Soyuz

NASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking

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Montag, April 20, 2020
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WASHINGTON, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the International Space Station beginning at 9:30 p.m. EDT Friday, April 24.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the International Space Station beginning at 9:30 p.m. EDT Friday, April 24.
  • The uncrewed Russian Progress 75 is scheduled to launch on a Soyuz rocket at 9:51 p.m. (6:51 a.m. Saturday, April 25, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 12:30 a.m.
    Progress 75 will remain docked at the station for more than seven months, departing in December for its deorbit into Earth's atmosphere.
  • For almost 20 years , humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth.

NASA TV to Air Landing of NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka

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Montag, April 13, 2020
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Coverage of the deorbit burn and landing will begin at 12 a.m. Friday, April 17.

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  • Coverage of the deorbit burn and landing will begin at 12 a.m. Friday, April 17.
  • A change of command ceremony, which will see newly arrived astronaut Chris Cassidy of NASA accept station command from Skripochka, will air live at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, on NASA TV and the agency's website.
  • 4:55 p.m.: Space station change of command ceremony, during which Chris Cassidy will accept command from crewmate Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos.
  • 12 a.m.: Soyuz deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 12:22 a.m. and landing at 1:17 a.m.)
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NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Available for Interviews Before Launch

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Donnerstag, März 12, 2020
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will be available for live satellite interviews from 7 to 8:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 19, before launching on a six-and-a-half month mission aboard the International Space Station .

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  • WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will be available for live satellite interviews from 7 to 8:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 19, before launching on a six-and-a-half month mission aboard the International Space Station .
  • Media participating in the interviews must tune to the NASA TV Media Channel (NTV-3).
  • Satellite tuning information is available at:
    Cassidy and his Expedition 63 crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch April 9 aboard the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft.
  • This will be the first crewed flight using a Soyuz 2.1a booster from launch site 31 at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station

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Donnerstag, Oktober 3, 2019
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • Hague and Ovchinin launched March 14, along with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch .
  • Six hours later, they began their 203-day mission on the station, orbiting Earth 3,248 times and traveling 86.1 million miles.
  • After postlanding medical checks, Hague will return to Houston, and Ovchinin and Almansoori will return to Star City, Russia.

Charm Sciences Swabs Launch to the International Space Station

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Freitag, September 27, 2019
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LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Charm Sciences, Inc. is proud to announce that we have reached new heights: we're in space!

Key Points: 
  • LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Charm Sciences, Inc. is proud to announce that we have reached new heights: we're in space!
  • On September 25, when a multinational crew launched to the International Space Station, they carried with them sampling swabs developed by Charm Sciences for use in research that will be conducted on the space station.
  • "Charm Sciences and Zymo Research collaborated on a sampling swab for NASA."
  • Soyuz MS-15 lifted off on September 25, 2019 at 9:57 a.m. EDT and docked to an International Space Station service module at EDT 3:42 p.m.

NASA Television Coverage Set for Uncrewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station

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Freitag, August 16, 2019
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The booster will be used to transport crews to the International Space Station beginning in spring 2020.

Key Points: 
  • The booster will be used to transport crews to the International Space Station beginning in spring 2020.
  • Live coverage of the launch, docking and undocking of the spacecraft will air on NASA Television and the agency's website .
  • The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft will lift off from Site 31 at the Cosmodrome on a Soyuz 2.1a booster, which has been used recently to launch uncrewed Russian Progress cargo resupply missions to the space station.
  • The Soyuz spacecraft will have an upgraded motion control and navigation system, as well as a revamped descent control system.

Media Invited to News Conference, Interviews with Next Space Station Crew

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Montag, Dezember 10, 2018
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Hague will be available for in person and remote media interviews afterward.

Key Points: 
  • Hague will be available for in person and remote media interviews afterward.
  • Hague, Koch, and their crewmate Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, are scheduled to launch Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft, commanded by Ovchinin.
  • McClain, Saint-Jacques and Kononenko will have been living and working on the station as a crew of three for about two months.
  • Science conducted on the space station continues to yield benefits for humanity and will enable future long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space.

NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Set for New Space Station Mission After Abort

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Montag, Dezember 3, 2018
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --NASA astronaut Nick Hague , who was forced to abort his recent mission to the International Space Station , is scheduled to launch again Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --NASA astronaut Nick Hague , who was forced to abort his recent mission to the International Space Station , is scheduled to launch again Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • Hague will launch with Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, who was his commander and crewmate on the aborted mission in October, and NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft.
  • Hague will be available for media interviews at 7 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 7.
  • All three crew members will participate in a news conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.