by David Todd | May 16, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The landing capsule of the Soyuz TMA-011M manned spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station AT 2236 GMT on 14 May 2014 carrying three crew: Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and US astronaut Ric, Mastriacchio. The...
by David Todd | Apr 25, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, space station, Technology
After his launch in 2011, this Space Intelligence news column previously dubbed the Robonaut 2 (R2) robot aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with the nickname “Dougie” after Douglas Bader the famous World War 2 fighter pilot, as in common with...
by David Todd | Apr 10, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The unmanned freighter spacecraft, Progress M-023M (ISS-55P), was successfully launched on a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, at 1526GMT on 9 April 2014. After using the “fast” six-hour engine burn...
by David Todd | Mar 7, 2014 | ESA, History, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, space station
Russia’s military and political advances in the Crimean region of Ukraine, following similar fanning of separatism in parts of Georgia in 2008, has re-awakened Cold War fears. A cycle of sanctions against Russia and its retaliation to such action could seriously...
by David Todd | Feb 28, 2014 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, space station
The cause of the water leak fault that endangered the life of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano while on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station (ISS) has been discovered. NASA has revealed that after a long investigation that coolant contamination was...
by David Todd | Feb 6, 2014 | International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, successfully launched its Progress M-022M cargo freighter spacecraft (aka ISS-54P) on its way from the Baikonur cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 1623 GMT on 5 February 2014 using a Soyuz U rocket. The...
