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    Progress Cargo Ship Docked to Station

    April 25, 2020: International Space Station Configuration.

    Traveling about 260 miles over Northwestern China, south of the Mongolian border, the unpiloted Russian Progress 75 cargo ship docked at 1:12 a.m. EDT to the Zvezda Service Module on the Russian segment of the complex. Progress 75 will remain docked at the station for more than seven months before departing in December for its …

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    Russian Resupply Ship Headed for Station

    The Progress 75 cargo craft moments after launch

    Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station crew, The Progress 75 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:51 p.m. EDT (6:51 a.m. Saturday, April 25, Baikonur time). The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. Following a …

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    NASA TV Launch Coverage is Underway

    The Progress 75 cargo craft stands at its launch pad

    NASA Television is live for the launch of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website now! The Progress 75 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in …

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    Russian Cargo Craft Launching Live on NASA TV Tonight

    The Progress 75 cargo craft stands at its launch pad

    NASA Television will provide live launch coverage of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website beginning at 9:30 p.m. EDT. The Progress 75 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from …

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    Space Health Studies Today as Cargo, Commercial Crew Missions Near

    April 16, 2020: International Space Station Configuration

    The three-member Expedition 63 crew focused on biomedical research today helping scientists understand how living in space affects the human body. Meanwhile, a resupply ship is nearing its launch to the International Space Station ahead of global cargo and Commercial Crew missions planned for May. NASA Commander Chris Cassidy began Thursday with a health exam …

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    Station Ramps Up for SpaceX Crew and Global Cargo Missions

    The Progress 75 cargo craft stands at its launch pad

    A Russian space freighter has rolled out to its launch pad ready to resupply the International Space Station this weekend. Meanwhile, the Expedition 63 crew is ramping up its preparations for the first Commercial Crew mission and more cargo activities planned for May. Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA is looking forward to welcoming a pair …

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    Advanced Space Research Ahead of Weekend Cargo Mission

    NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy holds a Parmigiana di Melanzane meal packet

    Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA continued working on a variety of science hardware throughout the International Space Station today. His two crewmates worked in the orbiting lab’s Russian segment on their complement of science and maintenance. Cassidy started Tuesday in the Japanese Kibo laboratory module setting up a small satellite deployer. CubeSats are …

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    Expedition 63 Starts Science, Readies for Cargo and Commercial Crew

    NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Andrew Morgan

    The three-member Expedition 63 crew is beginning its first full workweek and kicking off science aboard the International Space Station. More space traffic continues this week, as Russia gets ready to launch its next Progress resupply ship late Friday. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is on his third spaceflight and is in command of the orbiting …

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    Touchdown! Expedition 62 Returns to Earth, Completes Station Mission

    Expedition 62 crewmembers

    NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir, and Oleg Skripochka landed on Earth at 1:16 a.m. EDT in Kazakhstan. The trio departed the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft at 9:53 p.m. After post-landing medical checks, the crew will return by Russian helicopters to the recovery staging city in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where they …

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    Expedition Trio Leaves Station Begins Return to Earth

    Expedition 62 crewmates Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan

    The Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 9:53 p.m. EDT, carrying three people back to Earth. NASA Television will air live coverage beginning at 12 a.m. Friday, April 17, for the deorbit burn at 12:22 a.m. and the spacecraft’s parachute-assisted landing. NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka are …

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