by David Todd | Feb 20, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, space station
On 19 February, flight controllers were in the process of updating the International Space Station’s command and control software when a communications fault related to this transition occured. During the transition from primary computer to the backup computer...
by David Todd | Feb 11, 2013 | International Space Station
A video is now available of the unmanned cargo spacecraft Progress M-016M successfully undocking and leaving the International Space Station’s Pirs module. The undocking took place at 1315 GMT on 9 February. Later that day the...
by David Todd | Jan 29, 2013 | International Space Station, Seradata News, Technology
The was a boost for proponents of using “in flight refuelling” for spacecraft in orbit. On the International Space Station, the Dextre robot has just completed experiments, under the Robotic Refuelling Mission, to test the concept of such...
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2013 | International Space Station, Science, Seradata News, Space Shuttle, space station
Former Canadian space shuttle astronaut Steve Maclean has given notice has resigned from his position as President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and will leave on 1st February to join a Physics research company. Maclean has held his...
by David Todd | Jan 14, 2013 | History, International Space Station, On a Lighter Note, space station, Technology
As Western governments try to convince their respective publics that they are truly listening, they have set up the capability for web petitions to be posted with a promise to respond if an individual petition receives enough backing. Thus a new petition in USA...
by David Todd | Jan 14, 2013 | International Space Station, space station
Bigalow has confirmed press reports that it has received a NASA contract to provide the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) for International Space Station. The contract is worth $17.8 million.
