Topic: Timothy Creamer

Soyuz brings space station crew home

CNET - 615 days ago
The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule, carrying outgoing space station commander Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer, and Soichi Noguchi, settled to a safe parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after a descent from the International Space Station.. After medical checks, Kotov, Creamer, and Noguchi ...

Shuttle Atlantis, mission accomplished, leaves station

CNET - 624 days ago
KENNEDY -The shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday, wrapping up a week of assembly work to install a new Russian module, a backup Ku-band antenna, six new solar array batteries, and more than three tons of other equipment ...

Shuttle Atlantis glides to smooth space station docking

CNET - 631 days ago
-The shuttle Atlantis, carrying a Russian docking module and critical spare parts, glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station on Sunday, capping a two-day orbital chase that began with blastoff Friday.. Piloting the shuttle from the aft flight deck, ...

Astronauts blast off on Christmas space voyage

AFP American Edition - 777 days ago
Three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States blasted off Monday for a Christmas voyage to the International Space Station.The Soyuz rocket blasted off on schedule from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in the barren Kazakh steppe at 3:52 am (2152 GMT Sunday) ...
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Three station fliers prep for launch to lab complex

CNET - 778 days ago
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three fresh crew members bound for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Monday local time, lighting up a cold, pre-dawn sky with a torrent of flame visible for miles around.. ...

Astronauts to carry Christmas cheer to ISS

AFP Global Edition - 779 days ago
Despite being separated from their families, astronauts heading to the International Space Station next week are excited to be spending Christmas in space, a crew member said Saturday.Invoking a famous cartoon shown in the United States during the holiday season, American astronaut ...
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Astronauts set for Christmas space mission

AP Features - 779 days ago
Three astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia received the go-ahead Saturday for a holiday season rocket launch to the International Space Station from Russia's remote space complex in southern Kazakhstan.Their Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft has been hoisted into place at the ...
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Astronauts to taste 'space sushi'

AFP Global Edition - 795 days ago
US astronaut Timothy Creamer said on Thursday he was impatient to taste " space sushi" courtesy of his Japanese crewmate after they arrive on the International Space Station (ISS) later this month. " Creamer said, referring to Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, at ...
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