Tag: Jessica Meir
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All-female spacewalk on tap this week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) after NASA media teleconference. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch inside a spacesuit before a spacewalk earlier this month. Credit: NASA Two NASA astronauts will take part in the first all-female spacewalk this week, a critical outing to restore lost power in…
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Soyuz ferries three crew members to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION With the arrival of three new crew members Wednesday, the International Space Station is temporarily home to people. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian commander, a NASA co-pilot and a United Arab Emirates guest cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, chased down the International…
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Live coverage: International crew launches from Kazakhstan
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Soyuz rocket in position for launch of next station crew
The Russian Soyuz rocket that will carry a three-person crew to the International Space Station Wednesday has arrived on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Riding a specially-equipped railcar, a Soyuz-FG rocket rolled out of its assembly building, or MIK, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just after sunrise Monday. After a winding…
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Japanese HTV makes battery delivery to International Space Station
The sixth Japanese HTV supply ship was grappled by the space station’s robotic arm at 1037 GMT (5:37 a.m. EST) Tuesday after a four-day pursuit following launch on an H-2B rocket. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Four days after a picture-perfect blastoff from southern Japan, a cargo-carrying supply freighter arrived at the International Space Station on…