by David Todd | Oct 18, 2019 | Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX has made a filing with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) – the body which coordinates frequency allocations to avoid interference – noting that it is to add 30,000 extra spacecraft to its already planned 12,000 spacecraft in its...
by David Todd | Oct 18, 2019 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News
While a previous all female spacewalk attempt was cancelled – ostensibly due to wrong space suit sizes but following being accused of committing fraud whilst in space Anne McClean, was removed from that spacewalk – an all girl extra vehicular activity...
by David Todd | Oct 16, 2019 | Apollo, On a Sadder Note, Russia
Alexei Leonov, the first human to move in space outside a spacecraft has died at the age of 85. The former cosmonaut’s claim to fame is that he was the human who made the first ever spacewalk in 18 March 1965, beating Ed White’s NASA spacewalk during...
by David Todd | Oct 9, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Technology
A Proton M/Briz M vehicle was launched at 1017 GMT, on 9 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The vehicle was carrying two satellite payloads into a super-synchronous transfer orbit on their way to the geostationary arc. While...
by David Todd | Oct 7, 2019 | International Space Station, NASA
On 4 October 2019, the Canadarm-2 robot arm took Exposed Pallet-8 ( EP-8) with batteries attached off the POA (Payload ORU Accommodations) again and moved it next to the P6 truss in preparation for spacewalk operations. On 6 October 2018, NASA astronauts Koch and...
