by Dan Thisdell | Jan 10, 2013 | ESA, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, space station, Technology
Just to give an idea of lead times in spaceflight: Arianespace has begun loading cargo into the European Space Agency’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle robotic supply ship, named Albert Einstein – which launches via Ariane 5 rocket for the International...
by David Todd | Jan 9, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, space station
While Hyperbola still rates NASA’s Skylab space station of the 1970s as probably the best so far, (it was the most cost effective in using Saturn V hardware and had the a diameter so large that astronauts could stretch out without...
by David Todd | Jan 3, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, Space tourism
Having been launched on a Soyuz FG rocket at 1212 GMT from the Baikonur launch site, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan on 19 December 2012, the Soyuz TMA-07M/ISS-33S spacecraft docked with the Rassvet module of the International Space Station at 1409 GMT on 21...
by David Todd | Dec 12, 2012 | China, International Space Station, Russia, space station
After the successful flights of an Atlas V 501 carrying the US Air Force X-37B/OTV 1 (FLIGHT 2) minispaceplane and of the Taepodong-3 (Uhna-3) carrying the North Korea’s Kwangmyongsong 3-2 spacecraft there are just three launches left. ...
by David Todd | Oct 30, 2012 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, space station, Spaceport, SpaceX
The Dragon CRS-1 has returned to Earth. The International Space Station’s robot arm unberthed Dragon CRS 1 from the Harmony module at 1119 GMT and released it at 1329 GMT on 28 October 2012. After making two burns and jettisoning its “trunk”, the...
by David Todd | Sep 26, 2012 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, space station
The European Space Agency’s cargo transportation spacecraft, ATV 03 (EDOARDO AMALDI), has failed to undock from the Zvezda port of the International Space Station as planned at circa 2230 GMT on 25 September. The fault which prevented the...
