By Ben Evans, on June 18th, 2016
The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 47 crew members Tim Kopra of NASA, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Kopra, Peake, and Malenchenko are returning after six months in space where […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 1st, 2016
Commander Tim Kopra (front right) has led Expedition 47 since March. He and his crewmates Tim Peake and Yuri Malenchenko will now depart the International Space Station (ISS) on 18 June. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de
The incumbent Expedition 47 core crew of the International Space Station (ISS)—Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 7th, 2016
Scott Kelly (left), pictured with his identical twin brother, Mark, also a former astronaut. Photo Credit: Michael Galindo/AmericaSpace
Despite fatigue, muscle soreness and—untouched by the full force of terrestrial gravity in almost a year—a peculiar “itchiness” of the skin, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly feels that his 340 days in space have cleared a […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 2nd, 2016
With 520 cumulative days in space, and 340 days from his (almost) one-year mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Scott Kelly is now the national record-holder for the longest single space mission and the greatest amount of spaceflight time of any U.S. citizen. Photo Credit: NASA
For the first time in almost […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 1st, 2016 With yesterday’s change of command ceremony, Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra (left) will lead the International Space Station (ISS) through early June. He takes over from One-Year crewman Scott Kelly (right). Photo Credit: NASA/Tim Kopra/Twitter
With just one day of their (almost) year-long mission remaining, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail […]
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By Ben Evans, on February 26th, 2016
With Sergei Volkov (center) commanding the return to Earth, One-Year crewman Scott Kelly (left) and Mikhail Kornienko will wrap up the longest single space mission of the 21st century next week. Photo Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly/Twitter
Scott Kelly has certainly been waxing lyrical recently, as he wraps up the last couple of percent of […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 21st, 2016
At 2:43 p.m. EST on 21 January 2016, Scott Kelly becomes the first American citizen to have spent 300 days, continuously, in space on a single mission. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de
At 2:43 p.m. EST today (Thursday, 21 January), NASA astronaut Scott Kelly—incumbent skipper of the International Space Station (ISS), as […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 15th, 2016
Tim Kopra (center) works at the S-6 truss segment during the effort to replace the failed Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU) for Power Channel 1B. Photo Credit: NASA
Expedition 46 astronauts Tim Kopra of NASA and Britain’s Tim Peake have completed a somewhat truncated four-hour and 43-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 13th, 2016
Tim Peake undergoes suit fit-checks in the Quest airlock, ahead of U.S. EVA-35. Photo Credit: NASA
He may be long-retired from the British Army, and his Christian name may have a different vowel at its core, but “Major Tim” Peake will pay unique tribute on Friday, 15 January, to “Starman” David Bowie, who […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 3rd, 2016
The Expedition 46 crew will be the next group of humans to spend the New Year away from the Home Planet. From left are Scott Kelly, Sergei Volkov, Mikhail Kornienko, Tim Kopra, Tim Peake, and Yuri Malenchenko. Photo Credit: NASA
In recent days, six pairs of eyes were glued to the windows of […]
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