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Spacewalking astronauts attach brackets on ISS solar arrays ready for new ones

Spacewalking astronauts attach brackets on ISS solar arrays ready for new ones

by Derek Goddard | Mar 1, 2021 | International Space Station, NASA, space station

On the 28 February, spacewalking NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover made an extra vehicular activity (EVA) in order to add new structure to support new solar arrays which will begin to be installed later this year.  Solar cells degrade over time and so the...
NASA awards three-launch contract for TROPICS mission to Astra Space

NASA awards three-launch contract for TROPICS mission to Astra Space

by David Todd | Mar 1, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science

NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service via its Astra Rocket 3 for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. According to NASA the launch service...
Cygnus NG-15 (Katherine Johnson) space freighter is launched to International Space Station

Cygnus NG-15 (Katherine Johnson) space freighter is launched to International Space Station

by David Todd | Feb 22, 2021 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, JAXA, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News

The US commercial unmanned space freighter Cygnus NG-15 (Katherine Johnson) was launched successfully by an Antares 230+ rocket at 1736 GMT on 20 February from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.  The 8,050 kg craft was launched on a...
Firefly Aerospace contracted to fly NASA JPL mission in 2022

Firefly Aerospace contracted to fly NASA JPL mission in 2022

by Matt Wilson | Feb 19, 2021 | NASA, Seradata News, Technology

On 18 February 2021 General Atomics has contracted Firefly Aerospace to launch the OTB-2 (MAIA) mission to LEO in 2022. The mission is targeting a circular 740 km, polar orbit. Firefly will utilise one of its Firefly Alpha launch vehicles for the mission. It is...
Three Mars missions arrive at same time: UAE’s Hope Probe, China’s Tianwen and finally USA’s Mars 2020 Rover Perseverance (Updated)

Three Mars missions arrive at same time: UAE’s Hope Probe, China’s Tianwen and finally USA’s Mars 2020 Rover Perseverance (Updated)

by David Todd | Feb 12, 2021 | China, exploration, NASA, Seradata News

Just like London buses, three Mars missions all seemed to arrive at the same time. While this was mainly due to planetary alignments favouring certain launch and thus arrival dates, inexpert media commentators reported that a “race” had happened and that the United...
Progress MS-15 departs ISS and deorbits itself to safe destruction during re-entry

Progress MS-15 departs ISS and deorbits itself to safe destruction during re-entry

by David Todd | Feb 10, 2021 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX

Filled with trash, Russian cargo craft Progress MS-15 (ISS-76P) undocked from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Pirs module at 0521 GMT on 9 February.  Just over three hours later it fired its engines in a deorbit burn at 0830 GMT.  The spacecraft made a...
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