Temperatures were barely above freezing Sunday morning when a Soyuz space capsule parachuted to a safe landing in South Central Kazakhstan, returning with a crew from Russia, Japan and the U.S. after circling the Earth 1,840 times in a busy mission to the International Space Station.
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It was a short and intense handover for the Expedition 49 crew with three crew members now on their way back to Earth and the other half now at the helm for Expedition 50 with ISS in their hands for the next two and a half weeks until the next crew launches from Kazakhstan.
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International Space Station Expedition 49 Commander Anatoli Ivanishin hands command of the orbiting outpost to NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough who will lead the 50th Expedition to ISS for the next four months.
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The Orbital ATK Cygnus arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, being captured by the Station’s robotic arm for a month-long stay to deliver important cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
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Soyuz MS-02 pulled into its orbital port on Friday, safely bringing three crew members to the International Space Station for a stay of four-and-a-half months as part of the 50th ISS Expedition.
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft has entered an orbital parking spot where it is standing by to give the right of way to the inbound Soyuz crew vehicle before it will make its close rendezvous with the Space Station on Sunday to be captured by the Station’s robotic arm.
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Russia’s trusted Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, carrying into orbit the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft with three Russian-American crew members to begin a four-and-a-half space flight as part of International Space Station Expedition 49/50.
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Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket made a triumphant return on Monday, rumbling into the night skies over Wallops Island to lift the Cygnus OA-5 cargo spacecraft into orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
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A flight-ready Antares rocket was rolled to Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport this week for the first time in nearly two years in preparation to restore Orbital ATK’s cargo launch capability to the International Space Station Sunday night.
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The Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Friday en-route to a fiery re-entry, marking the start of a string of vehicle moves to and from the orbital outpost coming up in the second half of this month.
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Russian engineers have isolated the electrical short that delayed the launch of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying the next three International Space Station crew members.
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The launch of the next crew flying to the International Space Station is facing a multi-week delay after a fault was discovered in their Soyuz spacecraft in the late stages of testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome from where the three-man crew was to launch later this week.
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The International Space Station Expedition 49/50 crew completes final training at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, also participating in traditional ceremonies at the historic launch site.
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The three Soyuz MS-02 crew members complete final training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center to prepare for liftoff on a five-month flight to the International Space Station.
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The International Space Station Expedition 49 Crew participates in traditional pre-flight events in Moscow, including the visit to Red Square before departing for the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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The Crew of ISS Expedition 49 completes systems familiarization and flight-specific training operations at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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