by Derek Goddard | Jun 17, 2021 | International Space Station, Seradata News, space station
Crew members of Expedition 65, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough switched to internal battery power and opened the Quest Airlock hatch at 1211 GMT on 16 June. The planned six-and-a-half-hour mission was to fit the first of six new ISS...
by Derek Goddard | Jun 4, 2021 | International Space Station, Russia
Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, completed their spacewalk to continue the decommissioning of the Pirs docking compartment. The Expedition 65 Flight Engineers opened the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment on 2 June...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 4, 2021 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched the Dragon CRS 22 resupply mission to the ISS at 1729 GMT on 3 June from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The mission in service to NASA is carrying 3,328 kg of cargo, supplies, and hardware. Of this an important part are the first...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 3, 2021 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, International Space Station, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism, SpaceX
Axiom Space has purchased three further private, human spaceflight missions to the ISS. This order, made on 2 June, follows on from one signed in March 2020 for its first AX-1 mission – planned for January 2022. With this new order Axiom has returned to SpaceX...
by Mark Williamson | May 18, 2021 | Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Seradata News, Space tourism, SpaceX
It looks as if the floodgates might be about to open in the space tourism market following years of frustratingly slow progress. On 13 May, space tourism company Space Adventures announced that two civilians will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on the...
