News Archive / Tagged: Expedition 56

• Soyuz MS-08 crew completes 197-day space station mission

  Derek RichardsonOctober 4th, 2018

  After spending 197 days in space, three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 56 crew returned to Earth in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, landing in Kazakhstan some 300 miles (500 kilometers) from where they launched in March.

• Japanese Kounotori 7 brings food, science and new hardware to ISS

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 27th, 2018

  Japan’s Kounotori 7 spacecraft arrived to the International Space Station to begin a two-month period attached to the outpost while crews work to unload its 13,700 pounds (6,200 kilograms) of cargo.

• Chiefs of US, Russian space agencies weigh in on ISS leak

  Jason RhianSeptember 14th, 2018

  With concerns raised about sabotage, the heads of the U.S. and Russian space agencies recently discussed the potential causes of the air leak discovered late last month.

• International Space Station captures dramatic views of Hurricane Florence

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 12th, 2018

  Hurricane Florence continues to hone in on the U.S. East Coast at the Carolinas and could become the most damaging tropical cyclone to make landfall in that area in decades.

• Roscosmos boss: Soyuz pressure leak caused by ‘technological error’ – pledges to find who is responsible

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 3rd, 2018

  Last week’s depressurization event at the International Space Station may have been caused by human error, not a micrometeoroid impact, Roscosmos boss Dmitry Rogozin told Russian media. The handling of the problem suggests a lack of proper oversight by the Russian space agency.

• Leak detected on International Space Station, crew in no danger

  Derek RichardsonAugust 30th, 2018

  The six-person Expedition 56 crew aboard the International Space Station is troubleshooting a "minute pressure leak" that was detected in the orbiting complex by ground controllers in Houston and Moscow, NASA said.

• Progress MS-08 departs International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonAugust 24th, 2018

  The Progress MS-08 spacecraft has left the International Space Station after just over six months attached to the orbiting outpost’s Zvezda service module. Rather than an immediate deorbit, however, the cargo freighter will continue circling Earth for a week.

• Russian spacewalk runs into overtime during ‘Icarus’ experiment installation

  Derek RichardsonAugust 16th, 2018

  Two Russian cosmonauts stepped outside the International Space Station for more than 7.5 hours to deploy several small satellites and install an experiment designed to monitor animal migration.

• SpaceX’s CRS-15 Dragon splashes down in Pacific

  Derek RichardsonAugust 4th, 2018

  SpaceX’s CRS-15 Dragon returned to Earth on Aug. 3, 2018, after a month-long stay at the International Space Station. The capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean with cargo and research samples that were returned for further analysis.

• Northrop Grumman’s OA-9 Cygnus leaves International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2018

  Following two months attached to the International Space Station, the ninth Cygnus resupply spacecraft was unberthed and released from the orbiting outpost to perform a secondary two-week free-flight mission.

• Russian Progress MS-09 spacecraft reaches International Space Station in record time

  Derek RichardsonJuly 10th, 2018

  Russia’s Progress MS-09 freighter launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked with the International Space Station in less than four hours—a mere 2.5 laps around Earth.

• Progress MS-09 set for fast-track rendezvous with ISS

  Derek RichardsonJuly 7th, 2018

  Continuing a busy period for the International Space Station’s Expedition 56 crew, an automated Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is set to launch to the orbiting outpost. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:51 p.m. EDT (21:51 GMT) July 9, 2018, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• CRS-15 Dragon brings science experiments, artificial intelligence to ISS

  Derek RichardsonJuly 2nd, 2018

  SpaceX’s CRS-15 Dragon cargo resupply ship has been attached to the International Space Station. the spacecraft rendezvoused with the orbiting outpost in the early-morning hours of July 2, 2018, and is expected to remain berthed for about a month.

• Astronauts install high-definition cameras outside International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJune 15th, 2018

  Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station to perform the sixth spacewalk of 2018 at the orbiting complex. The nearly seven-hour long outing saw the duo install new cameras in preparation for upcoming commercial crew flights.

• International Space Station population doubles with arrival of Soyuz MS-09

  Derek RichardsonJune 8th, 2018

  Expedition 56 has three new crew members with the arrival of Soyuz MS-09. The two spent the last two days catching up with the International Space Station before rendezvousing and docking with the 400-metric-ton complex at 9:01 a.m. EDT (13:01 GMT) June 8, 2018.