Following the detachment of the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft from the ISS (International Space Station), at 2308 GMT on 27 February, the spacecraft carrying the three space-farers carried out a standard 3.5 hour return trip to Earth. Following separation of the OM (Orbital...
Although Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine and its alleged involvement in trying to interfere in other nations’ democratic elections (including the US Presidential election), at one time threatened the future of the International Space Station, that...
Over the weekend of 16-17 September, the Chinese space station, TIANGONG 2, and its attached resupply craft, TIANZHOU 1, completed the third in a series of fuel – and oxidiser – transfers form the freighter to the space station. Following the final fuel...
Following its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 0920 GMT on 14 June, the Progress MS-06 mission went on to dock successfully with the International Space Station (ISS) at 1137 GMT on16 June. This launch is the second Progress of the year and employed...
A Long March 7 (CZ-7) launch vehicle lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on Hainan Island, South West China, at 1140 GMT on 20 April 2017. The rocket was carrying the Tianzhou-1 unmanned freighter spacecraft into orbit. The 13,000kg freighter, which is...
A crew of three was safely landed back onto Kazakh territory on Earth after their respective stays on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft undocked from the ISS’s Poisk module at 0757 GMT on 10 April, and having detached...
