International Space Station

Crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) donned Christmas hats on Monday to talk to Santa Claus.The five ISS astronauts and cosmonauts appeared with a Christmas tree in the background as they communicated with mission control, Russian television images showed.Father Christmas, sitting in the control room alongside the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, told the crew: "The earth is thinking of you and loves you. Never forget...  

U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creame, one of three crew members of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures prior the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec ...  

Three astronauts have landed safely on the International Space Station floating 220 miles away from Earth. The newest residents of the space station are NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. The crew met up with Jeff Williams and Maksim Suraev, who have been on board the ISS [...]  

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A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States has successfully docked with the International Space Station.   The Soyuz rocket had blasted off from Russia's Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on early Monday morning. The crew, which brought along a Christmas tree and a bag with presents, will spend six months in orbit. They will carry out a number of scientific experiments, including several aimed at...  

Soyuz crew arrive aboard orbiting outpost The crew of the International Space Station have posed with festive hats following a successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft with the orbiting outpost yesterday.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing  

Baikonur (Kazakhstan), Dec 21 (RIA Novosti) The Soyuz spacecraft, carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), was launched here in the early hours of Monday.  

MOSCOW--Astronaut Soichi Noguchi and his two colleagues, dressed in Santa Claus costumes, entered the International Space Station from the Soyuz spaceship on Wednesday. The Russian spaceship, whi...  

A Russian spacecraft carrying an American, a Russian and a Japanese astronaut docked successfully at the International Space Station on Wednesday, officials said. Russia's Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the Soyuz TMA-17 hooked up with the station using an automatic docking system at 1:48 a.m. Moscow time Wednesday (2248 GMT Tuesday). "It was a very smooth automatic docking," Lyndin said. "All systems worked without a hitch...  

The crew, comprising Russian Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japan's Soichi Noguchi, are joining the current ISS crew of US astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian Maxim Surayev, who have been on the ISS since early October. The Soyuz ...  

Space Station preps for construction job Three fresh crew members for the International Space Station blasted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday to staff an orbital construction team over the holidays.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work  

MOSCOW (Kyodo) Soichi Noguchi and two other astronauts arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station to begin their five-month stay, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency officials said. The three, who took off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule Monday, entered orbit before successfully docking with the station at 7:48 a.m. Wednesday, Japan time, the officials said.  

Moscow. A Russian spaceship carrying three astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday, the Mission Control Center said as cited by Xinhua . The 22nd ISS mission on board the Soyuz TMA-17 spaceship ...  

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Flight Engineer Suraev began the day with the regular daily checkup of the aerosol filters at the Elektron O2 generator.  

Three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States blasted off Monday for a Christmas voyage to the International Space Station, an AFP correspondent reported.The Soyuz rocket blasted off on schedule from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in the barren Kazakh steppe at 2152 GMT carrying Soichi Noguri of Japan, US astronaut Timothy Creamer and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov.