Tag: ISS
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The busy life of the Space Station Robots
The Space Station’s Canadian robotic arms have enjoyed another busy month, starting with the release of a SpaceX Dragon and ending with the deployment of a microsat. The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) – best known as Dextre – is also looking forward to NASA’s Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3), while it was recently announced that the…
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Soyuz MS-11 returns ISS trio back to Earth
The Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday and returned NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency to Earth. The End Of Mission events began on Sunday, with a Space station change of command ceremony, during…
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Station mission planning reveals new target Commercial Crew launch dates
As part of standard planning among the international partners, NASA has revised its Visiting Vehicle plan for all upcoming and long-range missions to the International Space Station. The update includes new planning dates for the first Commercial Crew launches on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner vehicles, when U.S. crew rotation flights are slated to…
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Cancer treatment investigation among science delivered by SpaceX Dragon to Station
Following a flawless arrival Monday morning at the International Space Station, the bulk of the month-long science initiatives from the Dragon spacecraft have begun for the Station’s four United States Operating Segment (USOS) crew members from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. Among the multitude of investigations launched aboard SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon include an experiment…
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Electrical issues resolved to allow CRS-17 Dragon launch
NASA postponed the next Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after an issue with the Station’s Main Bus Switching Units (MBSUs) – a component of the ISS United States Orbital Segment (USOS) Electrical Power System (EPS) – was observed this week. The CRS-17 launch was slipped to Friday while the issue was…
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NG-11 Cygnus, S.S. Roger Chaffee, brings the science to ISS
Roughly 37 hours after launching from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station with 7,600 lbs (3,442 kg) of supplies. Grappled by Station astronauts Anne McClain (NASA) and David Saint-Jacques (CSA) using the Canadarm2, the S.S. Roger Chaffee will now be berthed to…
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Antares, Cygnus launch on final CRS1 contract flight; debuting critical new capabilities
It might be the final CRS1 (Commercial Resupply Services 1) contract flight for both the Antares rocket and the Cygnus spacecraft, but as the two prepare to transition seamlessly into the CRS2 round of cargo contracts for NASA beginning in the fall, they are both capping the current contract by debuting a host of new…
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Following ISS battery upgrade, EVA-54 works on power systems
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have now completed the third of a trio of spacewalks to continue the ongoing program to replace the station’s aging batteries and upgrade power systems. The spacewalks were originally deferred from last year due to the impacts associated with the aborted Soyuz MS-10 launch. EVA-52 was completed last…
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Progress MS-11 docks to the ISS; Station supplies in good shape
Roscosmos’ Progress MS-11 uncrewed resupply mission to the International Space Station launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday. The first Russian resupply mission to the Station of 2019 launched at 07:01:35 EDT (1101:35 UTC) on a two-orbit, super fast-track rendezvous profile with the Station. Progress MS-11 then performed an automated…
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Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station
For the first time in 2019, humans launched to space aboard Roscosmos’ veteran Soyuz-FG rocket and the Soyuz MS crew vehicle. The mission, Soyuz MS-12, ferried three crewmembers, one Russian and two Americans, to the International Space Station. Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague – two of the crew – launched just six months after they…