Tag: Reid Wiseman
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NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration
HOUSTON—Their mission is complete. The four people who flew beyond the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission are back home in Houston with their families. But the lessons from Artemis II are just beginning to be told. There are tangible, objective takeaways from the nine-day mission. How did NASA’s Space Launch System rocket perform? Nearly…
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The gravity of their experience hasn’t quite set in for the Artemis II astronauts
On the home stretch of their nine-day mission, the four astronauts flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft are just beginning to reflect on their experience of flying beyond the Moon. Their memories of Monday’s encounter with the Moon are still fresh as they return to Earth, heading for reentry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on…
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Launch preview: NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft stand at Launch Complex 39B on Tuesday, March 31, ahead of the planned launch of Artemis 2. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now For the first time in more than 53 years, NASA is preparing to send humans beyond low Earth orbit. As soon as Wednesday evening, four astronauts…
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Astronauts, launch teams practice Artemis 2 countdown
The four crew members of the Artemis 2 mission exit the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during the Countdown Demonstration Test, a launch day rehearsal for the Artemis 2 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now In a prelude to the real deal, the four astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission boarded their Orion spacecraft inside…
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Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan with station crew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The three-man Soyuz crew is greeted by Russian recovery teams in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran cosmonaut, a German volcanologist and a Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut whose mastery of social media earned him — and NASA — a global following, undocked from the International Space Station…
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Video: Reid’s “awesome” ride in Soyuz
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman speaks soon after his return to Earth after 165 days living aboard the International Space Station, describing his landing inside the Russian Soyuz capsule.
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Station astronaut calls private spaceflight ‘next breakthrough’
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Space station astronaut Reid Wiseman, preparing to return to Earth this weekend after 165 days in orbit, said Monday commercial spaceflight represents the “next breakthrough” in aerospace technology, and that he hopes Virgin Galactic can ultimately turn that dream into reality despite the fatal…
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Spacewalk achieves all major objectives
Astronaut Reid Wiseman seen on Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA/Butch Wilmore Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Barry “Butch” Wilmore floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and, after a bit of trouble with a balky bolt, replaced a broken voltage regulator in one of eight solar power channels to restore the lab’s electrical grid to normal operation.…
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Station crew completes maintenance spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Alexander Gerst takes a spacewalk selfie during Tuesday’s EVA. Credit: ESA/NASA STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Working outside the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency crewmate Alexander Gerst successfully moved a failed ammonia pump module to an…