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Video: Change of command aboard International Space Station

February 29, 2016 Justin Ray

With his year in orbit at an end, Expedition 46 commander Scott Kelly hands command of the International Space Station to Expedition 47 commander Tim Kopra.

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Fifty years to the day after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon, a NASA astronaut, an Italian flight engineer and a Russian commander blasted off from Kazakhstan Saturday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, chased down the International Space Station and glided in for a picture-perfect docking.

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August 17, 2017 William Harwood

Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station Thursday for a planned six-hour spacewalk to manually launch five small satellites, to test a variety of spacesuit upgrades, to retrieve an external experiment and to carry out routine inspections and maintenance.

News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches 50th Starlink mission of 2026
    May 30, 2026
  • ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    May 29, 2026
  • Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during prelaunch testing at Cape Canaveral
    May 29, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    May 29, 2026
  • FAA requires SpaceX-led mishap investigation before resumption of Starship launches
    May 27, 2026
  • NASA outlines nearly $1 billion investment into initial Moon Base missions
    May 27, 2026
  • Preview: NASA updates progress towards established a Moon Base, Artemis 3 mission
    May 26, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    May 26, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Memorial Day
    May 24, 2026
  • Musk praises “epic” Super Heavy-Starship launch
    May 23, 2026
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