by Dan Thisdell | Mar 9, 2012 | ESA, International Space Station, Russia
Following its rescheduling from 9 March to Friday 23 March of the Ariane 5 launch to deliver the third Automated Transfer Vehicle robotic supply ship to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency has set the night of 28-29 March for the ship’s...
by Dan Thisdell | Mar 5, 2012 | ESA, International Space Station, Space Shuttle
It turns out it’s the payload – the third of the European Space Agency’s Automated Transfer Vehicle robotic Space Station re-supply ships – not the Ariane 5 rocket that’s behind the delay to the 9 March launch. According to launch...
by Dan Thisdell | Mar 2, 2012 | ESA, International Space Station, Seradata News
A day after completing final assembly of the Ariane 5 rocket and its Automated Transfer Vehicle payload loaded with supplies for the International Space Station, the European Space Agency has decided to delay the scheduled 9 March launch, stating simply: “A...
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 14, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
A heavy lift rocket is needed to sustain the International Space Station (ISS) because when Shuttle retires key parts of the station are too large for any of the existing rockets available or those planned In an exclusive interview Boeing vice president and ISS...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s bill for authorising human spaceflight does not differ markedly from the leaked 9 February dated bill text revealed by Hyperbola last weekThe Interesting changes are the following:Bolden must submit a National Space Transportation...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2010 | commercial launch services, Constellation, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Former US Marine Corp Major-General Charles Bolden must by now be reflecting upon the military axiom, no plan survives contact with an enemy. In this case Bolden’s enemies are the Congressmen and women hell bent on not accepting the president Barack Obama...
