Tag: International Space Station
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Photos: Russian cargo freighter blasts off from snow-covered launch pad
A Russian Progress supply ship launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, firing into orbit from a snow-covered pad to haul three tons of fuel, water and equipment to the International Space Station. The Progress MS-08 supply cargo craft lifted off at 0813:33 GMT (3:13:33 a.m. EST; 2:13:33 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday aboard a…
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Spacewalking astronauts complete robot arm work
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV Astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japanese crewmate Norishige Kanai floated outside the International Space Station Friday, repositioned two robot arm grapple mechanisms following repair work last month and carried out a variety of “get-ahead” tasks before calling it a day. Floating in the Quest airlock,…
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Progress supply ship docks with International Space Station
The Progress MS-08 supply ship approaches the International Space Station during Thursday’s rendezvous and docking. Credit: NASA TV Russia’s Progress MS-08 cargo carrier glided to an automated radar-guided link-up with the International Space Station on Thursday with three tons of fuel, water, supplies and experiments. The unpiloted cargo freighter docked with the station’s Zvezda service…
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Soyuz rocket launches cargo freighter to International Space Station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket boosted the Progress MS-08 cargo craft into orbit Tuesday. Credit: Roscosmos Running two days later after a last-minute abort Sunday, a Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter lifted off in a blanket of fog Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to deliver three tons of cargo, propellant and water to the International Space…
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NASA budget proposal boosts commercial role in space station and moon missions
The International Space Station has been continuously occupied since 2000. (NASA photo) The White House’s proposed five-year budget plan would provide a bigger boost to commercial space efforts, including a potential handover of operations on the International Space Station by 2025 and private-sector moon landings. It also calls for zeroing out funding for some high-profile…
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Trump administration supports transition to commercially-focused space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station from the final space shuttle mission in 2011. Credit: NASA The Trump administration is proposing to end direct government support of the International Space Station in 2025, but plans to include $150 million in NASA’s fiscal 2019 budget, to be unveiled Monday,…
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Commercial space ventures hail NASA opportunities in orbit and on the moon
An artist’s conception shows Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander on the lunar surface. (Astrobotic Illustration) The Trump administration’s proposed shift to commercial partners for space operations in low Earth orbit as well as on and around the moon is getting a predictably positive reception from those potential partners. “This moment here, with the shift to the moon,…
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Resupply launch scrubbed, thwarting fast-track rendezvous with space station
The Soyuz-2.1a rocket and the Progress MS-08 supply ship moments after Sunday’s countdown was halted. Credit: Roscosmos The launch of a Russian Progress cargo ship aboard a Soyuz rocket was aborted in the final minute of the countdown Sunday, forcing a delay of at least two days in the start of a resupply and refueling…
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Soyuz rocket positioned on launch pad for station resupply flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Soyuz launch was aborted in the final seconds of the countdown Sunday. A Russian Soyuz booster and an automated Progress resupply ship reached their launch pad Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, two days before firing into orbit test out a new expedited rendezvous sequence that will culminate in the Progress…
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Cosmonauts toss out antenna box, install a new one during longest Russian spacewalk
News Brief: A pair of Russian cosmonauts today conducted their nation’s longest-ever spacewalk to replace an electronics box for a high-gain antenna on the International Space Station’s Russian-made Zvezda module. The old box was thrown outward on a trajectory that’s not expected to imperil the station, but it took some doing to get the new…