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SpaceX crew capsule relocated outside space station before Boeing mission

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft moves in for docking at the zenith port on the space station’s Harmony module Wednesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Four astronauts rode a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for a flight from one International Space Station docking port to another Wednesday, clearing the way for arrival of a Boeing Starliner crew ferry …

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Dragon cargo ship departs space station and heads for Earth

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SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule departs the International Space Station Thursday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX cargo capsule undocked from the International Space Station Thursday and headed for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico after a two-day delay to wait for Tropical Storm Elsa to clear the area. Flying in autopilot mode, the Cargo Dragon …

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Progress supply ship docks with space station

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Russia’s Progress MS-17 supply ship moves in for docking at the International Space Station on Thursday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Russia’s automated Progress MS-17 cargo ship docked with the International Space Station Thursday, wrapping up a two-day journey from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with nearly 2.7 tons of fuel, food, water, and supplies. The …

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Russia gears up to launch space station resupply ship

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EDITOR’S NOTE: NASA TV’s live launch coverage in English begins at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). The Roscosmos webcast in Russian begins at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT). NASA TV Roscosmos Webcast A Russian Progress supply ship is set to launch Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, commencing a two-day chase of the International Space …

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Watch live: Second spacewalk begins to install space station solar arrays

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Astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough floated outside the International Space Station Sunday on a spacewalk to complete deployment and unrolling of a new solar array blanket after encountering spacesuit glitches and an interference issue during a previous excursion Wednesday. Pesquet and Kimbrough switched their spacesuits to battery power at 7:42 a.m. EDT (1142 GMT) …

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Watch live: Spacewalk underway to install new space station solar array

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA crewmate Shane Kimbrough floated outside the International Space Station early Wednesday for a spacewalk to install the first of six new solar wings intended to boost the lab’s power back to factory fresh levels. Floating in the station’s Quest airlock, …

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ULA delays Atlas 5 launch to study unexpected engine vibrations

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An RL10 engine fires during launch of an Atlas 5 rocket May 18 with the U.S. Space Force’s SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas 5 launch will carry Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule into orbit July 30 on its second unpiloted test fight, officials confirmed Thursday. An …

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Dragon capsule delivers 7,300 pounds of cargo to International Space Station

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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy captured this photo of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station on Saturday. Credit: Oleg Novitskiy/Roscosmos Wrapping up a two-day transit from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Dragon capsule autonomously linked up with the International Space Station Saturday with more than 7,300 pounds of cargo, including new …

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SpaceX cargo ship launches on mission to upgrade space station electrical grid

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Nine Merlin main engines propel a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into the sky over the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now Trailing a brilliant orange flame, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into orbit Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a Dragon cargo ship hauling experiments and …

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Spacewalkers prepare space station’s Russian Pirs module for disposal

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov wears an Oral spacesuit during a spacewalk Wednesday outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Two cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station early Wednesday to wrap up preparations for detaching the two-decades-old Pirs airlock and docking compartment next month, clearing the way for …

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