Tag: Station
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Progress MS-16 resupply ship manually docked following 2 day flight to Station
Roscosmos, the Russian owned space corporation, launched the Progress MS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station right on time from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 04:45:06 UTC on 15 February (23:45:06 EST on 14 February). Unlike most Russian missions to the Station, this flight did not make use of…
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CRS-21 Dragon completes mission with splashdown off Tampa
The CRS-21 automated cargo Dragon v2, the first-of-its-kind for the v2 class designed and developed by SpaceX, has completed its mission after undocked from the International Space Station and conducting a 35 hour homecoming that culminated with a splashdown off the coast of Tampa, Florida on Wednesday, 13 January at 20:27 EST (14 January at…
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Soyuz MS-16 returns Space Station trio to Earth
The three international crew members of the Soyuz MS-16 mission have safely returned to Earth following the undocking of their Soyuz spacecraft from the International Space Station at 19:32 EDT (23:32 UTC). A parachute and retro-rocket assisted landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan followed at 22:55 EDT on Wednesday, 21 October (02:55 UTC on Thursday,…
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Dragon Endeavour’s historic mission draws to a close
Just over two months after it became the first American spacecraft to launch astronauts into space in nearly a decade, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour is nearing the end of its historic flight in space. The vehicle and its two astronaut crew are departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 1 August at 7:34 pm…
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Progress MS-15 arrives at Station with eventful automated docking
The Russian Federation’s state-owned space corporation, Roscosmos, has launched their latest resupply mission to the International Space Station. The supply craft, Progress MS-15, lifted off at 14:26:22 UTC, or 10:26:22 EDT, on Thursday, 23 July from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The craft arrived and docked to the Station via its KURS-NA…
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ISS crew complete Station battery upgrade spacewalk
Expedition 63 Commander Christopher Cassidy and Joint Operations Commander Robert Behnken, both NASA astronauts, completed the three and a half year process of upgrading the International Space Station’s power systems during a spacewalk on July 21st. The spacewalk, designated US EVA-68, marked the 10th EVA for both astronauts, who have each accumulated over 50 hours…
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Station marks milestone with creation of fifth state of matter in space
Aboard the International Space Station, Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken are preparing for two spacewalks that will finish a multi-year battery replacement operation outside the ISS. The new batteries will increase the outpost’s overall electrical efficiency and aid Station science utilization, which recently allowed scientists to create the fifth element of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate,…
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NASA outlines the near and far future of the Space Station
NASA has laid out plans for their future utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) over the next decade, including upgrades scheduled to be conducted on the outpost in the near term, its future use as an analog for human exploration missions beyond Earth Orbit, and the commercial expansion to the orbital outpost. During the…
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Soyuz “Victory Rocket” launches Progress MS-14, followed by docking to the ISS
For the second time this month, the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched one of their crafts to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Progress MS-14 uncrewed cargo resupply mission to the orbital outpost launched from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 April at 21:51:41 EDT — which…
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Soyuz “Victory Rocket” launches Progress MS-14, followed by docking to the ISS
For the second time this month, the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched one of their crafts to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Progress MS-14 uncrewed cargo resupply mission to the orbital outpost launched from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 April at 21:51:41 EDT — which…