by David Todd | Oct 4, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, exploration, History, Satellites, Science, space station
While there remain elements of Communist China’s history that cause more sadness and regret than outright celebration, the Chinese nation does have one thing can it can unequivocally celebrate: China’s much admired space programme. At the 64th International...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, space station
At 1100 GMT on 29 September, the Cygnus Cots Demo 1 cargo craft which was to demonstrate to NASA that it can be used to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), was successfully captured by the space station’s robot arm after a delayed approach...
by David Todd | Sep 30, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The Soyuz TMA-010M spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle at 2058 GMT on 25 September 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (near Tyuratam) in Kazakhstan with a crew consisting of NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey...
by David Todd | Sep 19, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, space station, SpaceX
Orbital Sciences Corps’ Antares 110 launch vehicle successfully launched the 4127kg Cygnus cargo craftinto low Earth orbit on a demonstration cargo mission to the International Space Station from the Wallops Island launch site on the coast of Virginia, USA at...
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2013 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft successfully returned to Earth at 0258 GMT on 11 September 2013 with its three crew of US astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogfradov and Alexander Misurkin. After atmospheric re-entry capsule landed after being...
by David Todd | Sep 2, 2013 | International Space Station, NASA, space station
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin conducted a 7 hour 29 minute spacewalk starting at 1436 GMT and ending at 2205 GMT on 16 August (the longest EVA conducted to date by Russian cosmonauts). The cosmonauts rerouted and installed cables to be used by...
