Tag: International Space Station
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Six hours after launch, U.S.-Russian crew hooks up with International Space Station
Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the International Space Station tonight for a five-month tour of duty after a quick six-hour trip on a Russian Soyuz craft. With Russia’s Alexander Misurkin as commander and NASA’s Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba as crewmates, the Soyuz was launched from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
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Live coverage: Soyuz sends Russian and two Americans to space station
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Soyuz rocket rolled out for next station crew launch
A Russian Soyuz booster arrived at its launch pad Sunday in Kazakhstan for two days of final countdown preparations ahead of liftoff with a Russian cosmonaut and two U.S. astronauts Tuesday on the way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz-FG launcher is set for liftoff at 2117:02 GMT (5:17:02 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, or 3:17…
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International Space Station lab’s mission patch goes all in on a Star Wars theme
The latest mission patch for research payloads intended for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory has a Star Wars theme. (CASIS / Lucasfilm Graphic) Factual and fictional worlds collide in the latest mission patch associated with the International Space Station’s role as a U.S. national laboratory. Virtually every element on the patch ties in…
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Soyuz brings Whitson home after record-setting mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft touches down in Kazakhstan just after sunrise Sunday with Fyodor Yurhickhin, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Wrapping up a record-setting flight, Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with nearly two years of time in orbit across three missions, returned to Earth…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew capsule departs station, lands in Kazakhstan
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NASA’s most experienced astronaut set for return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Peggy Whitson on-board the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with nearly two years in orbit over three missions, returns to Earth Saturday after an extended 288-day stay aboard the International Space Station, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan with Soyuz MS-04…
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Space station trio returns to Earth: NASA’s Peggy Whitson racks up 665-day record
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is helped out of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft just minutes after she and two fellow spacefliers landed in a remote area Kazakhstan. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two other spacefliers capped off a record-setting orbital mission today with their return from the International Space Station. The…
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Orbital imagery shows Harvey’s path toward Texas
Videos and photos from satellites and the crew aboard the International Space Station showed Hurricane Harvey bearing down on the Texas coast this weekend. The storm made landfall Friday night near Rockport, Texas, as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but…
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NASA flight controllers shelter in place during storm
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station flight control room in Houston. Credit: NASA Flight controllers and other essential personnel at NASA’s Johnson Space Center just south of Houston are sheltering in place, maintaining contact with the International Space Station during torrential rain and flooding across south Texas…