by David Todd | Mar 28, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, space station
NASA has released film of the Soyuz FG rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft being transported via train to its launch pad in Kazakhstan. The flight to the International Space Station is due to lift off on 28 March using the new shorter transport time...
by David Todd | Mar 26, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, space station
After delays due to high seas in the landing area, the SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 cargo craft was finally splashed down in the Pacific on 26 March ready for recovery. Previously on the same day Dragon CRS 2 had unberthed/undocked with the International Space Station’s...
by David Todd | Mar 18, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, Space tourism
NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin were successfully landed aboard the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft at 0305 GMT on 16 March near Arkalyk in Kazakhstan. The landing took place a day late after a snow storm...
by David Todd | Mar 15, 2013 | History, International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, space station
The planned undocking and return to Earth of the three-man Soyuz TMA-06M/ISS-32M spacecraft which is currently docked with the International Space Station, was delayed one day to 15 March due to poor weather (snow storm) at the planned landing...
by David Todd | Mar 4, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News
Following a one day delay due to a fault with SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 thruster system, on 3 March, the Dragon CRS-2 unmanned cargo freighter was grappled by the robot arm at 1051GMT a linked up with the ISS’s Harmony module at 1356 GMT. This fulfills the terms of...
by David Todd | Mar 1, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
The SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 cargo capsule was initially successfully launched by an Falcon 9 launch vehicle at 1510 GMT from Cape Canaveral on 1 March 2013. The initial orbit achieved was 329 x 199km at an inclination of 51.66 degrees. As...
