Tag: Docking
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Vast Debuts Flight Suit and Large Docking Adapter for Haven-1
What new crew systems has Vast revealed for Haven-1? Vast today unveiled two critical systems for its Haven-1 commercial space station: a custom astronaut flight suit and a 1.5-meter Large Docking Adapter that significantly expands payload capacity beyond current ISS capabilities. The Long Beach-based startup’s flight suit features a sleek black and white design optimized…
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SpaceX launches Starfish Space’s second spacecraft for orbital satellite docking test
An artist’s conception shows Otter Pup 2 (at left) approaching its target satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Starfish Space’s second Otter Pup spacecraft went into Earth orbit today, marking the first step in what the Seattle-area startup hopes will be a successful demonstration of the vehicle’s ability to dock with other satellites. Otter Pup, which is…
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Starfish Space announces plans for first commercial satellite docking
A new mission will aim to complete the first commercial satellite docking in low Earth orbit (LEO). However, the satellite it aims to dock with isn’t equipped with a docking adapter. Starfish Space is hoping to prove the concept of being able to dock to unprepared satellites for repair, refueling, or repositioning in orbit. The…
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Photos: Crew Dragon moves in for first docking
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took these pictures of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as it approached for docking Sunday, a day after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The capsule linked up with a docking port on the forward end of the station’s Harmony module at 5:51 a.m. EST (1051 GMT) Sunday,…
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Video: Soyuz capsule docks to the International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut successfully docks to the International Space Station after a two-day trek from Earth.
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Shenzhou 11 glides to orbital link-up with Chinese space lab
Updated after crew’s ingress of Tiangong 2. The Tiangong 2 space lab is pictured in this video frame from a camera aboard Shenzhou 11. The two spacecraft linked up on a night pass in orbit. Credit: CCTV Two days after blasting off on a Long March rocket, a Shenzhou spaceship carrying two Chinese astronauts linked…
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Video: Progress launches and docks
The Russian Progress 58P cargo freighter launches and six hours later docks to the International Space Station.