09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
... 11 for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, west of Baja California, bringing almost 3,500 pounds of science, hardware and spacewalking tools back to Earth for further study, including biological samples from NASA's one-year mission.
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
.... Further additions to the outpost such as habitation, logistics and airlock capabilities that will enable crew to conduct spacewalks and accommodate docking of future elements, will be delivered via the SLS. “The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway...
12 October 2018
Soyuz investigation focuses on second stage failure
... will be complete by then or even which crew (Ovchinin’s or Kononenko’s) will be on board. In the near term, two spacewalks planned by Hague and Gerst on 19 and 25 October to replace a set of batteries in the Space Station’s solar power system...
21 August 2020
A small air leak has been found on the International Space Station, says NASA
... noticed by NASA and its international partners. The ISS is a busy spot and it has taken time in between spacewalks and spacecraft arrivals and departures to gather enough data to see what is going on. It is not known if the leak...
13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
... Rubins and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Cosmonauts Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov are currently gearing up for a Russian spacewalk that will take place soon after the four new crew members arrive. "We are ready for...
23 June 2024
NASA postpones Starliner's crew return amid thruster concerns
.... “Mission managers are evaluating future return opportunities which will follow the Space Station’s two planned spacewalks on June 24 and July 2,” said Steve Stich, NASA's commercial crew programme manager. “We are taking our time...
