NPR: Soyuz https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=132147711 Soyuz en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:59:09 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Soyuz https://www.npr.org/tags/132147711/soyuz His spacecraft sprung a leak. Then this NASA astronaut accidentally broke a record NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the record for the longest U.S. space flight, but he wasn't trying to earn that title. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:01:12 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226434746/nasa-iss-international-space-station-frank-rubio-astronaut https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226434746/nasa-iss-international-space-station-frank-rubio-astronaut

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the record for the longest U.S. space flight, but he wasn't trying to earn that title.

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]]> Ari Shapiro A spacewalk has been canceled after a leak was discovered on a Soyuz capsule A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts has been called off after ground teams noticed a significant leak from one of the spacecraft docked at the orbiting International Space Station. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:37:09 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1142969143/spacewalk-canceled-leak-soyuz-space-station https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1142969143/spacewalk-canceled-leak-soyuz-space-station

A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts has been called off after ground teams noticed a significant leak from one of the spacecraft docked at the orbiting International Space Station.

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]]> Brendan Byrne Rocket Headed For International Space Station Fails, Makes Emergency Landing Astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin were on board when their Soyuz MS-10's booster malfunctioned. The two made it out safely. Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:30:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656473889/rocket-launch-failure-forces-astronaut-and-cosmonaut-to-make-ballistic-landing https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656473889/rocket-launch-failure-forces-astronaut-and-cosmonaut-to-make-ballistic-landing

Astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin were on board when their Soyuz MS-10's booster malfunctioned. The two made it out safely.

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]]> Bill Chappell PHOTOS: Astronauts Touch Down After 115 Days In Space A Russian Soyuz space capsule touched down in Kazakhstan on Sunday morning local time, delivering Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi safely back to Earth. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 14:28:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/30/499957647/photos-astronauts-touch-down-after-115-days-in-space https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/30/499957647/photos-astronauts-touch-down-after-115-days-in-space A Russian Soyuz space capsule touched down in Kazakhstan on Sunday morning local time, delivering Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi safely back to Earth.

]]> Rebecca Hersher Russia Finally Launches Supplies To ISS After Earlier Failures The liftoff of the Soyuz Progress 60P was a relief to astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station after two previous resupply missions — one Russian and one American — failed. Fri, 03 Jul 2015 07:24:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/03/419728825/russia-finally-launches-supplies-to-iss-after-earlier-failures https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/03/419728825/russia-finally-launches-supplies-to-iss-after-earlier-failures

The liftoff of the Soyuz Progress 60P was a relief to astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station after two previous resupply missions — one Russian and one American — failed.

]]> Scott Neuman NASA Chief Dismisses Concern Over Russia Quitting Space Station Administrator Charles Bolden said no one country was indispensable to the ISS after Moscow last week said it would not participate in a plan to extend the station's life past 2020. Mon, 19 May 2014 16:04:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/05/19/313996411/nasa-chief-dismisses-concern-over-russia-quitting-space-station https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/05/19/313996411/nasa-chief-dismisses-concern-over-russia-quitting-space-station Administrator Charles Bolden said no one country was indispensable to the ISS after Moscow last week said it would not participate in a plan to extend the station's life past 2020.

]]> Scott Neuman After Detour, Soyuz Successfully Docks With ISS On the way to the International Space Station, the Russian capsule had a wrinkle with a thruster, but was able to dock successfully on Thursday night. Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:25:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/27/295457882/after-detour-soyuz-successfully-docks-with-iss https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/27/295457882/after-detour-soyuz-successfully-docks-with-iss

On the way to the International Space Station, the Russian capsule had a wrinkle with a thruster, but was able to dock successfully on Thursday night.

]]> Eyder Peralta Soyuz Misfire Delays Crew Trying To Reach Space Station One of the engines on a capsule carrying an American and two Russians failed to fire at the right time. That has turned a six-hour journey to the International Space Station into a two-day trip. Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:26:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/26/294829245/miscued-soyuz-thruster-means-orbital-detour-for-astronauts https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/26/294829245/miscued-soyuz-thruster-means-orbital-detour-for-astronauts One of the engines on a capsule carrying an American and two Russians failed to fire at the right time. That has turned a six-hour journey to the International Space Station into a two-day trip.

]]> Scott Neuman Soyuz Crew Arrives At Space Station The crew that blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday docked safely with the International Space Station on Friday. Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:21:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/12/17/132147530/soyuz-crew-arrives-at-space-station https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/12/17/132147530/soyuz-crew-arrives-at-space-station The crew that blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday docked safely with the International Space Station on Friday.

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