The space cargo vessel Cygnus NG-16 (Ellison Onizuka) was “unberthed” from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module of the International Space Station (ISS) whilst attached to the Canadarm 2 robotic arm on 20 November at approximately 1300 GMT. Cygnus...
Russia has conducted its fourth ground-based anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test and, in doing so, it threatened the safety of the International Space Station (ISS). A Russian A-235/PL-19 Nudol missile was launched on 15 November from Plesetsk in Northern Russia....
On 8 November 2021 at 1905 GMT, Crew Dragon – NASA Crew 2 Endeavour autonomously undocked from the IDA-3 /PMA-3 port of the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA Crew 2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japan...
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress MS-18 freighter at 0000:32 GMT on 28 October. Progress MS-18 is a resupply vessel going to the International Space Station (ISS) carrying 1490 kg of general...
After a delay, the NASA mission control centre in Houston reported that the recently docked Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft had a longer than expected burn on 15 October during a test firing of its engines, which was only shut down when a propellant limit was reached. The...
While Star Trek TV and movie “Captain Kirk” actor William Shatner, 90, has been announced as planning to fly briefly into space above the Karman line limit of 100 km aboard Blue Origin’s suborbital New Glenn rocket, there are now real plans to film a...
