Tag: MLM
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ISS shuffles docking ports ahead of busy schedule
Soyuz MS-17 has relocated to a new docking port in preparation for a spree of upcoming vehicle arrivals at the International Space Station. The relocation ensures that a Russian spacewalk in June can proceed, which will prepare the station for its first major addition in a decade. Soyuz schedule Soyuz MS-17 arrived at the ISS…
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Soyuz crew relocates spacecraft to new space station parking spot
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 GMT) after docking. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft is seen during a flyaround of the International Space Station on Friday. At left is a solar array of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo freighter. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into their Soyuz spacecraft…
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Progress freighter docks with space station to help discard Russian module
The Progress MS-16 supply ship approaches the International Space Station on Wednesday. Credit: Roscosmos A Progress supply ship completed a two-day trip to the International Space Station early Wednesday, successfully guided in by cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using a remote control console inside the station after an automated rendezvous system ran into trouble moments before docking.…
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Russia launches cargo ship heading for International Space Station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Progress MS-16 supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos Russia launched an unpiloted Progress cargo freighter Sunday from Kazakhstan, on course to deliver 2.7 tons of food, fuel, water, and supplies to the International Space Station before hauling away a no-longer-needed section of the outpost later this…
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Russian space station cargo freighter moved to launch pad in Kazakhstan
The Russian Progress MS-16 cargo freighter rolled out to its launch pad Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, its final stop before blastoff Sunday night with more than 5,000 pounds of fuel, food, and water for the International Space Station. Enclosed inside the payload shroud of its Soyuz-2.1a launcher, the Progress supply ship…
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Spacewalkers prep for arrival of new Russian module
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts used the International Space Station’s Poisk docking compartment as an airlock for the first time Wednesday in a six-hour 48-minute spacewalk to begin preparing the nearly identical Pirs module for removal next year. A new laboratory module will be parked in…
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Russia’s long-delayed space station research module arrives at launch base
Russia’s Nauka science module is seen inside its shipping container after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 19. Credit: Energia A long-delayed Russian science module was transported by train from Moscow to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier this month for a final series of electrical tests and outfitting before launch to…
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Russia’s Nauka ISS module arrives at Baikonur for final launch preparations
The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch – which has been delayed for more than 13 years – will mark the resumption of Station expansion. Nauka is currently scheduled to launch on a Proton-M rocket…
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Russia’s Nauka ISS module arrives at Baikonur for final launch preparations
The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch – which has been delayed for more than 13 years – will mark the resumption of Station expansion. Nauka is currently scheduled to launch on a Proton-M rocket…
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Russia pressing forward on ISS expansion
Russia is working towards the future expansion of its segment of the International Space Station. Although major additions to the United States’ segment have mostly ceased following the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011, Russian segment expansion is set to restart as early as the middle of next year. Russian segment expansion Since…