Tag: Tim Peake

  • Cargo-carrying Dragon spaceship returns to Earth

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    The Dragon spacecraft descends to the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship departed the International Space Station on Wednesday, fired rocket thrusters to brake out of orbit, and parachuted to a picture-perfect splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with approximately 3,461 pounds (1,570 kilograms) of experiment samples and equipment. Concluding a 31-day…

  • Spacewalk terminated due to spacesuit water leak

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    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…

  • Astronauts to repair station electrical circuit on Friday spacewalk

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    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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    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…