by David Todd | Feb 22, 2021 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, JAXA, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News
The US commercial unmanned space freighter Cygnus NG-15 (Katherine Johnson) was launched successfully by an Antares 230+ rocket at 1736 GMT on 20 February from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. The 8,050 kg craft was launched on a...
by David Todd | Jan 15, 2021 | International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX
The SpaceX freighter Cargo Dragon CRS-21 which was being operated on a mission for NASA, undocked from IDA-3 port on the Harmony module of the International Space Station (ISS) at 1405 GMT on 12 January 2021. Unlike earlier the Cargo Dragon design which needed the ISS...
by David Todd | Dec 23, 2020 | exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
In what will both please and disappoint the leadership of NASA, US Congress has voted to give NASA US$23.3 billion in funding for the fiscal Year 2021 as part of its “Omnibus spending bill”. The budget deal represents an increase of US$642 million over...
by Matt Wilson | Dec 7, 2020 | commercial launch services, History, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, space station, SpaceX
Following a one-day delay due to weather at 1617 GMT on 6 December a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch was carrying the first of a new-generation SpaceX Dragon Cargo capsules to the ISS. It also marked the beginning of...
by David Todd | Nov 19, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Russian Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchcov – the two Sergeys – made an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) – more commonly known as a spacewalk, from the airlock on the Poisk module on the International Space Station on 18 November 2020....