Tag: International Space Station
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Spacewalkers hook up new batteries outside International Space Station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Nick Hague (upper left) and Anne McClain work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Anne McClain and Nick Hague floated outside the International Space Station Friday to…
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Two Minotaur launches planned this year from Virginia
File photo of a Minotaur 5 launch in 2013 from pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Northrop Grumman is gearing up for up to four launches this year at Wallops Island, Virginia, including two launches with Cygnus cargo ships heading to…
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Space station crew back at six with successful Soyuz docking
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured this view of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft before docking Thursday. Credit: David Saint-Jacques A Russian cosmonaut and his NASA co-pilot, five months after riding out a dramatic launch abort last October, finally made it into orbit Thursday and, along with a NASA astronaut…
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Live coverage: Two Americans, one Russian launch to space station
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Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three spacefliers to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months after their first trip went awry. The two spacefliers were…
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Crew of Soyuz launch abort set for second try
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Russian commander Alexey Ovchinin, and NASA flight engineer Nick Hague pose with their Sokol launch and entry spacesuits. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Five months after a frightening launch abort, cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA flight engineer Tyler “Nick” Hague, along with first time flier Christina…
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Soyuz booster rolled out in Kazakhstan for next space station crew launch
A Soyuz-FG rocket rolls out to its launch pad Tuesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Soyuz rocket arrived at a historic launch pad in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, where ground crews lifted the booster vertical to begin final preparations for liftoff Thursday with two Americans and one Russian heading for the…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship splashes down at end of crucial space station trip
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship hits the waters of the Atlantic Ocean for splashdown. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean today, ending a six-day uncrewed test run preparing the way for astronaut trips to the International Space Station later this year. Scorch marks were visible on the side of…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship hooks itself up to space station for first time
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is docked to the International Space Station. (NASA TV via YouTube) SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship docked with the International Space Station for the first time today, marking a successful uncrewed rehearsal of the procedure that astronauts will go through when they make their first arrival with the next flight. The 27-foot-long spacecraft…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship makes maiden flight with robo-rider named Ripley
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending its first Crew Dragon spaceship skyward with a spacesuit-wearing mannequin seated inside. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was sent into space atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight, beginning a crucial test of a spaceship that’s destined to carry NASA astronauts to…