Safe Soyuz Touchdown at Sunrise Returns U.S.-Russian Crew after Record-Setting Space Mission
A five-time space flier, a test-pilot-turned-astronaut and a NASA record holder parachuted into the sunrise on Sunday, safely touching down
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Sunday Morning Soyuz Landing on Tap for U.S.-Russian Trio, Peggy Whitson to Return after 289 Days
A veteran Russian Cosmonaut and two NASA Astronauts will barrel through a blaze of fire Sunday morning aboard their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft, aiming for a parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan Sunday morning
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Gallery: Russian Cosmonauts Work Overtime Outside Space Station
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, completing his ninth career spacewalk, and Sergey Ryazansky, venturing into the void for the fourth time, spent seven hours and 34 minutes working outside the International Space Station
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New High-Energy Particle Detector Installed on International Space Station
The International Space Station received a new flagship particle detector earlier this week when the CREAM instrument package was retrieved from the Dragon spacecraft’s Trunk Section and transferred – via robotic arm handshake – to the Exposed Facility of the Station’s Kibo module
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Russian Spacewalkers Collect Overtime in Busy EVA for Satellite Release, Sampling & External Outfitting
Two veteran Russian spacewalkers ventured outside the International Space Station for over six hours on Thursday to complete a variety of external work on the Station’s Russian Segment.
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Cosmonaut Duo set for busy Spacewalk to Deploy Satellites, Collect Samples & Install Experiments
Two Russian Cosmonauts are set to venture outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Thursday on a planned spacewalk of six hours and five minutes dedicated to a variety of tasks on the exterior of the Russian Segment.
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Science-Laden Dragon Arrives at Space Station after Flawless Two-Day Rendezvous
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft packed to the brink with science gear and supplies parked ten meters from the International Space Station on Wednesday to be captured by the Station’s robotic arm
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Successful Monday Commute to Orbit for Dragon Cargo Craft, Falcon 9 aces another Landing
Mice, a supercomputer, small satellites and a new state-of-the-art particle detector roared into clear skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Monday aboard the twelfth regular Dragon cargo spacecraft launching atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
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ISS Completes Scheduled Reboost, External Robots Fetch Failed Power Unit for Internal Repairs
The International Space Station conducted a scheduled orbital reboost on Wednesday amid ongoing robotics work to move a failed power switching unit to the interior of the Station for a first-of-its-kind repair attempt in orbit that could pave the way for future component repairs on long-duration missions into the Solar System.
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Russian-U.S.-Italian Crew Trio Arrives at ISS after Express Soyuz Rendezvous
A Russian Commander and Flight Engineers from the U.S. and Italy lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at sunset on Friday, riding a Soyuz FG rocket into orbit to embark on an express rendezvous with the International Space Station that took them to their orbital destination just over six hours after launch.
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Progress MS-05 Departs ISS en-route to Fiery Re-Entry after Successful Cargo Mission
The Progress MS-05 cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Thursday after a stay of four months facilitating the delivery of 2.4 metric tons of supplies to the orbiting laboratory.
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Mount Vesuvius Wildfires Captured from Space
Wildfires raged around the slopes of Mount Vesuvius near the Italian City of Naples in the first half of July 2017 and were captured by several space missions including Astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Dragon Parachutes to Pre-Sunrise Splashdown, capping First Re-Use Flight
SpaceX’s first Dragon re-use mission successfully concluded on Monday with the spacecraft parachuting to a safe splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean to return nearly two metric tons of science and hardware from the International Space Station.
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Dragon SpX-11 targets Pacific Landing on Monday to return valuable ISS Science
The SpaceX Dragon is working towards a Monday homecoming after a very busy cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station that brought plenty of experiments for the crew to perform as well as three high-profile external payloads,
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Cygnus OA-7 fades from Existence in Fiery Re-Entry after successful Fire Experiment & CubeSat Release
The Orbital ATK Cygnus OA-7 cargo spacecraft met its fiery fate on Sunday when the vehicle made a targeted re-entry over the Pacific Ocean, closing out a 54-day mission
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Cygnus S.S. John Glenn departs ISS for Week-Long Free Flight for Fire Experiment, CubeSat Release
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 resupply craft departed the International Space Station on Sunday after a six-week stay to head for a week-long free flight for the deployment of small CubeSats and the third iteration of NASA’s Spacecraft Fire Experiment
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Cygnus OA-7 Cargo Craft set for ISS Departure Sunday, Weeks ahead of Schedule
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 spacecraft is being prepared to depart the International Space Station on Sunday – six weeks ahead of the mission’s original schedule
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