Tag: International Space Station
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Astronauts dodge hurricane as they head for homecoming in SpaceX Dragon capsule
A camera on the exterior of the International Space Station shows SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule backing away to begin the homeward journey for NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule pulled away from the International Space Station today to begin the homeward flight for NASA astronauts Doug Hurley…
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Progress supply ship docks with space station after last-minute misalignment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) after docking. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Progress MS-15 supply ship heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos Completing a fast-track, three-hour pursuit of the International Space Station, a Russian Progress supply ship overcame a last-minute misalignment and autonomously…
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Soyuz rocket raised on Baikonur launch pad for space station resupply flight
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ready for final inspections, checkouts and fueling before liftoff Thursday with a Progress supply ship bound for the International Space Station. The Soyuz-2.1a launcher emerged from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just after sunrise Monday, riding…
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Soyuz rocket raised on Baikonur launch pad for space station resupply flight
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ready for final inspections, checkouts and fueling before liftoff Thursday with a Progress supply ship bound for the International Space Station. The Soyuz-2.1a launcher emerged from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just after sunrise Monday, riding…
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Spacewalkers accomplish another round of space station battery swap outs
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) after end of spacewalk. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy are again working outside the International Space Station on a spacewalk today to begin the final phase of a multi-year upgrade of the research outpost’s solar array batteries. WATCH LIVE:…
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Space Adventures looks for a customer to do a spacewalk after Russia gives its OK
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke conducts a spacewalk in a Russian spacesuit during his stint on the International Space Station in 2004. (NASA Photo) BELLEVUE, Wash. — Russian space officials say that they’ve signed off on a commercial deal with Virginia-based Space Adventures to fly two customers to the International Space Station in 2023 — and…
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Virgin Galactic and NASA make a deal on services for private orbital astronauts
Seattle software billionaire Charles Simonyi took two privately funded trips to the International Space Station, in 2007 and 2009, with a Russian Soyuz spacecraft serving as his transport. (NASA photo) Virgin Galactic says it has signed an agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas to develop a new readiness program for private-sector astronauts heading…
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Boeing shifts its team leaders for space station and Starliner space programs
Boeing’s John Mulholland gives a briefing to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a visit to the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2018. Hardware for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi can be seen in the background. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) As a new commercial-centric era dawns…
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NASA’s new head of human spaceflight says SpaceX’s Dragon is in good shape
NASA’s Kathy Lueders beams with joy as the hatches are opened between SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule and the International Space Station on May 31. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) NASA’s newly named associate administrator for human exploration and operations, Kathy Lueders, says that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule “has been doing great” at the International Space…
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NASA’s space station program manager retiring from agency
Kirk Shireman, NASA’s program manager for the International Space Station, smiles during a post-launch news conference after the liftoff of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft May 30. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Kirk Shireman, NASA’s program manager for the International Space Station, is retiring from the space agency later this month to take a position in private industry.…