Tag: International Space Station
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NASA’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, hangs up her space helmet
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is framed by one of the windows in the International Space Station’s Cupola during her 2016-2017 tour of duty. (NASA Photo) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space, is retiring after 22 years in the astronaut corps and three tours of duty on…
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Station astronauts install new cameras on successful spacewalk
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev took this photo of astronaut Drew Feustel on Thursday’s spacewalk. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday and installed two new cameras on the front of the lab complex that will provide views of commercial crew ships during final approach and docking. The spacewalkers also replaced a…
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Spacewalkers install HD video cameras to monitor future SpaceX and Boeing trips
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold looks out from the International Space Station’s Quest airlock at the beginning of a spacewalk. (Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos via Twitter) News Brief: NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold installed new high-definition video cameras on the exterior of the International Space Station today during a spacewalk that lasted nearly seven…
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Axiom Space offers space station vacations starting in 2020, for $55 million
An artist’s conception shows a space traveler floating in zero gravity. (Axiom Space Illustration) How much would you pay for a 10-day stay in low Earth orbit? Houston-based Axiom Space has set a $55 million price point for trips that it says could begin as early as 2020. If you want to fly that soon,…
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Soyuz delivers crew of three to International Space Station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station’s Rassvet module for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three wrapped up a problem-free rendezvous Friday, docking at the International Space Station’s Earth-facing Rassvet port less…
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Space station veterans give Pope Francis his own flight suit (with cape)
Pope Francis now has the right kind of suit for experiencing heaven in this world. During a visit to the Vatican, crew members from the International Space Station’s Expedition 53 gave the pope his very own blue flight suit. There’s even a short white cape to go with it, embellished with embroidered wings. But in…
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Aloha! Three new crewmates welcomed aboard space station, Hawaiian-style
News Brief: The orbital welcoming committee wore Hawaiian shirts when three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station today. “We’re really glad to see them, finally,” Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said. NASA’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Germany’s Alexander Gerst and Russia’s Sergey Prokopyev floated through the hatch after a two-day trip aboard a Russian Soyuz…
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U.S.-Russian-German crew launched to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft took off from Kazakhstan at 1112:39 GMT (7:12:39 a.m. EDT; 5:12:39 p.m. local time) with a three-person crew on-board. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Three days after a trio of space station fliers returned to Earth, a Russian cosmonaut, a German flight engineer and a NASA…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station
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Video: Soyuz lifts off, beams down on-board camera views
Video credit: NASA TV A three-person crew heading for the International Space Station took off Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived in orbit around nine minutes later, beginning a two-day pursuit of the research outpost. A camera mounted outside the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft provided live views of the rocket’s ascent into…