Tag: ISS
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EVA-39: Spacewalkers complete the upgrading of ISS batteries
Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have completed a long-planned process to upgrade the power storage batteries outside the station. The upgraded batteries will give the ISS better power storage capacity throughout the rest of its planned lifetime. The second spacewalk came one week after the first – highly successful – EVA. Battery replacement…
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Progress MS-04/65P fails during launch to the ISS
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched the Progress MS-04/65P resupply mission to the ISS on Thursday at 09:51:52 EST (14:51:52 UTC). The mission was the third of three Russian resupply flights to Station this year and the first of two missions scheduled to launch to ISS in the opening 9 days of December. However,…
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NASA calls time on ISS-RapidScat
NASA has decided to end operations on the International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer (ISS-RapidScat) Earth science instrument, following attempts to return to life after a power issue. Despite the conclusion of its life, the instrument had already surpassed its original decommissioning date. ISS-RapidScat: Flown to the ISS inside the Trunk of the CRS-4/SpX-4 Dragon, ISS-RapidScat was…
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Destructive re-entry marks end to successful Cygnus OA-5 mission
After nearly one month at the International Space Station, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-5 spacecraft marked the end to its mission with a destructive re-entry on Sunday. Following a resupply mission to the orbital outpost, Cygnus conducted experiments and deployed cubesats, prior a nominal end of mission. Cygnus OA-5 – The “Alan Poindexter” The OA-5 flight of the…
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Space Station in good health, prepares for busy Expedition 50 period
As part of the normal review process, NASA has updated the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) on the status of the International Space Station – including its overall health, upcoming visiting vehicle schedule, commercial resupply efforts, and battery deliveries and associated installation EVAs that will upgrade the Station into its next phase of operation and propel…
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Soyuz MS-03 completes ISS docking with Expedition 50 crew
Following quick on the heels of the Soyuz MS-02 launch on 19 October, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft this week, ahead of delivering a new three person crew for Expeditions 50/51. The flight launched at 20:20 GMT (15:20 EST) on Thursday and was followed by two-day orbital rendezvous ahead…
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As OA-7 Cygnus moves to Atlas V, high praise noted for Antares RTF
Citing exceptional and beyond performance expectations on the Return To Flight mission of their Antares rocket during the OA-5 launch of the Cygnus resupply craft to the International Space Station last month, Orbital ATK sat down with NASASpaceflight.com to discuss the realignment of the company’s upcoming OA-7 mission early next year from Antares to Atlas…
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SpaceX external cargo manifest through 20th resupply mission revealed
As SpaceX nears completion of its investigation into the AMOS-6 pad conflagration on 1 September 2016, the company is firmly looking toward Return To Flight (RTF) of its Falcon 9 workhorse and realigning its contracted resupply missions to the International Space Station with NASA. With those flights looking to resume in January 2017, SpaceX’s external…
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Soyuz MS-01 trio return to Earth
Under the command of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Soyuz MS-01 undocked from the ISS on Saturday. With NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi onboard, the trio successfully landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 11:59 p.m Eastern. Soyuz MS-01: The End Of Mission (EOM) events marked the conclusion to the debut use of the newly upgraded Soyuz…
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EVA-35 investigation clears suit as ISS prepares for major battery change
An investigation into the water leak in Tim Kopra’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) – which forced the early termination of EVA-35 in January – has revealed no hardware issues with the suit. The news comes as the ISS gears up for a series of critical EVAs that will replace the batteries on the Station’s solar…