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    Watch Veteran Spacewalkers Live on NASA TV Now

    NASA astronaut Drew Feustel seemingly hangs off the International Space Station while conducting a spacewalk

    NASA Television and the agency’s website have begun the broadcast of today’s spacewalk. Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA are preparing to exit the International Space Station to make improvements and repairs to the orbiting laboratory. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin about 8:10 a.m. EDT and last about six-and-a-half hours. Newly arrived …

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    NASA TV Set to Broadcast Spacewalk Live on Thursday

    NASA astronaut Drew Feustel

    Veteran NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will head outside the International Space Station just after 8 a.m. EDT Thursday to begin a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk. Live coverage will be available on NASA Television and the agency’s website beginning at 6:30 a.m. During Thursday’s spacewalk, Feustel and Arnold will install new cameras to provide high-definition views of spacecraft …

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    Crew Huddles Up Before Spacewalk as Science Continues

    The newly-expanded six-member Expedition 56 crew

    The Expedition 56 astronauts huddled together today finalizing preparations for Thursday’s spacewalk to ready the International Space Station for commercial crew vehicles. The crew members also managed to squeeze in some human research and physics experiments today. Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold went over their spacewalk procedures again today with fellow crew …

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    Two NASA Astronauts Set to Go on Their Third Spacewalk This Year

    NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel

    Correction, June 14, 2018:  This post has been updated to clarify the timing of the first uncrewed test missions, which are planned for later this year. NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel are set to go on their third spacewalk together this year on Thursday at the International Space Station. Their new Expedition 56 crewmates Serena …

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    Expedition 56 Greets Three New Crew Members

    Expedition 56 Crew Greeting

    Three new Expedition 56 crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today. Hatches between the space station and Soyuz opened at 11:17 a.m. EDT, marking the arrival of Expedition 56 Flight Engineers Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. The Soyuz MS-09 carrying …

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    Contact and Capture: Three Crew Members Arrive at Station

    : Following a two-day trip, the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft carrying three new members of the Expedition 56 crew arrived at the ISS.

    The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station at 9:01 a.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying over eastern China. Following their two-day trip, astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, astronaut Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos docked to the space station. Their …

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    Station Waits for Friday Crew Arrival Ahead of June 14 Spacewalk

    Soyuz Rocket Blasts Off

    Two astronauts and a cosmonaut are racing toward the International Space Station today inside the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. The new Expedition 56-57 trio comprising Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineers Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Alexander Gerst are due to arrive Friday at 9:07 a.m. EDT when they dock to the Rassvet module. NASA TV will begin its …

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    Crew Launches to Space, Reaches Station on Friday

    The Soyuz MS-09 rocket heads to space

    The Soyuz MS-09 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 7:12 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 6 (5:12 p.m. in Baikonur). At the time of launch, the station was flying about 250 miles above south central Egypt, moving from southwest to northeast. NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Alexander Gerst of ESA …

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    Countdown Under Way for Launch of Three Station Crew Members

    Expedition 56 crew members

    At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station. Their journey to the station will begin with a lift off at 7:12 a.m. EDT Wednesday (4:12 p.m. in Baikonur). Live launch coverage …

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    Rocket Ready to Blast Off New Crew Wednesday Morning

    Soyuz MS-09 Rocket

    The Soyuz rocket that will launch three new Expedition 56-57 crew members to the International Space Station stands at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineers Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Alexander Gerst are in quarantine today preparing to blast off Wednesday at 7:12 a.m. EDT on a …

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