by David Todd | Jan 30, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News
Space start-up Axiom of Houston, Texas, is to receive a contract from NASA to allow it to attach a commercial module(s) with a node adapter port onto the International Space Station (ISS). The contract has yet to be signed will have a 5 year period with an option for...
by David Todd | Jan 20, 2020 | Launches, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
It is often said that “There are no atheists in foxholes”. That is, at times of extreme hazard in battle, it is assumed that every soldier will be praying. And so, the same might also be assumed of astronauts waiting on their launch pad, especially when...
by David Todd | Jan 20, 2020 | Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
While doubts remain about the SpaceX Crew Dragon, especially after its total destruction during a ground test last year, SpaceX appeared to vindicate itself after making a full flight test of the system before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space...
by David Todd | Jan 17, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA
Having been unberthed at 0500 GMT on on 7 Jan 2019, the Dragon CRS-19 cargo spacecraft was fully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) when it was released from the Space Station Remote Manipulator System at 1005 GMT on the same day. During its...
by David Todd | Jan 14, 2020 | exploration, NASA, Seradata News
While Boeing, Lockheed Martin and the Blue Origin-led “National Team” et al., have submitted their own bids to build the next human carrying lunar lander(s) for NASA, while its bid has been in for months, a new entrant into the competition was formally...
by David Todd | Dec 20, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA
With more than a tad of embarrassment, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine had to admit that the first launch of the first commercial crew-carrying spacecraft, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, had not gone to plan. While the spacecraft was launched as planned to a near...
