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Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record. More »
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Russian, French astronauts return from space station stint
The Soyuz MS-03 capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Oleg Novitskiy of Russia and Thomas Pesquet of France descends beneath a parachute just before landing in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan June... More »
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Trump talks about Mars mission on call with record-breaking astronaut
iU.S. President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka hold a video conference call with Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA on the International Space Station from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 20... More »
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U.S., Russian crew lands after six-month stay on space station
International Space Station (ISS) crew member and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough reacts shortly after the landing of Russia’s Soyuz MS-02 space capsule near the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, April 10, 2017. Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters... More »
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NASA`s Peggy Whitson takes command of space station
NASA’s Peggy Whitson, soon to become the most experienced U.S. astronaut in terms of time spent in space, assumed command of the International Space Station on Sunday as two Russian crew members and an American prepared to fly back to Earth. More »
U.S.-Russian crew lands in Kazakhstan after 172 days in space
The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft capsule carrying International Space Station (ISS) crew, comprised of Jeff Williams of the U.S. and Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Russia, lands near the town of Zhezkazgan (Dzhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, September 7, 2016. REUT... More »
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U.S. astronauts perform seven-hour spacewalk outside station
Two U.S. astronauts sailed through a seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday to pack up a spare cooling radiator and tackle other maintenance, a NASA TV broadcast showed. More »
Space trio make “textbook” landing on delayed return from ISS
ALMATY Three astronauts landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Thursday, ending their 199-day mission after an unexpected “bonus month” aboard the International Space Station, NASA Television showed. “It was a textbook homecoming for the Expedition 43 c... More »
