Tag: Soyuz
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Progress M-20M arrives at ISS with spacesuit repair tools
Russia’s Progress M-20M spacecraft, known in NASA’s numbering scheme as Progress 52 (52P), launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:45 PM GMT on Saturday. The spacecraft then dock to the ISS just six hours later, delivering some vital spacesuit repair tools to the station crew. Progress M-20M: Following liftoff from the Baikonur…
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Soyuz ST-B launches with four O3b satellites
An Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket successfully launched four O3B satellites from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana on Tuesday. The launch – the second Soyuz to lift-off in close succession – was scheduled for 18:54 UTC. However, due to a red hold, the teams opted for a launch 33 minutes later. Soyuz ST-B Launch: The…
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Soyuz 2-1B successfully launches with Resurs-P
In the first of two Soyuz-2 launches scheduled for Tuesday, a Soyuz-2-1b flying out of the Baikonur Cosmodrome successfully orbited the first Resurs-P Earth imaging satellite. Liftoff from the Site 31/6 launch complex was on schedule at 17:28 UTC. Soyuz/Resurs-P Launch: The Resurs-P satellites are the latest in a series of Russian Earth imaging satellites.…
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Russian spy satellite launched via Soyuz 2-1B
A Russian Soyuz 2-1B launch vehicle has lofted the second Persona reconnaissance satellite into space on Friday. The launch was conducted at 18:37 GMT from launch pad 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, with a successful spacecraft separation confirmed by the Russian military. Soyuz 2-1B Launch: The Soyuz-2-1 rocket is a descendent of…
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Soyuz TMA-09M docks to ISS following short cut rendezvous
A three member crew set sail for a speedy trip to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Riding in their Russian Soyuz TMA-09M, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Karen Nyberg of NASA and ESA’s Luca Parmitano successfully docked with the Station just six hours later – several minutes ahead…
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Soyuz TMA-07M returns ISS crew to Earth
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft has returned to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday. The Russian vehicle was carrying a three person crew that includes Expedition 35’s now globally famous Commander, Chris Hadfield. The crew successfully landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 8:31am local time. Soyuz TMA-07M:…
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Progress M-19M docks with ISS despite antenna issue
The Russian Progress resupply vehicle that launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) two days later, despite some concerns about M-19M/51P’s KURS antenna – which failed to deploy on orbit. Progress M-19M: As per usual, an old Progress – in this case, M-17M (49P)…
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Sochi Winter Olympics torch relay to include ISS spacewalk
In what will be a truly unique event, the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games will ride up to the International Space Station on Soyuz TMA-11M in November. The simulated flame will then be taken outside of the orbital outpost during Russian EVA-36, before returning to Earth on Soyuz TMA-09M. ISS and the 2014…
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USCV-1: NASA planners slip first ISS commercial crew mission to late 2017
The first NASA crew to ride to the International Space Station on a commercial spacecraft may have to wait until at least the end of 2017, after NASA’s planning group realigned the US Crew Vehicle -1 (USCV-1) mission to a launch date of November 30, 2017. The new schedule includes the Russian Soyuz manifested as…
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Soyuz TMA-08M docks with ISS just six hours after launch
The Russian Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 34S, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:43 PM GMT, carrying three new crewmembers for the International Space Station’s (ISS) Expedition 35 crew. The Soyuz then initiate a fast-tracked rendezvous to dock with the ISS just six hours later. Soyuz TMA-08M…