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Soyuz MS-05 Crew Launches, Bound for 4.5 Month ISS Increment
Three new spacefarers from Russia, Italy and the United States have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, bound for a 4.5-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Veteran cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky, seasoned NASA shuttle flyer and spacewalker Randy “Komrade” Bresnik and Italy’s oldest man in space, 60-year-old Paolo Nespoli, launched aboard Soyuz […] More
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Multi-National Soyuz MS-05 Crew Ready for Friday Launch to Space Station
For the first time in almost four years, three Americans will be aboard the International Space Station (ISS) together this weekend, as Soyuz MS-05 brings a new team of astronauts and cosmonauts to the multi-national orbiting outpost. Veteran shuttle flyer Randy Bresik, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky and Italy’s Paolo Nespoli are slated to launch from […] More
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First Reusable Dragon Cargo Mission Launches Science and Supplies to Space Station
If candles celebrate an anniversary, then the roar of Merlin 1D+ rocket engines honored the 100th launch from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, earlier today (Saturday, 3 June). SpaceX’s Upgraded Falcon 9 booster roared aloft from the historic complex at 5:07 p.m. EDT, precisely on the cusp of an “instantaneous” […] More
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‘Just Do It…Again’: 10 Years Since STS-117 Changed the Face of the Space Station (Part 1)
Ten years have now passed since STS-117 literally changed the face of the International Space Station (ISS), delivering and activating a new set of power-producing solar arrays, batteries and radiators. Aboard shuttle Atlantis in June 2007 for what would turn out to be the longest mission of her career, six NASA astronauts installed the gigantic […] More
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Soyuz MS-04 Launches, Begins 4.5-Month Space Station Increment
Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and U.S. astronaut Jack Fischer have launched safely into orbit aboard their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft, bound for a 4.5-month occupancy of the International Space Station (ISS). The duo—who represent the smallest Soyuz crew to be launched over a decade—rocketed away from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:13:43 […] More
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U.S.-Russian Duo Set to Launch Thursday for Multi-Month Space Station Increment
The smallest Soyuz crew in more than a decade will rocket towards the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, 20 April, heading for a shorter-than-normal increment of 4.5 months aboard the orbital outpost. Veteran cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin—who becomes only the eighth Russian citizen to chalk up a fifth space mission—and “rookie” NASA astronaut Jack Fischer […] More
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Future Space Station Crew Discusses ISS Expedition
Three experienced spacefarers from three nations, with a combined total of almost a year in space, across four previous missions—to say nothing of over 31 cumulative hours of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) to their credit—gathered Wednesday at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, to brief the media on their upcoming voyage to the International […] More
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Smallest ISS Crew of the Decade Discusses Upcoming Mission
You might be forgiven for thinking that one chair was missing at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 30 November, for only two seats are reserved for the next crew of the International Space Station (ISS). As reported previously by AmericaSpace, Russia recently decided to reduce the number […] More
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Soyuz MS-03 Crew Set for Thursday Launch to Space Station
Three new crew members, including the world’s most experienced female space traveler, will launch into the night from Baikonur Cosmodrome, later this week, to begin a six-month expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz MS-03 is currently slated to fly from Site 1/5—the famed “Gagarin’s Start” at the Central Asian spaceport—at 2:20 a.m. local […] More
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Expedition 39 Crew Home Safely After 188 Days in Orbit
After almost 188 dramatic days in orbit, Expedition 39 has concluded in spectacular fashion with the safe landing in Kazakhstan of Soyuz TMA-11M and its crew of Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio, and Japan’s Koichi Wakata. The three men undocked from the Earth-facing (or “nadir”) port of the International Space Station’s (ISS) […] More
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Soyuz TMA-10M Lands in Kazakhstan After 166-Day Mission
After 166 days, six hours, and 27 minutes in flight, and some 2,580 orbits of Earth, the Expedition 38 mission has concluded safely with the touchdown in Kazakhstan of Soyuz TMA-10M and its crew of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins. The trio landed at 11:24 p.m. EDT Monday […] More
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‘A Condition That Was Life Threatening’: NASA Releases Report Into EVA-23 Water Intrusion Incident
After six months of painstaking work, the NASA Mishap Investigation Board (MIB) has reported its findings, including root and proximate causes, of an incident in July 2013 when water unexpectedly intruded into the helmet of astronaut Luca Parmitano, whilst outside the International Space Station (ISS). As a result, the planned 6.5-hour EVA-23 was terminated, and […] More
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