International Space Station Commander Jeff Williams set a new U.S. spaceflight record, passing the 520-day endurance record set earlier this year for cumulative time spent in space.
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Russia is evaluating a reduction of its three-person International Space Station crew complement to only two Cosmonauts staffing the Russian segment of the orbiting laboratory.
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Russia’s Progress MS-03 spacecraft completed an orbital cargo delivery Monday night, arriving at the International Space Station to drop off over two metric tons of supplies for the six crew members staffing the orbital laboratory.
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Two spacecraft are en-route to the International Space Station after successful launches from Russia and the United States to keep up a steady chain of supplies for the six crew members living and working in orbit.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket made a pre-dawn liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sunday morning, flying toward the sunrise to deliver the Progress MS-03 cargo spacecraft to orbit for a resupply flight to the Space Station.
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A busy week is coming up for the International Space Station with a pair of cargo craft inbound to keep up a steady chain of supplies for the six crew members living and working in orbit, circling the Earth 400 Kilometers in altitude.
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A crew from Russia, the United States and Japan made an on-time arrival at the International Space Station Saturday morning, docking to the orbital outpost aboard their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft after a two-day transit.
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A veteran Cosmonaut, a former Japanese airline pilot and a trained microbiologist from the United States safely arrived in orbit after riding atop a Soyuz FG rocket blasting off from a remote launch pad in Kazakhstan.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, launching into orbit three international crew members aboard the first Soyuz MS spacecraft.
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Set for a two-day commute to their orbital workplace, an international crew trio is ready for liftoff aboard their Soyuz spacecraft in the early hours on Thursday to head into orbit for a half-year stay aboard the International Space Station.
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The Progress MS spacecraft, currently docked to the International Space Station, will back away from its Pirs docking port on Friday before closing in again for a re-docking to test out a new manual control system installed on ISS.
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Three space travelers safely returned to Earth Saturday morning, parachuting into the steppes of Kazakhstan to mark their homecoming after half a year in orbit, circling the Earth 2,976 times.
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Three International Space Station crew members parachuted to a safe landing aboard their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft on Saturday after 186 days off the planet.
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The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft departed the International Space Station Saturday morning to begin a two-orbit free flight ahead of its deorbit burn and parachute assisted landing to return Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Time Peake to Earth after a 186-day flight.
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Three spacemen swapped the relative comforts of the International Space Station for the confined Soyuz capsule to parachute back to Earth Saturday morning, aiming for a landing in the Kazakh steppe.
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A trio of International Space Station crew members is setting sail on their return journey on Saturday, looking forward to an early afternoon landing in the steppe of Kazakhstan aboard their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft.
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The International Space Station conducted an orbital reboost on Wednesday, slightly raising its orbit to fine-tune its trajectory as part of phasing for upcoming visiting vehicle operations.
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The International Space Station completed a scheduled reboost of its orbit on Wednesday, using the Progress MS-02 spacecraft to raise the Station’s orbit.
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Experiments: SPHEROIDS – Temperature & Power Check [SPHEROIDS studies the effects of microgravity on endothelial cell function with respect to
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Experiments: SPHEROIDS – Kubik incubator activation and insertion of samples [SPHEROIDS studies the effects of microgravity on endothelial cell function
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Experiments: METEOR Troubleshooting – Issues arose with the METEOR payload software and could not be solved with initial troubleshooting steps.
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Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Exercise Session – [MARES uses an adjustable chair an restraint system, a pantograph
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Experiments: Rodent Research-3 (RR-3) Procedures Review and Training [Rodent Research 3, named after the sponsoring company Eli Lilly and Co.,
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Experiments: Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) [PCG exploits the novel environment aboard ISS for the study of protein crystallization in the
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The International Space Station received a fresh batch of supplies on Saturday when the Progress MS-02 spacecraft made a successful docking to the Station’s aft docking port, arriving for a stay of six and a half months and bringing with it 2,425 Kilograms of fuel, water and supplies for ISS and its six resident crew members.
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Experiments: Strata-I Payload Experiment – Solid State Power Control Module (SSPCM) channel for Express Rack 8 suffered an overcurrent trip
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The launch of the Progress MS-02 cargo resupply craft on Thursday was photographed by the crew of the International Space Station observing the ascending rocket from the Cupola.
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The Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched on Thursday, riding into orbit atop a Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifting off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Sent on its way in an excellent orbit, Progress is planned to complete a two-day rendezvous with the Space Station to deliver 2,425 Kilograms of cargo.
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Experiments: Circadian Rhythms Experiment – Thermolab Study [The BLR48 and Circadian Rhythms Study will examine the role of synchronized circadian
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Experiments: Fine Motor Skills [Fine Motor Skills uses a tablet touchscreen application to monitor degradation in fine motor abilities over
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