Tag: Oleg Novitskiy
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NASA seeking astronaut seat on Soyuz launch in April
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft docks with the International Space Station on Oct. 14, 2020, delivering three new crew members to the research complex. Credit: NASA NASA wants to fly an astronaut on Russia’s next Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April, a measure the agency says would ensure a continued U.S. presence on…
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Video: Replay of Soyuz MS-03 crew landing in Kazakhstan
Watch a replay of the landing of Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet inside the Soyuz MS-03 crew capsule on the Kazakh stepped Friday, ending their six-and-a-half month expedition on the International Space Station. The duo departed the space station at 1047 GMT (6:47 a.m. EDT), braked out of orbit with a de-orbit burn and rode…
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Soyuz with two-man crew lands safely in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft descends to the landing site in Kazakhstan under parachute. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Leaving crewmate Peggy Whitson behind in orbit for an extended mission, a Russian cosmonaut and his French co-pilot undocked from the International Space Station early Friday and plunged back to Earth,…
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Live coverage: Two-man crew departs space station, returns home
Live coverage of the Expedition 51 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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Soyuz docking boosts station crew size back to six
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz ferry ship glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Saturday, bringing a veteran cosmonaut, a Frenchman making his first flight and NASA’s most experienced female astronaut to the lab complex. With commander Oleg Novitskiy at the…
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Photos: Station crew suits up, blasts off on Soyuz rocket
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, French-born European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Pesquet and veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson put on their Sokol spacesuits, boarded their Soyuz capsule and blasted into orbit Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio began a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station at 2020 GMT (3:20 p.m. EST)…
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Live coverage: Soyuz crew capsule arrives at space station
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.
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Soyuz takes off, heads for space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 2020 GMT (3:20 p.m. EST) Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls By the light of a waning moon, a Russian rocket carrying a veteran cosmonaut, a French flight engineer making his first flight and America’s most experienced female astronaut blasted off and streaked smoothly…
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Three-person crew ready to embark on space station expedition
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a fit check rehearsal with their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Alexander Vysotsky A veteran Russian cosmonaut, a rookie French flight engineer and a record-setting NASA astronaut making her third trip to the…
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Soyuz crew launcher rolled out for liftoff from Kazakhstan
The Soyuz booster that will send the International Space Station’s next three residents into orbit later this week rolled out of an integration hangar early Monday and rode a railroad car to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The rocket will lift off at 2020 GMT (3:20 p.m. EST) Thursday from Baikonur,…