Tag: International Space Station
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NASA chief warns of gap after retirement of International Space Station
File photo from the International Space Station as the outpost flew over the Nile River delta n Egypt in August 2019. Credit: NASA The International Space Station is likely to continue operating for another decade, but without more government support, a privately-owned outpost may not be ready in time to replace it, NASA Administrator Jim…
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Crew Dragon “Resilience” meets Falcon 9 rocket at Florida spaceport
The Crew Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX’s first operational crew rotation mission to the International Space Station has arrived inside a hangar near pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX teams there will attach the capsule to its Falcon 9 launcher. Credit: SpaceX Fully fueled for a flight to the International Space Station later this…
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Soyuz brings three space station fliers back to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The descent module of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now One week after two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut arrived at the International Space Station, the three crew members they’re replacing strapped into their own Soyuz spacecraft, undocked and returned…
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Space station crew preps for re-entry, landing
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin, and flight engineer Ivan Vagner are scheduled to depart the International Space Station and return to Earth. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos One week after two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut arrived at the International Space Station for a six-month stay, the three…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew returns to Earth
Live coverage of the Expedition 63 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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Photos: Soyuz launches new station crew with spectacular autumn blastoff
Photos released by Russia’s space agency show the launch of a Soyuz booster Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut heading for the International Space Station. The 162-foot-tall (49-meter) Soyuz-2.1a rocket took off from Pad No. 31 at Baikonur at 10:45:04 a.m. local time Wednesday. Liftoff occurred…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew arrives at International Space Station
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Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just before docking with the International Space Station. Credit: Ivan Vagner/Roscosmoos In a mission marking the end of an era, NASA astronaut and former virus hunter Kate Rubins, using NASA’s last currently contracted seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, rocketed into orbit Wednesday with…
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Russia’s space agency unlikely to join NASA-led lunar program
Artist’s illustration of the Gateway in lunar orbit, including modules from international partners. Credit: NASA The head of the Russian space agency said this week that the the Gateway mini-space station NASA plans to build around the moon is “too U.S.-centric” and added that Russia unlikely to significantly contribute to the project. Dmitry Rogozin, director…
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NASA uses final purchased Soyuz seat for Wednesday flight to station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian commander Sergey Ryzhikov, and flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov will fly to the space station on the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/GCTC/Roscosmos In a mission marking the end of an era, NASA astronaut and former virus hunter Kate Rubins, using NASA’s last currently contracted…