Tag: Pirs
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Farewell, Pirs; ISS module decommissioned, destructively reentered
After nearly 20 years in orbit serving as a docking port and airlock for the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the Pirs module — also called Stykovochny Otsek 1, or Docking Compartment 1 (DC-1) — has become the first habitable element of the station to be decommissioned and permanently removed from the…
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Russian duo complete decommissioning of Pirs ahead of removal from Station
Outside the International Space Station (ISS), Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov have completed a near 7 hour extravehicular activity, or EVA/spacewalk, to finalize external preparations for the removal to the Pirs docking compartment that has served the Station for nearly 20 years. Delivered in 2001, Pirs will be removed from the ISS no earlier than…
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ISS shuffles docking ports ahead of busy schedule
Soyuz MS-17 has relocated to a new docking port in preparation for a spree of upcoming vehicle arrivals at the International Space Station. The relocation ensures that a Russian spacewalk in June can proceed, which will prepare the station for its first major addition in a decade. Soyuz schedule Soyuz MS-17 arrived at the ISS…
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Progress freighter docks with space station to help discard Russian module
The Progress MS-16 supply ship approaches the International Space Station on Wednesday. Credit: Roscosmos A Progress supply ship completed a two-day trip to the International Space Station early Wednesday, successfully guided in by cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using a remote control console inside the station after an automated rendezvous system ran into trouble moments before docking.…
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Cosmonauts complete first spacewalk to prepare for Nauka’s arrival
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov performed a spacewalk on the Russian side of the International Space Station to prepare the outpost for the arrival of a new Russian research module named Nauka, a long-awaited science laboratory. The spacewalk began at 15:12 UTC (10:12 EST) on Wednesday, 18 November when the cosmonauts left the…
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Spacewalkers prep for arrival of new Russian module
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts used the International Space Station’s Poisk docking compartment as an airlock for the first time Wednesday in a six-hour 48-minute spacewalk to begin preparing the nearly identical Pirs module for removal next year. A new laboratory module will be parked in…
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Russian freighter links up with International Space Station
The Progress MS-05 supply ship is seen on final approach to the space station Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The International Space Station received its second cargo shipment in less than 24 hours Friday with the automated linkup of a Russian Progress refueling and resupply freighter. The Progress MS-05 spaceship closed in to dock…