Tag: Kazakhstan

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this picture of the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft approaching the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA Veteran cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and rookie flight engineer Jack Fischer streaked into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Thursday, chased down the International Space Station and…

  • Soyuz crew set for Thursday launch to space station

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA flight engineer Jack Fischer pose with their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft during launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin Just 10 days after three space station fliers returned to Earth — and two days after launch…

  • Soyuz booster moved to launch pad to loft two-man crew

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    A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled to its launch pad in Kazakhstan early Monday aboard a specially-designed rail car, three days before sending a Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronaut to the International Space Station. The three-stage launcher emerged from the Soyuz integration building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just before sunrise Monday for the journey to Launch…

  • Video: Expedition 50 landing

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    Remarkable video shot near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, shows the Soyuz capsule descending under parachute for an on-target landing. The touchdown safely capped the three-man Expedition 50 crew’s 173-day mission to the International Space Station. Post-egress scenes from the Soyuz landing zone show Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight…

  • Soyuz makes pinpoint landing in Kazakhstan with crew of three

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan on Monday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Astronaut Shane Kimbrough and his two Russian crewmates — Soyuz MS-02 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko — undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Monday, landing on the steppe…

  • Photos: Soyuz MS-02 spaceship lands in Kazakhstan

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    Carrying three space station crew members back home after 173 days in orbit, the Russian Soyuz MS-02 landing craft touched down in Kazakhstan on Monday after a parachute-assisted descent through clear skies. The 7-foot by 7-foot capsule landed at 1120 GMT (7:20 a.m. EDT; 5:20 p.m. local time in Kazakhstan) with Sergey Ryzhikov, Andrey Borisenko and…

  • Live coverage: Three-man crew closes out 173-day space mission

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 50 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Soyuz spaceship lands in Kazakhstan

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft touched down in Kazakhstan at 9:13 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0113 GMT Wednesday). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America’s most experienced astronaut, joined two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery return to…

  • ExoMars team has long wait to confirm launch success

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    Artist’s concept of the Proton rocket’s payload fairing releasing in flight, revealing the ExoMars spacecraft. Credit: ESA–David Ducros It will take more than 12 hours from liftoff of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter until engineers verify the mission is on track for Mars after a series of critical in-space maneuvers by the…

  • Record-setting space station crew lands after 340-day mission

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was in good spirits after returning to Earth. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko ended a record-setting 340-day stay in orbit with a fiery Super Tuesday plunge to Earth, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown on the steppe of…