Tag: International Space Station
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NanoRacks lays out vision for turning rockets into space outposts, starting with Independence-1
Artwork shows a Centaur upper stage that’s been converted into an outpost. (NanoRacks Illustration) Don’t call them commercial space stations, or gateways, or portals. NanoRacks is laying claim to a different moniker for its new breed of refurbished orbital modules. “We like ‘outposts,’” NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber told GeekWire. The space outposts that Manber has…
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Boeing proposes extending test flight of commercial crew capsule
Artist’s illustration of a CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: Boeing NASA has agreed to consider a Boeing proposal to extend the first piloted test flight of its commercial CST-100 Starliner crew capsule from two weeks to up to six months with an extra crew member for the International Space Station,…
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Dragon delivers cargo to space station
News Brief: Two days after its launch, SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo capsule was pulled in for its hookup to the International Space Station today. Astronauts used the station’s robotic arm to capture the twice-used cargo ship and attach it to a port on the Harmony module. Over the course of the next month, the station’s crew…
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SpaceX sends reused cargo ship to space station on reused Falcon 9 rocket … again
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX sent nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments to the International Space Station today, using a Falcon 9 rocket booster and a Dragon capsule that have both been flown before. The rocket rose from its launch pad at Cape…
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Eliminating space junk could take step toward reality with station cargo launch
Artist’s illustration of the RemoveDebris satellite de-orbiting at the end of its mission with the assistance of a dragsail. Credit: SSTL European engineers who developed a small satellite hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX supply ship Monday are gearing up for a first-of-a-kind experiment to examine ways to snare a…
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Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after the conclusion of the spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Drew Feustel, seen here wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, works outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, ventured outside the…
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Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) after the conclusion of the spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Drew Feustel, seen here wearing a spacesuit with red stripes, works outside the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, ventured outside the…
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Soyuz spacecraft with crew of three docks with space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 GMT) after hatch opening. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz ferry ship carrying a Russian commander and two NASA astronauts caught up with the International Space Station…
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Space station crew returns to full strength with trio’s arrival on Russian Soyuz craft
News Brief: Two days after their launch, a fresh trio of spacefliers floated through the International Space Station’s hatch today to start a five-month tour of duty in orbit. The arrival of Russia’s Oleg Artemyev and NASA’s Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft brought the crew back up to its full…
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Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crew
Three veteran space fliers rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading to the International Space Station for a five-month stay. Soyuz commander Oleg Artemyev, flanked by NASA flight engineer Drew Feustel and astronaut Ricky Arnold, were aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spaceship for liftoff at 1744 GMT (1:44 p.m.…