Tag: International Space Station
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Soyuz launches from Kazakhstan with space station supply ship
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the 75h Progress supply ship for the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket decorated to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe fired into space Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending a Progress…
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Russian resupply freighter poised for launch to International Space Station
Continuing support of the International Space Station amid the coronavirus pandemic, Russian teams transferred a Soyuz rocket to a launch pad in Kazakhstan on Wednesday in preparation for liftoff Friday (U.S. time) with a Progress resupply freighter. Adorned with a commemoration to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, the…
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Photos: Space station crew back on Earth
A scaled-down team of technicians and medical personnel — wearing facial masks as a precaution against the global coronavirus pandemic — met a three-person space station crew on the steppes of Kazakhstan Friday after their landing aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. These photos show the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft’s descent under an orange and white main…
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Soyuz with crew of three lands safely in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Russian cosmonaut and his two NASA crewmates undocked from the International Space Station and landed in Kazakhstan early Friday, returning to an unfamiliar world in the grip of a pandemic that will force them to extend the social isolation they were hoping to end. “It’s a little…
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A date with history: NASA and SpaceX schedule first crewed Dragon mission for May 27 launch
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley run through a simulation of launch and docking in preparation for their flight to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship. (SpaceX Photo) NASA and SpaceX have set a date for the first crewed space mission to be launched into orbit from U.S. soil since…
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U.S.-Russian trio leaves space station and returns to Earth in the age of coronavirus
Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut ended a months-long tour of duty on the International Space Station and returned to Earth to face a viral outbreak that didn’t exist when they launched. NASA’s Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir, and Russia’s Oleg Skripochka, left the station in their Russian Soyuz capsule at 6:53 p.m. PT today…
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Live coverage: Station crew lands in Kazakhstan
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Video and photos: Three-man crew launches from Kazakhstan
Riding nearly a million pounds of thrust, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner rocketed into orbit April 9 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome en route to the International Space Station. The three-man crew lifted off at 1:05 p.m. Baikonur time (0805 GMT; 4:05 a.m. EDT) to begin a six-hour…
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Photos: SpaceX cargo capsule returns to Southern California after space station mission
SpaceX technicians offloaded a Dragon cargo capsule from its recovery ship Thursday after returning the thrice-flown supply freighter to the Port of Los Angeles, marking the final planned return of a Dragon spacecraft to the West Coast. The cargo vehicle splashed down Tuesday, April 7, under parachutes in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles…
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Station crew ready for return to Earth, and coronavirus
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Expedition 62 crew members Drew Morgan, Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir pose inside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Nearly seven months aboard the International Space Station may be an extreme case of social distancing and isolation, but astronaut Jessica Meir says she expects to feel more isolated…