by Matt Wilson | Dec 12, 2016 | International Space Station, JAXA, Launches, Seradata News, space station
A HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) cargo craft was carried into orbit by an H-2B (H-IIB) rocket at 1326 GMT on 9 December. The mission was a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in South...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 18, 2016 | China, Personal spaceflight, space station
The Shenzhou 11 Descent Module landed in the Inner Mongolia territory, in Northern China, at 0559 GMT on 18 November. The two taikonauts inside, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, were found to be in good health having already opened the pods main hatch. The taikonauts set a...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 24, 2016 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
At 2345 GMT on 17 October an Antares 230 rocket lifted off from Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying the Cygnus OA-5 commercial resupply mission for the International Space Station (ISS) into orbit. This flight marks the return-to-flight of the...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 19, 2016 | exploration, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
At 0805 GMT, 19 October 2016, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from Site 31/6, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-02 craft containing crew members of Expedition 49/50 to the International Space Station (ISS). The new crew members are two Russian...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 20, 2016 | International Space Station, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, announced on 17 September 2016, that the next flight of the Soyuz-MS crew transport craft would be delayed for technical reasons after testing conducted at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. According to TASS, the Russian state news agency,...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 16, 2016 | China, Launches, Satellites, Science, space station
China has launched the Tiangong-2 “man tended” spacelab/mini-space station as a forerunner for its planned full-sized space station. The Long March 2F/T2 (CZ-2F/T2) launch of the mini-space station module took place at 14:04 GMT on 15 September 2016, from...
