Tag: Scott Kelly

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake tweeted this photo of one of the spacewalkers inside the space station’s Quest airlock. Credit: NASA/ESA/Tim Peake Space station commander Scott Kelly and newly-arrived flight engineer Tim Kopra ventured outside the lab complex Monday and freed up a stalled robot arm-carrying transporter…

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake tweeted this photo of one of the spacewalkers inside the space station’s Quest airlock. Credit: NASA/ESA/Tim Peake Space station commander Scott Kelly and newly-arrived flight engineer Tim Kopra ventured outside the lab complex Monday and freed up a stalled robot arm-carrying transporter…

  • Unscheduled spacewalk on tap Monday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION An unexpected, quickly-planned spacewalk is on tap Monday to troubleshoot a problem preventing the International Space Station’s robot arm transporter from reaching a worksite where it can be locked down, a requirement before a Russian Progress cargo ship can dock later in the week. The Progress MS-01/62P supply…

  • Spacewalk snapshots show recent station EVAs

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    Clad in white spacesuits, astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren recently floated outside the International Space Station on a pair of spacewalks, and the duo carried cameras with them to document the excursions. NASA has released pictures from the Oct. 28 and Nov. 6 spacewalks showing Kelly and Lindgren snapping space selfies and working near…

  • Spacewalkers reconfigure station cooling system

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Scott Kelly, in an all-white spacesuit, is camouflaged against the space station’s structure in this picture taken during Friday’s spacewalk by Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov. Credit: Sergey Volkov/Roscosmos Space station commander Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren carried out a busy but mostly trouble-free spacewalk Friday, routing ammonia…

  • Kelly, Lindgren set for second spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Scott Kelly is pictured outside the International Space Station during an Oct. 28 spacewalk. Credit: NASA Space station commander Scott Kelly and flight engineer Kjell Lindgren are gearing up for their second spacewalk in nine days Friday, a planned six-and-a-half-hour excursion to reconfigure the ammonia cooling system…

  • Station astronauts complete tedious spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov took this photo of Scott Kelly exiting the space station’s Quest airlock at the start of Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: Sergey Volkov/Roscosmos Space station commander Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren carried out a tedious seven-hour 16-minute spacewalk Wednesday, installing cables needed for a new docking…

  • Station astronauts gearing up for spacewalk Wednesday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Scott Kelly tries on his spacesuit during preparations for Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA Expedition 45 commander Scott Kelly and flight engineer Kjell Lindgren are readying equipment and reviewing procedures for a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Wednesday outside the International Space Station. The major goals of the excursion are to…

  • Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia viewed from orbit

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    The VIIRS instrument on the joint NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP weather satellite in polar orbit captured this infrared view of the eye of Hurricane Patricia at 0920 GMT (5:20 a.m. EDT) Friday when the storm had maximum sustained winds of 200 mph. Credit: UW/CIMSS/William Straka III Astronauts on the International Space Station and a fleet of…

  • Station crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from space

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir’s book “The Martian,” adding they’re hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it’s released. Speaking with reporters during an orbital news conference,…