By Ben Evans, on April 10th, 2020
The first Soyuz-2.1a booster to carry a human payload roars aloft from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:05 p.m. local time (4:05 a.m. EDT) Thursday 9 April 2020 with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. They docked to the International Space Station at 10:13 a.m. EDT while both […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 7th, 2020
CRS-20 launch and Falcon 9 landing for the 50th time. Credit: SpaceX
A twice-used Falcon 9 booster core lifted a three-times-flown Dragon cargo ship towards the International Space Station (ISS) earlier overnight to kick off SpaceX’s fifth mission of 2020. Liftoff of the veteran Falcon 9 core, tailnumbered “B1059”—which saw previous service to launch […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 6th, 2020
CRS-20 will feature the third Dragon capsule to record three missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: SpaceX/Twitter
A few months shy of a full decade since the first Dragon pathfinder roared into orbit, SpaceX will draw down the curtain Friday on the highly successful first round of its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 25th, 2019
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is launched with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo captured by NASA astronaut Christina Koch onboard the ISS.
In a relatively […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 23rd, 2019
Commanding Wednesday’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is veteran cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (center). He will be accompanied by first-time NASA flyer Jessica Meir (right) and the first citizen-astronaut of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hazza al-Mansouri (right). Photo Credit: Jessica Meir/NASA/Twitter
Three spacefarers from three nations are primed to roar aloft from Site […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 30th, 2018
Drew Feustel will be the 22nd U.S. citizen to command the International Space Station (ISS). After the completion of his tenure, no U.S. astronaut is slated to command the station throughout 2019. Photo Credit: NASA
When Expedition 56 astronaut Drew Feustel relinquishes the helm of the International Space Station (ISS) to Germany’s Alexander […]
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By Ben Evans, on October 27th, 2016
“Skimming the horizon at sunset” was Kate Rubins’ description of this remarkable image of Soyuz MS-01, posted on Twitter on Monday, 24 October. Rubins and her crewmates Anatoli Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi will return home aboard this spacecraft over the coming weekend. Photo Credit: NASA/Kate Rubins/Twitter
Ten seconds shy of midnight EDT on […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 6th, 2016
Wrapping up his fourth space mission, Jeff Williams is now the United States’ most experienced space traveler, with over 534 cumulative days away from the Home Planet. Photo Credit: NASA TV
After more than 172 days in space, U.S. national-record-breaking astronaut Jeff Williams and his Russian crewmates Alexei Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka have […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 15th, 2016
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins work with their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suits in the Quest airlock. Photo Credit: NASA
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, 19 August, to install the first of two […]
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By Ben Evans, on July 18th, 2016
The Upgraded Falcon 9 launches into the night, and returns from the night, with its first-stage hardware alighting perfectly onto Landing Zone (LZ)-1 at the Cape. Photo Credit: Talia Landman / AmericaSpace
For the 10th time in a little over four years, SpaceX delivered a Dragon cargo ship on a journey toward the […]
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