by David Todd | Jan 22, 2016 | International Space Station, NASA, Science, Seradata News
International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Scott Kelly was apparently thrilled to tweet an image of a successfully grown Xinnia flower blooming in orbit. However, his claim that was the first ever flower grown in space was soon shown not to be correct. In fact,...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2016 | ESA, History, International Space Station, NASA
Major Tim Peake has become the first British astronaut to go out into space on a spacewalk as he stepped out of the air lock along with US NASA astronaut, Tim Kopra, who was on his third spacewalk. The EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity), which began at 1255 GMT (hatch...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX
NASA has awarded three Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contracts worth several billion dollars each to Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) between 2019 to 2024. The maximum potential value of all...
by David Todd | Jan 4, 2016 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, space station
On 17 Dec 2015 the Mobile Transporter carrying Canadarm-2 robot arm became jammed on the rail on worksite due to a jammed brake on an attached cart. As the jammed robot arm was deemed a safety issue, an unscheduled spacewalk was ordered. Astronauts Scott Kelly and...
by David Todd | Jan 4, 2016 | International Space Station, On a Lighter Note
While naturally elated at becoming the UK’s first “official” astronaut in space as part of ESA’s astronaut corps, that did not prevent Major Tim Peake from making his first gaffe in orbit. Major Tim made an error in dialling back to Earth and...
by David Todd | Dec 21, 2015 | Add category, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
The Soyuz 2-1a launch of Progress MS-01 took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 0844 GMT on 21 December 2015. The spacecraft is the first of a new Progress-MS design which is an improved variant of the venerable Progress freighter...
