by David Todd | Aug 16, 2019 | China, ESA, exploration, India, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Every August Seradata does its usua; analysis of the “runners and riders” in “The Great Space Race” between the major space nations. Actually there are two races we make judgment on: the race to return humans to the Moon and the race to place...
by David Todd | Aug 12, 2019 | International Space Station, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News
The unmanned freighter spacecraft Cygnus NG-11 (Roger Chaffee) was unberthed from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Unity nadir port at 1330 GMT by the station’s robotic arm (along with Aerocubes10A and 10B) it was fully released at 1615 GMT on 6 August...
by David Todd | Jul 25, 2019 | NASA, On a Sadder Note, Seradata News, Space Arts
Two days after the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Apollo 11 landing, one man who was key to the mission – and to all the other NASA crewed missions of that era – Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr, passed away at the age of 95. Having trained for...
by David Todd | Jul 22, 2019 | ESA, Launches, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
It might have been by design or not, but the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) found itself becoming part of the celebrations of the Apollo 11 landings 50 years ago. With its “unlucky number” 13 (space watchers will...
by David Todd | Jul 17, 2019 | Apollo, exploration, NASA
The UK Space Agency and NASA have signed a new “Statement of Intent” to cooperate on lunar missions. The declaration was made on the same day of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 – the first human landing on the Moon. UK Science...
by David Todd | Jul 17, 2019 | NASA, SpaceX
The post-flight ground test destruction of the previously flown (in uncrewed condition) Crew Dragon DM-1 capsule, during a SuperDraco thruster engine firing test on 20 April 2019, was caused by a leak of nitrogen tetroxide, a preliminary investigation by SpaceX...
