by Mark Williamson | Jun 16, 2021 | China, Military space, Russia, Space politics
A summit held in Brussels on 14 June 2021 has extended NATO’s overarching prerogative to the domain of space, which means that a space-based attack on one or more member nations is now considered an attack against them all. This focus was previously applied, by the 30...
by Derek Goddard | Jun 4, 2021 | International Space Station, Russia
Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, completed their spacewalk to continue the decommissioning of the Pirs docking compartment. The Expedition 65 Flight Engineers opened the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment on 2 June...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 1, 2021 | commercial launch services, Constellation, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
Following a brief one-day delay a Soyuz 2-1B (with Fregat upper-stage) rocket lifted-off from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia, at 1738 GMT, on 28 May. The mission was the third of the year servicing the OneWeb constellation, and carried 36 of its satellites to LEO. The...
by Mark Williamson | May 18, 2021 | Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Seradata News, Space tourism, SpaceX
It looks as if the floodgates might be about to open in the space tourism market following years of frustratingly slow progress. On 13 May, space tourism company Space Adventures announced that two civilians will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on the...
by David Todd | Apr 22, 2021 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency/conglomerate Roscosmos, has formally confirmed that Russia will be leaving the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025. Russia is known to be working on its own space station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and will be...
by Matt Wilson | Apr 19, 2021 | Russia, Soyuz, space station
The Soyuz MS-17 capsule undocked from the International Space Station Poisk module on 17 April to begin its return to Earth. Following a de-orbit burn at 0401 GMT on 19 April 2021, the capsule safely landed at 0455 GMT on 19 April near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Crew...
