The Space Station Dextre Robot takes on its role as ISS Electrician, tasked with replacing an external circuit breaker box that had tripped open early in April and could not be closed via remote commanding.
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Sped-up video of robotic work outside the Japanese Experiment Module on April 28, 2017 covering the installation of the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP), starting its second mission to expose experiments to the space environment.
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Timelapse video of robotic activities underway outside the International Space Station from March 2 through 8 covering the installation of the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE-III) and the removal of the Robotic Refueling Mission payloads. This clip plays at 50x real speed, you can use YouTube’s speed adjustment function to slow it down or increase to up to 100x real speed.
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Five small CubeSats were deployed from the International Space Station on Monday via NanoRacks’ commercial deployment mechanism that allows ISS to serve as an orbital launch pad for educational and commercial satellite missions of short duration.
Read moreInternational 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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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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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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SpaceX achieved another milestone on Friday, successfully recovering a Falcon 9 first stage at sea after dispatching the rocket’s second stage and Dragon spacecraft on their way to orbit for a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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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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Russia’s Soyuz rocket made a nighttime liftoff on Friday to deliver the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft with Alexey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams to orbit, setting out on a fast-track rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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The Soyuz FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is moved to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 16, 2016 to set the stage for a middle-of-the-night liftoff for a flight to ISS.
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The crew of Soyuz TMA-20M, Alexey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams complete final launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to get ready for liftoff aboard their Soyuz spacecraft for an express flight to the Space Station.
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Three International Space Station crew members made a safe landing aboard the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft Wednesday morning, touching down in a remote stretch of Kazakhstan.
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A Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifts off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 21, 2015 on a nine-minute ride into orbit to put the Progress MS spacecraft on a course toward the International Space Station for a two-day rendezvous.
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The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Tim Peake to the International Space Station made a smooth approach on Wednesday until its automated rendezvous system detected a problem and commanded the Soyuz to back away when just 20 meters from its destination. Experienced Soyuz commander Malenchenko assumed manual control and guided the 7,200-Kilogram craft back to a safe docking.
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A Soyuz FG rocket lifts off from Site 1/5 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 15, 2015 – beginning a journey to bring Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Tim Peake to orbit for a seven-month Space Station Mission.
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The Soyuz FG rocket rolls out to its launch pad at Site 1/5 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday, December 13, 2015 to begin the final preparations for liftoff, carrying the Soyuz TMA-19M crew of Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Peake and Tim Kopra.
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An Atlas V rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral on December 6, 2015 on the launcher’s first mission in support of the International Space Station, lifting the Cygnus OA-4 resupply craft into orbit.
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Progress M-29M made an express delivery to space on Thursday, conducting a picture-perfect six-hour launch-to-docking to keep up a steady chain of supplies heading to the orbiting outpost.
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A Soyuz U rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 16:49 UTC on Thursday, successfully sending the Progress M-29M cargo craft into orbit for an express rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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The Soyuz U Rocket carrying the Progress M-29M cargo spacecraft was rolled to the launch pad at Site 1/5 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday in preparation for its launch on October 1.
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