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...
by David Todd | Jun 17, 2013 | International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
Ten days after its Ariane 5 ES launch, the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV 04 (Albert Einstein) docked with the aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda module at 1407 GMT on 15 June. The craft was carrying The craff was carrying 2580kg of...
by David Todd | Jun 13, 2013 | space station
The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou 10 docked with the Tiangong 1 minispace station two days after its launch on 11 June. The docking used a radar/laser assisted automatic docking sequence with contact being made at 0511 GMT and the final...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2013 | exploration, space station
China has launched the manned Shenzhou 10 spacecraft on a Long March 2F/G (CZ-2F/G) rocket from the Jiuquan launch site in China at 0938 GMT on 11 June. For its fifth manned spaceflight mission, three astronauts (taikonauts) flew into orbit on the...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2013 | ESA, International Space Station, space station
An Ariane 5 ES rocket has successfully launch the ATV-4 cargo craft towards the International Space Station. The launch took place from the Arianespace launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana at 2152 GMT on 5 June. The craft, dubbed Albert Einstein,...
by David Todd | May 3, 2013 | exploration, International Space Station, space station
In late April, it was announced that that ILS Dover, a US firm specialising in spacesuit design, had won a $4.4 million contract from NASA to design, manufacter and test an new design dubbed Z-2. The firm beat competitor Dave Clark Co for the...
