by David Todd | Aug 22, 2016 | International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX
A spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully put into place a new IDA-2 docking adapter which will convert the old PMA-2 Space Shuttle adaptor to one that can receive the new Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon craft. The IDA-2 adapter...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2016 | commercial launch services, ESA, International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX
NASA has awarded three Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contracts worth several billion dollars each to Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) between 2019 to 2024. The maximum potential value of all...
by David Todd | Nov 27, 2015 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News
Some unexpected news from the launch failure of the Falcon 9R (v1.1R) rocket on 28 June 2015. On 26 November 2015, a large part of the unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule carried on that flight was discovered floating in the sea by local boatmen between Bryher and...
by David Todd | Jan 28, 2014 | China, Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, History, On a Lighter Note, Satellites, SpaceX
As the Chinese New Year arrives, we note that China has traditionally been very superstitious about encouraging good luck. As part of the Feng Shui superstition, individuals and organisations can encourage good luck energy to enter their realms by simple measures...
by David Todd | Mar 1, 2013 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
The SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 cargo capsule was initially successfully launched by an Falcon 9 launch vehicle at 1510 GMT from Cape Canaveral on 1 March 2013. The initial orbit achieved was 329 x 199km at an inclination of 51.66 degrees. As...
