Crew docks at space station with astronaut who'll miss birth of 3rd child
With the arrival of four fresh space station crew members, four others will head for home after 235 days in orbit.
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With the arrival of four fresh space station crew members, four others will head for home after 235 days in orbit.
The new crew will replace three other Soyuz fliers wrapping up a 240-day stay aboard the International Space Station.
The International Space Station-bound SpaceX Cargo Dragon is loaded with 6,500 pounds of needed equipment, research gear and crew supplies.
Russian Soyuz crews are now spending eight months aboard the space station instead of six to stretch supplies and lower costs.
This comes after two planned engine firings shut down prematurely, NASA said, putting the Cygnus cargo ship's approach to the space station on hold.
Mark and Scott Kelly, twin brothers and former NASA astronauts, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the agency is set to lose 20% of its workforce, the SpaceX flight and more.
The craft carrying astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the space station. They're scheduled for an eight-month stay.
Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams joined Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov for their long-awaited return to Earth.
Starliner commander Barry Wilmore offered an even-handed response to questions about the intrusion of politics into his ISS mission.
Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
The Starliner's two-person crew now will stay in space until next February and return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
No final decisions have been made and NASA remains hopeful ongoing tests will show the Starliner can safely return its crew to Earth.
A metal support used to mount old batteries on a cargo pallet for disposal tore through the house in Naples, Florida on March 8.
NASA flight engineers managed to photograph and videotape the moon's shadow on Earth about 260 miles below them.
Astronauts in the International Space Station said they found the rogue fruit, dispelling claims that astronaut Frank Rubio ate it.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying a four-man crew headed home in the final chapter of a long-duration station stay.
The new roll-out blankets offset age-related degradation to the station's original arrays.
The flaming bits of wreckage created a "spectacular light show" and were going thousands of miles per hour, an astronomer said.
The crew of the damaged Soyuz MS-22 will spend several extra months in space and return to Earth in a replacement ship.
The Crew Dragon brought four fresh crew members to the lab complex, including a Russian cosmonaut.
