Tag: Tim Kopra
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Photos: Soyuz crew capsule parachutes to landing in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a three-man crew parachuted to the flat grasslands of Kazakhstan on Saturday, returning home from the International Space Station with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and British flight engineer Tim Peake. The Soyuz TMA-19M spaceship touched down at 0915 GMT (5:15 a.m. EDT; 3:15 p.m. Kazakh time) about 90 miles…
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Soyuz spacecraft brings home three-man station crew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A Russian cosmonaut, a NASA astronaut and a British flier strapped into a Soyuz spacecraft, undocked from International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Saturday, safely landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 186-day mission. Dropping out of a partly cloudy…
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Video: Change of command aboard International Space Station
With his year in orbit at an end, Expedition 46 commander Scott Kelly hands command of the International Space Station to Expedition 47 commander Tim Kopra.
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Spacewalk terminated due to spacesuit water leak
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Tim Peake is seen outside the International Space Station during Friday’s spacewalk. Flight controllers ordered two astronauts to terminate a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Friday after one of them reported a small amount of water leaking into his space helmet. While not nearly as dangerous…
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Astronauts to repair station electrical circuit on Friday spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA Two space station astronauts are gearing up for a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Friday to replace a presumably shorted out solar array voltage regulator that knocked one of the lab’s eight power channels out of action late last year. They also plan to finish up ongoing work…
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Astronauts to repair station electrical circuit on Friday spacewalk
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA Two space station astronauts are gearing up for a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Friday to replace a presumably shorted out solar array voltage regulator that knocked one of the lab’s eight power channels out of action late last year. They also plan to finish up ongoing work…
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Unscheduled spacewalk on tap Monday
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…