Tag: Russian
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Cosmonauts complete Russian Spacewalk on ISS
Two Russian Cosmonauts stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday to perform a spacewalk on the Russian Segment (RS) of the orbital outpost. The spacewalk – which was expected to last around six hours, but was completed in under five hours – comes amid a busy time on the ISS, with the ATV-2 launch,…
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ISS Crew open 2011 spacewalk marathon with 27th Russian EVA
The International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 26 crew have conducted the Russian EVA-27 on Friday, marking the first in what is currently planned to be a total of 10 Shuttle and ISS EVAs in 2011. Projected to be a six hour EVA, the spacewalk began with hatch opening at 2:29 PM GMT and ended well ahead of schedule at…
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ISS crew complete 26th Russian EVA
The Russian EVA-26 has been completed Monday, with Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin (EV-1), and Oleg Skripochka (EV-2), woking on the outfitting of the exterior of the Service Module (SM) for future assembly work and the support of external experiments. This was the fifth spacewalk for Yurchikhin, and the first for Skripochka. Russian EVA Overview: The hatch was…
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Soyuz 2-1A launches with six Globalstar 2 satellites
An Arianespace Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle has lofted six Globalstar 2 mobile phone and data satellites into orbit on Tuesday. The Starsem affiliate of Arianespace were targeting the launch to take place at 17:10 GMT from Pad 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in in Kazakhstan. Launch was on time, ahead of 100 minutes of flight, ending…
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Soyuz-U launches Progress M-07M/39P – Sunday ISS docking successful
A Russian Soyuz-U launch vehicle launched the M-07M/39P Progress resupply ship into orbit on Friday morning, enroute to what was an issue-free Sunday docking with the International Space Station (ISS). Meanwhile, an investigation overview into aborted docking of the M-06M/38P Progress has been reviewed by NASA managers. Progress M-07M/39P: Friday’s launch – at 11:22am GMT – followed…
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Russian Rockot launches with Gonets-M and two Kosmos satellites
A Russian Rockot launch vehicle has lifted-off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia, carrying the Gonets-M (No. 2) satellite, and two Kosmos satellites. Launch took place at 03:30 UTC (07:30 Moscow time) on Wednesday. Launch Overview: The Russian launch system is tailored to payloads requiring a performance of at least 1,950 kg for…
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Russian Progress successfully docks with ISS at the second attempt
The Russian Progress resupply vehicle – M-06M/38P – has succcessfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 16:17pm GMT on Sunday, following an aborted attempt on Friday. Caused by interference between the Progress TV transmitter and the TORU (Telerobotically Operated Rendezvous Unit) system, Progress suffered no issues during the second attempt. ISS Resupply: The…
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Russian Progress successfully docks with ISS at the second attempt
The Russian Progress resupply vehicle – M-06M/38P – has succcessfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 16:17pm GMT on Sunday, following an aborted attempt on Friday. Caused by interference between the Progress TV transmitter and the TORU (Telerobotically Operated Rendezvous Unit) system, Progress suffered no issues during the second attempt. ISS Resupply: The…
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Dnepr launches with Swedish and French satellites
The Ukrainian-built Dnepr launch vehicle lifted off on Tuesday, launching from an underground silo at a military base near Yasny, Russia at 14:42 GMT. Riding onboard is PRISMA, two satellites – nicknamed Mango and Tango – which will test rendezvous and formation flying in space, along with a French satellite, called Picard, riding below its…
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Russian Dnepr rocket launches with CryoSat-2
An International Space Company (ISC) Kosmotras Dnepr launch vehicle has launched the European Space Agency’s CryoSat 2 Earth observation satellite from an underground silo at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. CryoSat-2 – lifted off at 15:57 (CET) – is a replacement for another spacecraft that was lost in 2005. CryoSat-2 Launch Preview: Dnepr is a…