by David Todd | Oct 18, 2018 | China, exploration, India, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Orion, Russia, Seradata News, space station
The 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018) was held in the city of Bremen near the coast of Northern Germany. The Congress is both a technical symposium, where engineers, scientists and even lawyers present their papers, and a place where the great space...
by David Todd | Jun 7, 2018 | Russia, Seradata News
In a recent televised public forum that allows the Russian public to question Russian President Vladimir Putin (albeit that only certain questions are allowed to get through) he addressed issues such as the Russian economy, the rising cost of fuel, the alleged Russian...
by David Todd | Jun 7, 2018 | International Space Station, On a Lighter Note, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
In a bit of a public relations offensive by Russia (thankfully no chemical warfare is involved in this campaign) the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has publicised the FIFA World Cup in Russia, by having two Cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev, practice...
by David Todd | May 24, 2018 | Russia, Seradata News
After three and half years in the job, the mild-mannered technocrat Igor Komarov has been given his marching orders by Russian President Vladimir Putin from his position as head of Roscosmos. The reason for Komarov’s departure has not been disclosed. Replacing him...
by David Todd | Mar 14, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, Soyuz
The likely life-changing effects of the allegedly Russian-produced Novichok nerve-poison assassination attempt on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, and to a lesser extent on an attending police officer, in the city of Salisbury, Southern...
