Tag: ISS
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SpaceX team conduct successful Falcon 9 WDR ahead of Dragon’s ISS debut
The SpaceX team conducted a successful Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on their Falcon 9 launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral on Thursday. The Launch Readiness Test was a major milestone ahead of the launch vehicle’s role to loft Dragon into orbit and en route to the International Space Station (ISS) late in April. SpaceX Falcon 9…
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Cosmonaut duo complete Russian spacewalk outside ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday in order to conduct a Russian spacewalk, known by its official designation of Russian EVA-30. The six hours, 15 minute spacewalk, the first since August last year, included the relocation of external hardware between modules, while the installation of debris panels will now take…
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Russian Progress M-14M docks – M-13M de-orbits following satellite deploy
The uncrewed Russian Progress M-14M resupply spacecraft, also going by its US designation of 46P, has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday morning (GMT). Ahead of the M-14M events, the recently undocked Progress M-13M/45P performed the unusual procedure of deploying a microsatellite into space prior to de-orbiting. Progress M-14M launch: Progress…
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Dragon ISS flight slips – SpaceX determined to return US crewed access to LEO
SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 flight with the Dragon spaceship – a mission which is expected to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) – is slipping in order to allow for due diligence “safety checks” ahead of launch. SpaceX’s decision to slip what was a February 7 launch came after comments noting their sense of…
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ISS performs hardware and software upgrades to support inaugural Dragon visit
The six-member crew of the International Space Station (ISS) have been hard at work over the past few weeks, performing multiple hardware and software upgrades in order to ready the station to support the new fleet of commercial resupply vehicles, ahead of next month’s inaugural visit of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to the orbital outpost. CUCU/CCP…
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ISS sails into challenging 2012 on back of successful achievements in 2011
The International Space Station (ISS) has now entered what will be a challenging new year, which will see access to the station for both crews and cargo tested, in wake of last year’s retirement of the Space Shuttle, the start of new commercial resupply flights, and recent failures of Russian launch vehicles. ISS cargo deliveries:…
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Year in Review – Part 3: ISS makes new discoveries about living in space
In a year that saw the station finally completed after nearly 13 years of construction, a number of new discoveries relating to the effects of long-term microgravity environments on the human body brought scientific activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to a record high in 2011. Station completed as Shuttle retired: As planned since…
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Assessing the Soyuz failure with Meridian – Redressing Russia’s internal woes
Just hours before the Soyuz TMA-03M successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), another Russian Soyuz launch vehicle failed during its task to loft the Meridian-5 satellite into orbit. The failure became the main subject of a post-docking media briefing for TMA-03M, resulting in Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin portraying serious internal issues at the…
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Soyuz TMA-03M docks to ISS, returns station to six crewmembers for future ops
The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 29S, successfully docked to the ISS at the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) “Rassvet” Nadir docking port, vacated just over one month ago by Soyuz TMA-02M/27S, at 3:19 PM GMT on Friday. Soyuz TMA-03M: Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, the successful Soyuz…
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Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft launches to International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft – also known by its US designation of 29S – has launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) from the wintry Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today at 1:16 PM GMT (7:16 PM local Kazakh time), carrying three crewmembers for the station’s current Expedition 30 and future Expedition 31 crews. Soyuz…