by David Todd | Aug 11, 2020 | China, exploration, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, SpaceX
Every August, Seradata does an analysis of which nation is leading the “human” space race – or rather races – to return humans to the Moon and put them on the surface of Mars. This year progress has become clearer and the USA is very much the leading contender in both... 
by Matt Wilson | Aug 6, 2020 | commercial launch services, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
NASA and Virgin Orbit have announced that the ELaNa 20 mission will fly on the upcoming second orbital test flight of the LauncherOne rocket. NASA and Virgin Orbit issued a press release on 3 August. In which it stated that NASA is happy for the 11-satellite mission... 
by David Todd | Aug 4, 2020 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, SpaceX
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour for a near 64 day say have successfully returned to Earth via a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Pensacola,... 
by Matt Wilson | Jul 31, 2020 | exploration, History, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, a ULA Atlas V 541 rocket has carried the Mars 2020 mission into orbit. The launch occurred at 1150 GMT, 30 July 2020. The payload was placed into a “parking” low Earth orbit before the rocket’s Centaur... 
by David Todd | Jul 8, 2020 | exploration, Finance, NASA, Seradata News
The US Congress’ House Appropriations Committee is set to disappoint NASA over its budget request. NASA originally requested US$25.3 billion for the Fiscal Year 2021. Instead, the committee has decided to award US$22.6 billion to the administration, about the... 
by David Todd | Jul 3, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA
On 1 July 2020, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken conducted another spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) to change out batteries. After depressurisation at 1108 GMT the airlock hatch was opened at 1112 GMT. During the spacewalk Li-ion...
