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    Second Docking Attempt for Russian Spacecraft Planned for Monday Night

    International Space Station managers and the international partners met on Saturday and approved a plan to allow a second rendezvous and docking attempt for the unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft to occur on Monday night. The Soyuz’ initial docking attempt early Saturday was aborted after what Russian officials said was a suspected problem with a component …

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    Russian Spacecraft Docking Attempt No Earlier Than Monday

    An uncrewed Russian Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is now a safe distance away from the International Space Station following an abort during its final approach for a docking to the Poisk module. After the cosmonauts on the station aborted an automated docking attempt early Saturday, Russian flight controllers told the crew on the station that early …

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    Uncrewed Russian Spacecraft Aborts Station Approach

    At 1:36 a.m. EDT, Russian cosmonauts issued a command to abort the automated approach of an uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station after the craft was unable to lock onto its target at the station’s space-facing Poisk module. The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 11:38 p.m. …

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    A Scavenger Hunt for Fire

    by Joe Atkinson / SALINA, KANSAS / Time for a change of scenery. After nearly a month flying missions out of Boise, Idaho, to sample smoke from big wildfires in the western U.S., the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality, or FIREX-AQ, is pulling up stakes and moving to America's heartland …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/23/2019

    60 Soyuz (60S) Unmanned Docking:  Following the successful 60S launch on Wednesday, the unmanned Soyuz is scheduled to perform an automated rendezvous and docking to the ISS MRM2 port early Saturday morning at 12:30 AM CT.  Objectives for this test flight include: To test a modernized guidance, navigation and control system as well as an …

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    Life Science Today as Crew Readies for Spacecraft Arrivals and Departures

    The Expedition 60 crew is continuing ongoing space science today and packing a U.S. resupply ship for departure next week. Russia’s first unpiloted Soyuz spacecraft is also on its way to the International Space Station where it will dock early Saturday morning. Four astronauts, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) with Christina Koch, Andrew …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/22/2019

    60 Soyuz (60S) Uncrewed Launch: 60S launched nominally last night from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Roscosmos currently has limited capability to return scientific samples and/or equipment for refurbishment so this uncrewed flight was planned to complete the following test objectives: To test a modernized guidance, navigation and control system as well as an entry control system To …

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    Bragging Rights for Mobile Launcher Lifters and Iron Workers

    Operating a heavy-lift crane and working with some of the strongest metals on Earth takes precise diligence, skill and patience. Bragg Crane & Rigging Co. of Long Beach, California, has worked in the industry since 1946, and its team members embody these skills each day as they lift and weld a launch structure that will …

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    Full Science Schedule Today After Spacewalk and Rocket Launch

    Russia’s uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station following its launch just a few hours after Wednesday’s spacewalk. The Expedition 60 crew is back on a full science schedule today and preparing to send a U.S. cargo craft back to Earth. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan called …

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    Uncrewed Soyuz Rocket Launches on Two-Day Trip to Station

    The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft launched at 11:38 p.m. EDT (8:38 a.m. Aug. 22 Baikonur time) from Site 31 at the Cosmodrome on a Soyuz 2.1a booster, which has been used recently to launch uncrewed Russian Progress cargo resupply missions to the space station. The Soyuz 2.1a booster, equipped with a new digital flight control system …

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