by David Todd | Aug 12, 2013 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, Space Shuttle, space station
Accomplished NASA astronaut Michael Foale who holds dual UK/US citizenship has retired from NASA. During his astronaut career he had six trips into orbit via six space shuttle missions and served 145 days aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1997. That mission...
by David Todd | Aug 5, 2013 | International Space Station, JAXA, Satellites, space station
The Japanese cargo craft HTV-4 (Kounotori-4) was sent on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard an H-2B launch rocket launched from the Tanegashima launch site in Japan at 1948 GMT on 3 July. Apart from stores and spare parts,...
by David Todd | Jul 29, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Satellites, space station
The unmanned space freighter Progress M-20M was launched from the Baikonur launch site, near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 2045 GMT on 27 July. After a short passage lasting less than six hours, the spacecraft docked with the Internaional Space Station at the Pirs module...
by David Todd | Jul 29, 2013 | International Space Station, Satellites
The cargo spacecraft Progress M-018M undocked from the Poisk module of the International Space Station at 2043 GMT on 25 July 2013. The craft was re-entered to a safe burn up over the Pacific carrying unwanted items and trash discarded by the crew of the...
by David Todd | Jul 10, 2013 | International Space Station, space station
Astronaut Chris Cassidy (NASA) and Luca Parmitano (ESA, pictured) performed an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) which began at 1909 GMT on 10 July. During the spacewalk ,which lasted six hours seven minutes, the two astronauts made various equipment retrievals and...
by David Todd | Jul 5, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
Having previously indicated that it would be up to the service providers to provide the crew for any commecial manned test spaceflights as part of the NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) programme, now it seems that NASA has...
