NASA has formally announced the names of the nine astronauts who will fly on commercial crew flights procured from Boeing and SpaceX. Some work for NASA and some are ex-NASA astronauts who are employed by commercial space firms. Critics note that the hoopla of this...
Having been berthed to the International Space Station (ISS) Harmony module for just over a month following its Falcon 9 launch and arrival, the SpaceX Dragon CRS-15 freighter, on the last part of its cargo mission for NASA, was unberthed on 3 August using the ISS...
As hosts, the Russians made a big deal about the space connection to the FIFA World Cup Adidas Telstar 18 football. Not only did it have a satellite name but it was even flown in orbit with the Cosmonauts on the International Space Station having a kick around with...
A Soyuz 2-1a rocket was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan on 1751 GMT on 9 July. The rocket was carrying the Progress MS-09 freighter carrying 2,567 kg of supplies including water, food and oxygen to the International Space Station...
Astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold made an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity), otherwise known as a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 June 2018. Arnold and Feustel installed some brackets and high-definition cameras on the Harmony module...
At 1112 GMT on 6 June 2011 a Soyuz FG rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan. The crew aboard the Soyuz MS-09 (ISS-55S) spacecraft consisted of Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev, NASA Astronaut Dr Serena Aunon-Chancellor and ESA...
