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Watch live: Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon capsule on launch pad for test-firing today

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Falcon 9 static fire for Axiom’s Ax-1 mission is scheduled no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, April 6. A streaming video of the test-firing is available on this page. SpaceX rolled a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to their launch pad Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center, setting …

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NASA bumps Artemis countdown rehearsal until after Axiom crew launch

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NASA’s Space Launch system moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission stands on pad 39B Monday. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA officials said Tuesday they are standing down from a cryogenic loading test on the agency’s Space Launch System moon rocket until after the launch of a commercial crew mission from a neighboring pad at the Kennedy …

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Record-setting NASA astronaut back on Earth after record-setting flight

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei gives a thumbs-up after landing in Kazakhstan, closing out 355 days in space. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Wednesday, landing on …

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NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts set for Wednesday return to Earth

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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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NASA gives priority to Artemis ground test over commercial astronaut launch

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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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SpaceX’s new Dragon spaceship named ‘Freedom’

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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 …

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Spacewalk underway for space station maintenance, upgrades

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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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Soyuz carries three cosmonauts to station as Nelson touts cooperation

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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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Three-man Russian crew ready for launch to International Space Station

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Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev, and Denis Matveev during a training session inside their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft. Credit: Roscosmos Three cosmonauts set to kick off a six-and-a-half month expedition in orbit will launch Friday on Russia’s first mission to the International Space Station since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. A Soyuz rocket set to …

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Watch live: Astronauts head outside space station to prep for new solar arrays

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Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari floated out of the International Space Station airlock for a spacewalk Tuesday to install brackets and struts to support new solar arrays to upgrade the research lab’s power system. The two NASA astronauts planned to spend about six-and-a-half hours outside the space station Tuesday, working on the starboard side, …

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