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NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power
NEW YORK (AP) — To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2's plasma science instrument — designed to measure the flow of charged atoms — was powered down in late...
SpaceX launches rescue mission for two NASA astronauts who are stuck at the International Space Station until next year
2 record-breaking Russians and an American who lived on space station for 6 months return to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Monday in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair. The capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe about 3 1/2 hours after undocking from the space...
A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station returns to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Monday in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair. The capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe about 3 1/2 hours after undocking from the ISS in an...
A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan
2 Russians set record for longest single stay on the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — Two Russians on Friday set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station, according to Russia's space agency. Roscosmos said Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub broke the old record of 370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes, which was set in...
Stuck-in-space astronauts reflect on being left behind and adjusting to life in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it's been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending several extra months in orbit. It was their first public comments since last week's...
Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments from space station since Boeing capsule returned to Earth empty
A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday, a little more than three hours after its launch. The capsule atop a towering rocket set off from a Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and...