After being attached to the International Space Station (ISS) for over three weeks (grappled and berthed on 14 November), it was time for the disposable Cygnus OA-8 (Gene Cernan) cargo spacecraft to leave. Cygnus OA-8 was unberthed from the Unity module at 1752 GMT...
An Antares 230 medium launch vehicle has carried the Cygnus OA-8 (Gene Cernan) resupply mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch occurred at 1220 GMT on 12 November, a day later than originally planned, due to a...
Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Joe Acaba made a six hour 49 minute spacewalk (US EVA-46) outside the ISS on 20 October 2017. The “Extra vehicular Activity” was for maintenance tasks including the installation of a new high definition camera, the replacement...
Two NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei made a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) on 5 October to make repairs to the station’s robot arm. During the extra vehicular activity they replaced one of the 190 kg LEE (Latching End...
Although Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine and its alleged involvement in trying to interfere in other nations’ democratic elections (including the US Presidential election), at one time threatened the future of the International Space Station, that...
Lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 2117 GMT, on 12 September, a Russian Soyuz-FG rocket successfully carried its three riders: two NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, into orbit. Due to the ideal characteristics of the current ISS...
