by David Todd | Jan 17, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA
Having been unberthed at 0500 GMT on on 7 Jan 2019, the Dragon CRS-19 cargo spacecraft was fully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) when it was released from the Space Station Remote Manipulator System at 1005 GMT on the same day. During its...
by David Todd | Dec 3, 2019 | International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
On 2 December 2019, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan conducted an EVA (Spacewalk) exiting the Quest Airlock of the ISS at 1131 GMT. The crew completed the primary task to install upgraded tracker thermal pump system (UTTPS) into the AMS-2...
by David Todd | Oct 18, 2019 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News
While a previous all-female spacewalk attempt was cancelled – ostensibly due to wrong spacesuit sizes but possibly due to one team member, Anne McClean, being accused of fraud – an all-female extra vehicular activity (EVA) has finally taken place. Christina Koch and...
by David Todd | May 30, 2019 | Seradata News
At 1542 GMT on 29 May 2019 the hatch of the Pirs module was opened for the start of a six hour one minute long spacewalk involving two Russian cosmonauts. With five spacewalks under his belt, Oleg Kononenko was well placed to show his fellow cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin...
by David Todd | Mar 25, 2019 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain successfully fitted new batteries to the power system of the International Space Station (ISS) during an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) on 22 March. McClain led the six hour 39 minute long spacewalk as the EV1 command...
