News Archive / Tagged: Expedition 50

• Soyuz MS-02 trio returns to Earth

  Derek RichardsonApril 10th, 2017

  Three International Space Station (ISS) crew members returned to Earth in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft on April 10, 2017, after nearly six months aboard the outpost.

• Peggy Whitson’s ISS stay gets 3-month extension

  Derek RichardsonApril 5th, 2017

  NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson’s stay aboard the International Space Station has been extended by three months, adding to her already record-breaking mission.

• EVA-41 spacewalkers outfit relocated docking module

  Derek RichardsonMarch 31st, 2017

  An astronaut duo stepped outside the International Space Station in the second spacewalk in less than a week. Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson ventured outside on a 7-hour long spacewalk to outfit a recently relocated docking module to ready it for commercial crew spacecraft sometime in 2018.

• Cygnus cargo launch postponed to mid-April

  Derek RichardsonMarch 30th, 2017

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Orbital ATK’s OA-7 Cygnus spacecraft will have to wait a little longer before being sent toward the International Space Station. The cargo mission is now targeting a no-earlier-than mid-April launch.

• International Space Station PMA-3 docking module relocated

  Derek RichardsonMarch 27th, 2017

  Ground-based robotics teams remotely commanded the International Space Station’s robotic Canadarm2 to move the Space Shuttle-era Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA) 3 to the forward end of the outpost. The March 26, 2017, relocation was part of a multi-year effort to prepare the ISS for future commercial crew spacecraft.

• EVA-40 spacewalkers prepare ISS docking module for relocation

  Derek RichardsonMarch 24th, 2017

  Two International Space Station (ISS) astronauts ventured outside the outpost on the first of three planned spacewalks to prepare for the arrival of a second docking adapter for the Commercial Crew Program. The 6.5-hour long spacewalk began at 7:24 a.m. EDT (11:24 GMT) March 24, 2017.

• CRS-10 Dragon unberthed, recovered in Pacific Ocean

  Derek RichardsonMarch 19th, 2017

  The 10th SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to visit the International Space Station (ISS) left the outpost on March 19, 2017, and fell back to Earth. The capsule was recovered off the coast of Baja California.

• Progress MS-05 cargo freighter pulls into port at ISS

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 24th, 2017

  On Feb. 24, 2017, the uncrewed Russian Progress MS-05 resupply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The automated link-up with the Pirs docking compartment took place at 3:30 a.m. EST (08:30 GMT) while flying over the south Pacific Ocean.

• 10th Dragon captured at International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 23rd, 2017

  Twenty-four hours after an aborted rendezvous attempt, SpaceX’s CRS-10 Dragon capsule was captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm. This second approach to the outpost went by the book.

• Dragon rendezvous aborted, next attempt in 24 hours

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2017

  SpaceX's CRS-10 Dragon capsule will try again tomorrow as its planned Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, rendezvous and berthing attempt with the International Space Station was called off. An onboard computer triggered the abort when it saw an incorrect value in the data about the location of the outpost.

• Soyuz-U completes swan song with launch of Progress MS-05

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2017

  Lifting off under clear, blue skies at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz-U rocket completed its final launch by sending the Russian Progress MS-05 cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station (ISS).

• After multiple delays, Progress MS-05 set for launch

  Curt GodwinFebruary 20th, 2017

  Russia's state-run corporation for space activities, Roscosmos, is in the final stages of preparing to launch the Progress MS-05 cargo resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

• Photo Gallery: CRS-10 launch and landing

  Mike DeepFebruary 20th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Leaving Terra firma on its first flight from historic Launch Complex 39A, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the 10th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-10) Dragon capsule into orbit. SpaceFlight Insider was there to capture the event.

• Japan’s Kounotori 6 re-enters Earth’s atmosphere

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 6th, 2017

  Japan’s sixth Kounotori spacecraft, also called the H-II Transfer Vehicle or HTV, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Feb. 5, 2017, after spending nearly two months in space to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) and test new technologies.

• Russian Progress MS-03 departs International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 31st, 2017

  With the undocking of a Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS), only two spacecraft remain at the outpost – a rarity in an era of high visiting vehicle traffic.