NASA has signed agreements with three US companies to develop designs of space stations and other commercial destinations in low Earth orbit (LEO). The idea is that NASA will part-fund a commercial economy in LEO after the retirement of the International Space Station...
After a previous spacewalk attempt on 30 November 2021 was cancelled due to a space debris hazard warning, NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on 2 December on an extra vehicular activity (EVA)...
Russia successfully launched the Prichal docking module (aka Uzlovoy Module) on a Soyuz 2-1b from Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 1306 GMT on 24 November towards the International Space Station (ISS). For the Prichal module Roscosmos is conducting a...
The space cargo vessel Cygnus NG-16 (Ellison Onizuka) was “unberthed” from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module of the International Space Station (ISS) whilst attached to the Canadarm 2 robotic arm on 20 November at approximately 1300 GMT. Cygnus...
Russia has conducted its fourth ground-based anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test and, in doing so, it threatened the safety of the International Space Station (ISS). A Russian A-235/PL-19 Nudol missile was launched on 15 November from Plesetsk in Northern Russia....
On 8 November 2021 at 1905 GMT, Crew Dragon – NASA Crew 2 Endeavour autonomously undocked from the IDA-3 /PMA-3 port of the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA Crew 2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japan...