by David Todd | Aug 20, 2014 | International Space Station, Satellites
During an EVA (Extravehicular Activity)/spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) which began at 1402 GMT on 18 August 2014, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, released the Peruvian cubesat Chasqui-1 which had been earlier transported...
by David Todd | Aug 20, 2014 | International Space Station, Satellites, Seradata News
The Cygnus Orb-2 spacecraft, a disposable unmanned freighter operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation for NASA, was unberthed/undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 0914 GMT on 15 August 2014. Aboard the spacecraft was trash/rubbish and unwanted...
by David Todd | Aug 12, 2014 | ESA, International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
After testing out some rendezvous instruments including a laser ranging/guidance system, the unmanned cargo spacecraft ATV 05 docked with International Space Station (ISS) at its Zvezda module at 1330 GMT on 12 August 2014. The spacecraft was the last of ESA’s...
by David Todd | Aug 6, 2014 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
The Russian unmanned Progress M-023M cargo/freighter that carried stores to the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) conducted a commanded de-orbit burn to destructively re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. Re-entry took place at 2242 GMT on 31 July 2013...
by David Todd | Jul 31, 2014 | commercial launch services, ESA, International Space Station, Satellites
At 2347GMT on 29 July 2014, the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) final Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV 05 (Georges Lemaitre) was launched into orbit on top of an Arianespace-operated Ariane 5ES launch vehicle. The lift off of flight VA219 took place from...
by David Todd | Jul 24, 2014 | International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz
The Progress M-024M cargo carrying unmanned spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station at 2144 GMT on 23 July 2014. The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam near Kazakhstan. Progress M-024M docked with the ISS...
