News Archive / Tagged: Expedition 52

• Gallery: Soyuz MS-04 crew back on Earth

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 3rd, 2017

  Blazing through Earth's atmosphere and coming to a parachute assisted touchdown in Kazakhstan, three International Space Station crew members returned home in their Soyuz MS-04 capsule. The landing took place at 9:21 p.m. EDT Sept. 2 (7:21 a.m. local time / 01:21 GMT Sept. 3), 2017.

• Space station trio returns to Earth in Soyuz MS-04

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 3rd, 2017

  Three members of Expedition 52 returned to Earth inside their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft. The landing took at 9:21 p.m. EDT Sept. 2 (7:21 a.m. Kazakh Time / 01:21 GMT Sept. 3), 2017, in Kazakhstan.

• Astronauts showcase space art created with childhood cancer patients

  Press ReleaseAugust 20th, 2017

  Patients from around the world will have the opportunity to see a spacesuit art project they helped create. Astronauts currently living and working on the International Space Station will unveil the project at 10:25 a.m. EDT (14:25 GMT) Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The 20-minute Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

• Spacewalk goes into overtime as cosmonauts deploy satellites, collect science

  Derek RichardsonAugust 18th, 2017

  The two cosmonauts on board the International Space Station donned spacesuits and stepped outside the outpost for the 43rd Russian segment-based extravehicular activity (EVA). The Aug. 17, 2017, spacewalk lasted more than an hour longer than planned for a total duration of 7 hours, 34 minutes.

• SpaceX’s CRS-12 Dragon capsule arrives at space station

  Derek RichardsonAugust 16th, 2017

  Some 36 hours after leaving Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX's CRS-12 Dragon capsule rendezvoused with and was berthed to the International Space Station. The cargo spacecraft is carrying more than 6,400 pounds (2,900 kilograms) of supplies and science experiments.

• ISS crew size increases to 6 with Soyuz MS-05 docking

  Derek RichardsonJuly 28th, 2017

  After a six-hour, four-orbit trek to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station (ISS), the three-man crew of the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft joined Expedition 52, increasing the outpost’s population to six people.

• Dragon splashes down in Pacific with time-critical experiments

  Derek RichardsonJuly 3rd, 2017

  SpaceX’s CRS-11 Dragon capsule splashed down at 8:12 a.m. EDT (12:12 GMT) on July 3, 2017, in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Baja California after some 28 days attached to the International Space Station.

• Progress MS-06 docks with International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJune 16th, 2017

  Pulling into port at 7:37 a.m. EDT (11:37 GMT) on June 16, 2017, the autonomous Russian Progress MS-06 cargo spacecraft glided in for a docking at the aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module.

• CRS-11 Dragon arrives at International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2017

  After a two-day trek to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s CRS-11 Dragon spacecraft arrived at the orbiting outpost and was captured by the robotic Canadarm2. The capsule launched two days before on June 3, 2017.

• Cygnus unberthed, begins weeklong free flight

  Derek RichardsonJune 4th, 2017

  The S.S. John Glenn Cygnus spacecraft was released from the International Space Station at 9:10 a.m. EDT (13:10 GMT), June 4, 2017, after some 44 days berthed to the outpost’s Unity module.

• 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.