Tag: ISS
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Soyuz TMA-19M landing marks Peake’s homecoming
Soyuz TMA-19M has successfully returned Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra, Flight Engineer Tim Peake and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko back to Earth on Saturday. The Russian spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 05:52 UTC, ahead of a landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan at around 09:15 UTC. Soyuz TMA-19M Return: Soyuz TMA-19M launched from…
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Soyuz TMA-19M landing marks Peake’s homecoming
Soyuz TMA-19M has successfully returned Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra, Flight Engineer Tim Peake and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko back to Earth on Saturday. The Russian spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 05:52 UTC, ahead of a landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan at around 09:15 UTC. Soyuz TMA-19M Return: Soyuz TMA-19M launched from…
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Return of Antares expected to target August launch with OA-5 Cygnus
Orbital ATK’s continuing preparations to return its Antares rocket to flight operations has resulted in an updated preliminary launch date in the August timeframe. The launch – involving the OA-5 Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) – requires static fire test data analysis to be completed, along with final trajectory shaping work. Antares…
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Return of Antares expected to target August launch with OA-5 Cygnus
Orbital ATK’s continuing preparations to return its Antares rocket to flight operations has resulted in an updated preliminary launch date in the August timeframe. The launch – involving the OA-5 Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) – requires static fire test data analysis to be completed, along with final trajectory shaping work. Antares…
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OA-6 Cygnus ends Space Station mission; prepares for post-release tests
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have bid farewell to Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft, the Rick Husband. Unberthing and separation operations began around 09:30 EDT (13:30 UTC) on Tuesday, after which Cygnus began its new role as a test vehicle for future spacecraft safety systems. OA6: A smooth resupply mission for the Rick Husband…
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Williams enters BEAM for expandable module milestone
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams has ingressed the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) on Monday, the first time an American has entered an inflatable module in space. The milestone came after teams on the ground helped with a scavenger hunt on the Station to replace a missing part that was required for Monday’s historic event. BEAM:…
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Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket completes static fire at MARS
Orbital ATK has conducted a crucial step in the return of its Antares rocket to flight operations later this year from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. This crucial step took place on Tuesday at Pad-0A, where the company performed a static fire of the newly redesigned Antares core stage ahead of the rocket family’s…
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ISS controllers complete BEAM module expansion
The International Space Station (ISS) gained a new module for the first time since March 2011 this weekend, with the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) expanded to its full size, bringing an end to an almost two-decade long effort to place an inflatable module on the station. The first expansion attempt did not go to…
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ISS controllers complete BEAM module expansion
The International Space Station (ISS) gained a new module for the first time since March 2011 this weekend, with the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) expanded to its full size, bringing an end to an almost two-decade long effort to place an inflatable module on the station. The first expansion attempt did not go to…
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ISS robotics assess AMS-02 health, potential EVA, five years into operations
The International Space Station’s robotic assets paid a recent visit to AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -02) to survey the external health of the payload and gain imagery ahead of a potential servicing EVA. This week marked the fifth anniversary since AMS-02 was launched to the orbital outpost in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour, as…