by David Todd | Jun 13, 2013 | space station
The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou 10 docked with the Tiangong 1 minispace station two days after its launch on 11 June. The docking used a radar/laser assisted automatic docking sequence with contact being made at 0511 GMT and the final...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2013 | exploration, space station
China has launched the manned Shenzhou 10 spacecraft on a Long March 2F/G (CZ-2F/G) rocket from the Jiuquan launch site in China at 0938 GMT on 11 June. For its fifth manned spaceflight mission, three astronauts (taikonauts) flew into orbit on the...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2013 | ESA, International Space Station, space station
An Ariane 5 ES rocket has successfully launch the ATV-4 cargo craft towards the International Space Station. The launch took place from the Arianespace launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana at 2152 GMT on 5 June. The craft, dubbed Albert Einstein,...
by David Todd | May 3, 2013 | exploration, International Space Station, space station
In late April, it was announced that that ILS Dover, a US firm specialising in spacesuit design, had won a $4.4 million contract from NASA to design, manufacter and test an new design dubbed Z-2. The firm beat competitor Dave Clark Co for the...
by David Todd | May 1, 2013 | Russia, space station
NASA has decided to fork out more cash to buy extra Soyuz seats to take its crews to the International Space Station. The deal signed with Roscosmos is valued at $424 million is for six “seats” and training and adds to an earlier deal...
by David Todd | Apr 26, 2013 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, space station
At 1225 GMT on 26 April the freighter spacecraft Progress M-019M successfully docked with the International Space Station. This was despite having his Kurs A antenna jammed forward in launch configuration. In the end, the automatic docking...
