Tag: International Space Station
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New sample return capability launches with Japanese space station freighter
A Japanese H-2B rocket lifted off Saturday with the seventh HTV supply ship heading for the International Space Station. Credit: JAXA A Japanese cargo freighter launched Saturday on a five-day trek to the International Space Station, carrying a set of six replacement batteries, an experimental life support system, and a small new landing craft to…
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Launch of Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship reset for Saturday
The H-2B rocket and Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship rolled out to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center ahead of a scrubbed launch attempt Sept. 14. Credit: MHI Japanese space officials have rescheduled the launch of an H-2B rocket and a space station-bound HTV supply ship for Saturday after halting a countdown last…
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Live coverage: Japanese supply ship launches in pursuit of space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an H-2B rocket with Japan’s seventh H-2 Transfer Vehicle on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”JAXA Webcast”] [tabbyending]
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NASA and Russian officials knock down a conspiracy theory on space station leak
Space station crew members work to patch up a small hole in the inner hull of a Soyuz spacecraft on Aug. 30. (NASA / Roscosmos via @NASASpaceflight / Twitter) NASA and Russia’s space agency issued a joint statement today aimed at quashing viral claims that someone on the International Space Station’s crew sabotaged a Soyuz…
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Astronauts send home views of ‘nightmare’ Hurricane Florence
A crew member on the International Space Station took this image of Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean on the morning of Sept. 12. At that time, the storm packed maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Credit: NASA Astronauts have captured views of Hurricane Florence raging in the Atlantic Ocean and heading toward a likely…
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Station commander flatly denies any crew involvement in Soyuz leak
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, commander of the space station’s Expedition 56 crew, works with an experiment in this image from July. Credit: NASA The head of the Russian space agency caused a stir last week when he said a hole drilled through the side of a Soyuz ferry ship docked…
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JAXA postpones station cargo launch as typhoon threatens Guam tracking site
Reporters and photographers visited Japan’s seventh H-2 Transfer Vehicle in a clean room last month at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA A typhoon forecast to move near a ground station in Guam on Monday has forced officials to postpone the launch of a Japanese HTV cargo ship loaded with more than 13,000 pounds of…
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Russian space chief blames space station leak on drill hole, doesn’t rule out sabotage
This picture of a tiny hole implicated in a Soyuz air leak was included in an initial version of a NASA video but later removed. The larger hole in the picture is part of the Soyuz spacecraft’s structure and did not play a role in the leak. (Roscosmos / NASA via NASASpaceFlight / Twitter) The…
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Russians investigate cause of Soyuz leak, focus on human error
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA released this photo of the puncture in the Soyuz spacecraft’s orbital module, then removed the image from a video posted to YouTube. Credit: NASA via RT Ruling out a strike by space debris or a micrometeoroid, Russian engineers say a small now-plugged leak in a Soyuz crew…
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Space Adventures is back in vogue – and aiming to go beyond orbital tourism
Space Adventures facilitated two trips to the International Space Station for Seattle billionaire Charles Simonyi, in 2007 and 2009. (NASA Photo via Space Adventures) More than 17 years after Space Adventures put its first millionaire client in orbit, and nearly nine years after getting its last one launched, the company is raising its profile in…