NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei in his Russian Sokol launch and entry spacesuit. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, launched by Russia to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft last April, returns this week to a world torn by war in Ukraine and escalating superpower tension as he closes out a 355-day …
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Pilot Larry Connor and commander Mike Lopez-Alegria (left and right) during training inside a SpaceX simulator. Credit: Axiom Space / SpaceX NASA officials gave the green light Friday for the first all-commercial astronaut launch to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket as soon as April 3. But the astronaut launch could be delayed …
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NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, pilot Bob Hines, commander Kjell Lindgren, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s fourth human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft has been named “Freedom” by the first team of astronauts who will ride it into orbit next month. “FREEDOM!! Crew-4 will fly to …
A Soyuz rocket lifts off Tuesday with a Russian military satellite. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Russian Soyuz rocket delivered a military communications satellite to orbit Tuesday in the first space launch for Russia’s military since forces invaded Ukraine last month. The Soyuz launcher lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 8:48 a.m. EDT …
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Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday for a spacewalk to install refurbished ammonia jumpers in the lab’s cooling system, to replace a high-definition camera and to make power and data connections on a European instrument platform. NASA’s Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer, a German astronaut with the European Space Agency, also plan …
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A Long March 4C rocket lifts off with the Yaogan 34-02 satellite. Credit: CASC China launched a classified military remote sensing satellite March 17 on a Long March 4C rocket. The three-stage rocket placed the Yaogan 34-02 satellite into an orbit at an altitude of 680 miles (1,100 kilometers). The Long March 4C lifted off …
Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now The first 322-foot-tall (98-meter) Space Launch System moon rocket arrived on launch pad 39B Friday after an overnight trek from the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The trip aboard one of NASA’s crawler-transporters lasted more than 10 hours from the time the moon rocket began …
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A Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with 53 more Starlink internet satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX flew one of its Falcon 9 rocket boosters for a record 12th time early Saturday, delivering 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit and closing …
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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION With the arrival of three new cosmonauts, the International Space Station is home to a crew of 10 through March 30. Credit: Roscosmos Three cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday, caught up with the International Space Station after a two-orbit rendezvous and moved in …
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NASA’s Space Launch System rolls eastbound toward pad 39B. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now NASA’s powerful new moon rocket, standing more than 30 stories tall, arrived on the launch pad early Friday for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ready for a series of checkouts culminating in fueling test and …
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