Tag: JAXA
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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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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…
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Photos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbit
A veteran Russian cosmonaut and two spaceflight rookies rocketed into orbit from a Kazakh launch base Wednesday on the first flight of a new-generation Soyuz capsule, kicking off a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The three-person crew, led by Russian commander Anatoly Ivanishin, left Earth on a nearly four-month expedition with a thundering…
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Japan’s Hitomi observatory made cosmic discovery before failing
The Perseus galaxy cluster is filled with hot X-ray-emitting gas, as seen in this image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Astronomers using the Soft X-ray Spectrometer aboard the Hitomi satellite have, for the first time, mapped the motion of this gas and determined its velocity structure across a large part of the cluster. The square…
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Upgraded Soyuz crew ferry ships streaks into space
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 7:36 a.m. local time at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls An upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, featuring improved navigation, communications and rendezvous systems, blasted into orbit from Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off on a two-day maiden flight to deliver three fresh…
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Soyuz MS-01 launch-to-docking timeline
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Based upon an on-time launch at 9:36:41 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0136:41 GMT Thursday), this is the timeline for the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft through its countdown, liftoff and docking with the International Space Station. Eastern Daylight Time is GMT-4. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 12:36:41 PM…00…09…00…00…Crew wakeup 01:36:41 PM…00…08…00…00…T-minus 8…
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Live coverage: New crew arrives at International Space Station
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Photos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crew
A Soyuz rocket is standing on the launch pad in Kazakhstan used on Yuri Gagarin’s historic first human spaceflight in 1961, ready to send three people toward the International Space Station. Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin, assisted by Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, will blast off aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spaceship…
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Upgraded Soyuz prepped to carry three to space station
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin, and Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi will launch 0136 GMT Thursday (9:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday). The crew poses here with the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft during final preparations before launch. Credit: GCTC A veteran cosmonaut, a former Japanese 767 airline pilot and a NASA astronaut with a…