by David Todd | Jul 5, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
Having previously indicated that it would be up to the service providers to provide the crew for any commecial manned test spaceflights as part of the NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) programme, now it seems that NASA has...
by David Todd | Jun 27, 2013 | International Space Station, space station
While Huey, Duey and Louis were the three charming little robots on the American Airlines’ “Valley Forge” spaceship in the seminal eco-science fiction film, Silent Running (1972), now the International Space Station is set to...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2013 | Seradata News, space station
Chinese astronauts (Taikonauts) Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping (female) have successfully landed after their mission to the Tiangong-1 mini-space station. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft undocked on 24 June and after a day’s manoevres...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, space station
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin made a six-hour 34-minute “Extra Vehicular Activity” spacewalk begining at 1332 GMT. The spacewalkers replaced a flow control panel on the Zarya module’s thermal control system...
by David Todd | Jun 24, 2013 | space station
On 23 June the Chinese Shenzhou-10 spacecraft carried out an undocking redocking exercise. The craft undocked from Tiangong minispace station at 0026 GMT and redocked with it at 0200 GMT using a manual technique this time. The two male, one...
by David Todd | Jun 17, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
NASA’s Office of the Inspector General has criticised NASA’s management in a report noting that it has apparently given funding to one of the commercial cargo operators before it has flown the required number of cargo demonstration missions. Specifically...
