to absorb a launch failure like the mishap that destroyed an Orbital Sciences Corp. cargo craft in October, but pressure is on SpaceX to deliver…