On 1 July 2020, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken conducted another spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) to change out batteries. After depressurisation at 1108 GMT the airlock hatch was opened at 1112 GMT. During the spacewalk Li-ion...
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency/industrial complex, has announced that it plans to allow two tourists to ride aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. The two would-be astronauts will be accompanied by a professional cosmonaut...
Thales Alenia Space, the joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) has announced the signature of an ATP (Authorization To Proceed) with Axiom Space of Houston, Texas to initiate the development of two pressurized modules which will eventually form part...
It can be said that NASA’s human spaceflight programme has suffered too many changes of leader in the past year. In July 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine effectively fired by demotion the long-serving – but reluctant to change – William H. (Bill) Gerstenmaier...
The former Space Shuttle launch pad LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center hosted the first crewed launch since the Space Shuttle was retired after its last flight in July 2011. The launch was the first commercially operated one involving NASA astronauts, with SpaceX...
On 20 May 2020, at 1731 GMT, the last planned launch of the MHI-built, H-2B variant took place. The mission lifted-off from the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, carrying the HTV-9 cargo freighter into LEO. The HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) is part of Japan’s...
