Tag: Japan
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Photos: Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan with U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew
An on-target touchdown in Kazakhstan punctuated a 115-day space mission for Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins this weekend. The trio landed southeast of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, inside their Soyuz MS-01 landing craft at 0358 GMT Sunday (11:58 p.m. EDT Saturday) after speeding through the atmosphere for a fiery…
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International space crew wraps up nearly four months in orbit
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft touches down cushioned by “soft landing” rockets at 0358 GMT (11:58 p.m. EDT). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese flight engineer and a NASA scientist-astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Saturday, landing on the steppe of…
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Live coverage: Space station crew home after 115-day mission
Live coverage of the Expedition 49 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Station crew preps for Saturday return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi (left to right) are scheduled to return to Earth Saturday. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew rotation, a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are packing up for the trip back to Earth Saturday, leaving the International Space Station just eight…
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Photos: Falcon 9 climbs away from Cape Canaveral with JCSAT 16
The Falcon 9 rocket’s eighth flight of 2016 took off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with the Japanese JCSAT 16 communications satellite, setting a new mark for the most launches made by SpaceX in a single year. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket blasted off at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then nails bullseye landing
A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with the JCSAT 16 communications satellite at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday. Credit: SpaceX Vaulting into a starry sky over Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off early Sunday with a Japanese video and data relay satellite, then stuck a landing on a barge…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then lands at sea
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the JCSAT 16 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 1:06 a.m. EDT (0506 GMT).
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 16 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall rocket is poised for launch from Complex 40 at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) Sunday at the opening of a 120-minute…
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Falcon 9 rocket rumbles through pre-flight engine firing
File photo of a static fire test before a previous Falcon 9 launch. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX technicians planned to connect a Japanese communications satellite to the tip of a Falcon 9 rocket as soon as Thursday, eyeing a launch from Cape Canaveral just after midnight Sunday. Fixed on top of Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch…
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Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission slated for Sept. 30 launch
Two of the six lithium-ion batteries set for launch on Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission are seen in a clean room at the Tanegashima Space Center. The HTV’s exposed pallet in the background already holds four of the batteries in this image taken in June. Credit: JAXA Japan’s space agency has set Sept. 30 as…