Tag: International Space Station
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An international trio heads for the space station after picture-perfect Soyuz launch
A Russian Soyuz rocket rises from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three spacefliers to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) News Brief: Three spacefliers from three different countries are on their way to the International Space Station for a nearly six-month tour of duty after today’s launch from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Video and photos: Soyuz crew capsule lands in Kazakhstan
The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft carrying U.S., Russian and Japanese space fliers returned to Earth on Sunday with a parachute-assisted, rocket-cushioned touchdown on the Kazakh steppe after 168 days in orbit. Suspended under an orange and white parachute, the landing craft descended under clear skies and touched down at 1239 GMT (8:39 a.m. EDT; 6:39 p.m.…
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NASA’s chief talks about handing over space station to commercial consortium
An artist’s conception shows a Boeing Starliner space taxi approaching the International Space Station. (Boeing Illustration) For months, the White House has been talking about transitioning the International Space Station to commercial control by 2025, and now NASA’s administrator says he’s working on it. In a Washington Post interview, Administrator Jim Bridenstine says “there are people…
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After previous crew’s return, new space station residents set for launch Wednesday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Russian Soyuz commander Sergey Prokopyev, and German flight engineer Alexander Gerst are set for launch Wednesday. Credit: NASA/GCTC With three space station fliers safely back on Earth after a pinpoint landing Sunday, three fresh crew members made final preparations for launch Wednesday from Kazakhstan…
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Soyuz rocket for next station crew transferred to launch pad in Kazakhstan
Video credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz booster set for liftoff this week with a Russian cosmonaut, a German flight engineer, and a former NASA flight surgeon heading for the International Space Station arrived at its launch pad in Kazakhstan Monday. The Soyuz rocket, emblazoned with a logo commemorating the 2018 FIFA World Cup, emerged from its…
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Live coverage: Soyuz capsule brings home three-man crew
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Space station crew closes out 168-day mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft touches down in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Russian cosmonaut, a NASA flight engineer and a Japanese physician-astronaut strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship early Sunday, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to…
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One trio comes home from the space station just as another gets set to launch
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft fires its retro rockets as it touches down in Kazakhstan, marking the return of three spacefliers from the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) News Brief: The hatch to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module has a lot in common with a revolving door this week, due to today’s…
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One station crew heads home, another preps for launch
Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (upper left), Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov (bottom), and NASA flight engineer Scott Tingle (right) are set to return to Earth Sunday aboard the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JAXA With three space station fliers heading home Sunday after a 168-day mission, three fresh crew members made final preparations for launch three days…
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Tethers Unlimited delivers 3-D printer and recycler combo to NASA for space station
Tethers Unlimited’s Refabricator is a recycler and 3-D printer in one unit, which is about the size of a dorm-room refrigerator. This is the technology demonstration unit that’s been undergoing tests at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. (NASA Photo / Emmett Given) Tethers Unlimited Inc. says it’s delivered a combination 3-D printer and…