Tag: Soyuz
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Space station trio gets warm reception after chilly touchdown in Kazakhstan
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is all smiles as she is carried from the Soyuz landing site to a medical tent shortly after touchdown. The Soyuz sits in the background of the picture. (Credit: Bill Ingalls / NASA) Just a week after a fresh trio of spacefliers moved into the International Space Station, three other crew members…
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Soyuz MS-01 trio return to Earth
Under the command of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Soyuz MS-01 undocked from the ISS on Saturday. With NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi onboard, the trio successfully landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 11:59 p.m Eastern. Soyuz MS-01: The End Of Mission (EOM) events marked the conclusion to the debut use of the newly upgraded Soyuz…
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Station crew preps for Saturday return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi (left to right) are scheduled to return to Earth Saturday. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew rotation, a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are packing up for the trip back to Earth Saturday, leaving the International Space Station just eight…
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Video: Soyuz capsule docks to the International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut successfully docks to the International Space Station after a two-day trek from Earth.
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U.S.-Russian trio moves into space station
A Russian Soyuz craft approaches the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) Three new crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today, just in time to help out with a big moving job. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and his Russian crewmates, Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, floated out of their Russian Soyuz capsule and…
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Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft docks with Expedition 49/50 crew
After nearly a month long delay to fix a technical issue with the spacecraft, the Russian Federal Space Agency’s Soyuz MS-02 human-rated spacecraft launched three new crew members for Expedition 49/50 crews to the International Space Station on October 19, ahead of completing a two-day orbital rendezvous with the Station on Friday. Soyuz MS-02 –…
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Video: Expedition 49 crew launches to the International Space Station
Watch the launch of Expedition 49, a three-man crew headed for the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Video: Soyuz rocket rolled to pad for Expedition 49 crew launch
The Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft and booster rocket were rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday in preparation for liftoff Wednesday on a two-day trek to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, will join the station’s existing three-person Expedition…
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Russian space station crews to be smaller next year
A Soyuz crew ferry craft (left) and a Progress supply ship (right) are docked with the International Space Station in this view captured during a night pass over Europe. The Strait of Gibraltar is visible in the background. Credit: NASA Russia’s space agency has decided to cut the size of its crew complement on the…
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NASA’s Jeff Williams sets record as he and space station crewmates return to Earth
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams waves to the camera after coming out of the Soyuz capsule he rode down to Earth from the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA TV) NASA astronaut Jeff Williams returned to Earth from the International Space Station in the company of two Russian cosmonauts tonight, setting a U.S. spaceflight record in the…