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  • Soyuz rocket thunders off pad with crew for International Space Station

    Jason RhianNovember 7th, 2013

    Baikonur Cosmodrone served a new purpose last night, to ignite the torch for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Three fresh crew members bound for the International Space Station launched from the steppes of Kazakhstan atop their Soyuz TMA- 11M rocket at 11:14 p.m. EST (Wednesday, 10:14 a.m. Nov. 7, Kazakh time). Like the Olympics, this […]

  • Times Square Toshiba vision screen to broadcast next station launch

    Jim SharkeyNovember 3rd, 2013

    NASA announced on Friday November 1 that the next launch of three crew members to the International Space Station (ISS) will be shown on the big Toshiba Vision Screen in New York’s Times Square. The launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6 at 11:14 p.m. EST. NASA TV will […]