Tag: Soyuz TMA-17M

  • Photos: Soyuz crew craft treks from Kazakhstan to space station

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    Two spaceflight rookies and a veteran Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan and flew to the International Space station on Wednesday, riding a Soyuz spaceship from a predawn departure from Earth to a high-altitude linkup with the orbiting research lab. The kerosene-fueled Soyuz rocket lifted off at 2102 GMT (5:02 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, or 3:02…

  • Space station crew restored to six with Soyuz docking

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station with only one solar array deployed. Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly A Russian Soyuz rocket thundered to life with a burst of flame and shot away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday carrying an international crew of three aloft on…

  • Soyuz ferry craft rides rails to launch pad

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    A three-stage Soyuz booster rocket, capped by a three-person crew transport capsule, rolled out to a launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, two days before blasting off with new residents headed for the International Space Station. The rocket emerged from its hangar just after sunrise Monday, traversed across the Kazakh steppe towed behind a train…