Tag: Soyuz
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Progress MS-05 docks with ISS following Soyuz-U swansong
The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, launched the Progress MS-05/66P resupply mission on Wednesday morning aboard the final Soyuz-U rocket in history. Liftoff from pad 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome began a mission that concluded with an orbital rendezvous and docking with the Station on Friday. Progress MS-04 investigation wrap up: Following confirmation of the…
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Photos: Russian cargo craft fires away from snow-covered cosmodrome
Russia’s Progress MS-05 supply ship lifted off Wednesday on top of a Soyuz-U rocket, climbing into orbit from a snow-covered launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the way to the International Space Station. The robotic cargo freighter is carrying more than 2.5 tons of dry goods, propellant, water and oxygen to the…
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Arianespace Soyuz ST-B launches Hispasat 36W-1
The Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket has successfully lofted the Hispasat 36W-1 satellite into orbit on Friday. The launch was the first time a Soyuz rocket had launched a GEO spacecraft from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff occurred at 01:03 UTC on Saturday morning (Friday evening locally). Soyuz ST-B Launch: Hispasat 36W-1 is a…
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NASA looks into buying more Russian Soyuz trips to orbit … through Boeing
A Russian Soyuz craft approaches the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) NASA is considering a convoluted arrangement to reserve five more seats on Russian Soyuz capsules heading to and from the International Space Station, with the Boeing Co. as the middleman. The plan to reserve more trips to orbit would give NASA additional breathing room…
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Soyuz MS-03 completes ISS docking with Expedition 50 crew
Following quick on the heels of the Soyuz MS-02 launch on 19 October, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft this week, ahead of delivering a new three person crew for Expeditions 50/51. The flight launched at 20:20 GMT (15:20 EST) on Thursday and was followed by two-day orbital rendezvous ahead…
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Space station trip makes NASA’s Peggy Whitson the oldest woman in space
At the age of 56, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is beginning a months-long tour of duty on the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) Today’s liftoff of a Soyuz spaceship heading for the International Space Station launched NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson into the history books as well. The three-time spaceflier, who turns 57…
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Video: Soyuz MS-01 lands with three-person space crew
The Soyuz MS-01 capsule safely returns to Earth, bringing back Expedition 49 commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after a 115-day mission that spanned 48.6 million miles to the International Space Station. Landing as seen live Aerial view of…
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Video: Crew members extracted from the Soyuz after landing
One-by-one, the three crew members are pulled from the Soyuz MS-01 capsule and placed in reclining chairs minutes after landing in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency completed a 115-day mission to the International Space Station…
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Video: Soyuz MS-01 leaves the space station for landing
Expedition 49 commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency undock from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-01 capsule for return to Earth.
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International space crew wraps up nearly four months in orbit
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft touches down cushioned by “soft landing” rockets at 0358 GMT (11:58 p.m. EDT). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese flight engineer and a NASA scientist-astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Saturday, landing on the steppe of…