An EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) spacewalk by two of the crew of Shenzhou 13 – the fourth made from the Chinese Space Station “Tiangong” – began at 1044 GMT on 26 December 2021 with the hatch of the main Tianhe module being opened. Two “taikonauts” (Chinese...
NASA has signed agreements with three US companies to develop designs of space stations and other commercial destinations in low Earth orbit (LEO). The idea is that NASA will part-fund a commercial economy in LEO after the retirement of the International Space Station...
Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. On 7 November at 1051 GMT, Mission Commander Zhai Zhigang opened the hatch of the Chinese Space Station (CSS) to be joined by Wang. The third member of the crew, Taikonaut Ye Guangfu, assisted from...
Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, has formed a team to develop the first free-flying commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, will be a continuously crewed commercial platform, dedicated to conducting critical...
China successfully launched the human crewed Shenzhou 13 spacecraft on a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China, at 1623 GMT on 15 October. The crew headed for the Tiangong space station for a six-month stay consisted of Zhai Zhigang...
A Tianzhou cargo freighter launched by China has docked with its space station on the same day. The mission lifted-off at 0710 GMT, propelled into orbit by a Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket. The autonomous freighter, called Tianzhou-3, then conducted an automatic docking...
