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Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announce that the Progress M-13M resupply capsule has undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, January 23. The move was meant to make room for another Progress capsule, which launches today, January 25.
Progress M-13M spent 82 days docked to... |
25 January 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Space analysts say that the European Space Agency (ESA) will not be able to launch astronauts to low-Earth orbit from its Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, aboard Russian-built Soyuz space capsules. This impossibility stems from the facility's geographical location. Over the past few years, ESA... |
18 January 2012
08:36 GMT |
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Engineers with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) moved the Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-03M space capsule to its launch pad today, in anticipation of a Wednesday, December 21, launch. This will also mark the last Soyuz flight for 2011. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who will be the Commander of Expediti... |
19 December 2011
10:04 GMT |
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The situation aboard the International Space Station has been rather tense over the past couple of days, ever since mission controllers urged astronauts aboard the orbital lab to prepare to take refuge in their life pod if need be. The emergency was caused by an incoming piece of space junk.
The debris could have po... |
24 November 2011
03:31 GMT |
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The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft launched successfully towards the International Space Station on Monday, November 14, aboard a Soyuz delivery system. The manned capsule is now flying two Russians and an American to the space lab, where they are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. The launch effort was very complex and ten... |
14 November 2011
02:15 GMT |
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On Sunday, October 30, the Russian-built Progress 45 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. After spending about three days in low-Earth orbit, the capsule managed to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier today.
The maneuver took place at around 7:41 am EDT (1141 GMT), as th... |
2 November 2011
08:44 GMT |
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Tomorrow, October 30, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) will be sending another unmanned space capsule to the International Space Station. This is the first Progress to launch in space after the failed August 24 mission, and the very continuation of ISS operations depends on it.
About two months ago, o... |
29 October 2011
04:18 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) was forced to cancel an attempt to launch the first two Galileo satellites yesterday, October 20, due to a glitch encountered with the Soyuz ST-B delivery system carrying the spacecraft. A new launch attempt is scheduled for today, October 21.
ESA engineers working at the Kourou Space... |
21 October 2011
04:54 GMT |
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Officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the Soyuz ST-B rocket which was supposed to take the first two Galileo satellites to orbit will not be launching today, October 20. At this time, no official new data has been released for the launch. Experts say that the takeoff countdown was stopped whil... |
20 October 2011
10:05 GMT |
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that they have given the green light for launching the first two satellite of the future Galileo satellite navigation constellation this Thursday, on October 20. The Soyuz rocket that will carry the spacecraft is prepped at the launch site. For this mission, the... |
17 October 2011
03:23 GMT |
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According to officials at the European Space Agency (ESA), the two Galileo satellites that will set the foundation for Europe's new global satellite navigation system are now ready for launch. They were integrated with their delivery system yesterday, October 13.
Both Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites &... |
14 October 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Members of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology in the US House of Representatives were told yesterday, October 12, that the failure of a Russian-built rocket a few weeks ago will not affect the schedule of the International Space Station, or force astronauts to evacuate the outpost.
The unmanned resupp... |
13 October 2011
03:10 GMT |
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On October 20, the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch the first two satellites of its Galileo satellite navigation constellation. The spacecraft are now installed into their joint supporting dispenser, which will release them into their respective orbits, once they are in space.
The maneuver took place a... |
8 October 2011
04:50 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that the first two spacecraft of the Galileo satellite navigation constellation are now fueled. At this point, the two vehicles are scheduled to launch on October 20, aboard a Russian-built rocket.
The mission will take off from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guian... |
5 October 2011
03:34 GMT |
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At 2015 GMT on Sunday, October 2, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) launch a new GLONASS satellite into orbit. The new spacecraft is meant to patch up the holes left in the country's own satellite navigation (satnav) system by previous lack of maintenance funding.
A modernized Soyuz 2-1b delivery s... |
4 October 2011
20:11 GMT |
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On Friday, September 23, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conducted an important training exercise, which saw them rehearsing the proper course of action in case a cabin pressure leak occurs.
At this point, Expedition 29 only has three crew members, until the next Russian Soyuz space capsul... |
24 September 2011
06:21 GMT |
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In anticipation of a planned October 20 launch date, engineering crews at the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, are working hard on preparing a well-known rocket for departure. The mission is scheduled to put the first elements of the Galileo satellite navigation system in Earth's orbit.
The ... |
20 September 2011
09:00 GMT |
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After spending more than 164 days in space, Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and flight engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan landed successfully last night, when their Soyuz space capsule touched down in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Borisenko and Samokutyaev, both cosmonauts of the Russian Federal S... |
16 September 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announced that they finally managed to develop the organization's schedule for the next couple of months. According to the new launch manifest, a resupply flight in October will be followed by a manned mission in November.
Both these spacecraft will... |
14 September 2011
03:11 GMT |
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Officials with the European Space Agency are proud to announce that the ESA Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, has just received the first of many satellites that will form the Galileo satellite navigation system.
Meant as a counterpart to the American-built Global Positioning System (GPS), Galileo... |
9 September 2011
20:01 GMT |
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According to the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos), the Progress 44 unmanned cargo spacecraft crashed yesterday, August 24, about 5 minutes after launch. Early reports indicate a malfunction was to blame for the engine shutdown that led to the mission abort.
The capsule was on its way to the International S... |
25 August 2011
02:51 GMT |
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While mission controllers are keeping an eye on the weather that may prevent the space shuttle Atlantis from launching tomorrow, officials at the American space agency have just released the plan they will follow in the event something goes awfully wrong with the orbiter while it's in space. Every shuttle missio... |
7 July 2011
10:17 GMT |
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An imminent threat from pass space debris forced the six members of Expedition 28 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to take refuge aboard the two Russian-built Soyuz space capsules that act as lifeboats for the crew. Mission Control announced that an important piece of space junk was on its way to the stat... |
28 June 2011
10:33 GMT |
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Two Russian-built Soyuz delivery systems, of the type used to launch the manned Soyuz space capsules, have arrived at Kourou Harbor on June 18. This is the port facility that connects to the Kourou Spaceport that the European Space Agency operated in the French Guiana, South America.These rockets are scheduled to car... |
21 June 2011
10:56 GMT |
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After a successful launch on Tuesday, June 7, the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-02M space capsule and its crew are now getting ready to dock to the International Space Station (ISS), hundreds of miles above the surface of the planet.The spacecraft is delivering the second half of the Expedition 28 crew, to complete the tea... |
9 June 2011
09:58 GMT |
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Three astronauts will climb aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft tonight, ahead of a planned blastoff to the International Space Station (ISS). The three will finally complete the Expedition 28 crew aboard the orbital lab, after several weeks of the station being manned by only three astronauts. The Russian-built mann... |
7 June 2011
10:01 GMT |
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In a ceremony that took place on March 31, officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) finally handed over the newly-built Soyuz launch pad to Arianespace, the company that manufactures the highly-successful Ariane 5 delivery system. The Soyuz launch pad was constructed with assistance from the Russian Federal Space... |
9 May 2011
04:03 GMT |
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Commercial spaceflight companies have already began filling in the void that will be left behind as NASA retires its shuttle fleet, in mid-2011. Space Adventures, for example, is planning to send paying tourists on joyrides that will take them around the Moon.The plan is to launch a rocket from Earth, have it travel ... |
6 May 2011
03:05 GMT |
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The first simulation of a Soyuz rocket launch has finally been completed at the Kourou Spaceport, which the European Space Agency (ESA) operates in the French Guyana, South America. The first actual Soyuz launch is scheduled to take place later this year. ESA has constructed an entire launch pad and assembling facili... |
5 May 2011
09:34 GMT |
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With less than two months to go ahead of a planned launch into space, the second digital Soyuz space capsule is still suffering from glitches that are leaving experts puzzled. Russian engineers are currently trying to get to the bottom of things, in order to ensure a smooth mission.The second-ever digital Soyuz is cu... |
4 April 2011
09:40 GMT |
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The Kourou Spaceport, in French Guyana, South America now has a new, fully-operational launch pad, that is capable of supporting the take off of Russian-built Soyuz rockets. Yesterday, March 31, the complex was officially handed over to Arianespace. This marked an important milestone towards the first flight ever to ... |
1 April 2011
05:22 GMT |
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Expedition 26 to the International Space Station (ISS) ended officially on Monday, March 14. In an official ceremony, Commander Scott Kelly handed over command of the orbital lab to flight engineer Dmitry Kondratyev.The NASA astronaut is getting ready to return to Earth, alongside RosCosmos flight engineers Oleg Skri... |
15 March 2011
09:10 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they recently signed a new contract with their Russian counterparts, which allows the United States to secure spots for 12 round trips to space.As the space shuttles are scheduled to retire, later this year, NASA is left in an awkward position in which it does not ... |
15 March 2011
04:04 GMT |
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Half of the permanent crew aboard the International Space Station that made up Expedition 25 returned home yesterday, landing their space capsule in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Originally, the three were scheduled to return a few days later than they did, but the plan was moved forth because of an OSCE summit that it ... |
26 November 2010
03:19 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is the new first person shooter from developer Treyarch and publisher Activision Blizzard, allowing the player to experience the covert ops conflicts between the United States and Russia during the era of the Cold War.The fourth or fifth mission of Call of Duty: Black Ops moves the action to a... |
15 November 2010
18:41 GMT |
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Less than an hour ago, two Russian cosmonauts have begun the 26th spacewalk outside the International Space Station, for maintenance work and supporting external experiments.The two cosmonauts are Fyodor Yurchikhin, who is a veteran with four previous spacewalks already, and Oleg Skripochka, making his first trip out... |
15 November 2010
11:14 GMT |
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The three-astronaut crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is about to be restored to its full glory soon, as three new space flyers are poised to launch this evening from Kazakhstan.They will embark aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M space capsule, which will take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the Kazakh ste... |
7 October 2010
11:37 GMT |
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With half of the crew aboard the International Space Station returning to Earth recently, only three astronauts remained aboard the facility. Now, they are preparing to welcome the rest of the Expedition 25 crew, which is scheduled to arrive in October. Astronauts that go aboard the station usually spend about six mo... |
4 October 2010
09:41 GMT |
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After glitch forced half of the crew of Expedition 24 to spend an extra day aboard the International Space Station, the three astronauts returned safely home this morning. They landed at 1:23 am EDT (0523 GMT) near Arkalyk, in the steppes of Kazakhstan, aboard the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft. All the space ... |
25 September 2010
05:03 GMT |
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A problem that bean late on Thursday, September 23, in the International Space Station's (ISS) docking system has delayed the return of three astronauts to Earth by at least a day. Half of the six-astronaut crew aboard the orbital lab was supposed to return home in a Russian-built Soyuz space capsule, but as the... |
24 September 2010
20:01 GMT |
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According to an official announcement made by representatives from Arianespace, it would appear that the European-built version of the famous Russian Soyuz rocket will not see its maiden flight until 2011.This date is arbitrarily set at this point, which means that it could be further delayed. Actually deciding when ... |
9 September 2010
06:04 GMT |
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield will be the first Canadian to take command of the International Space Station, for the second half of a six-month mission that will begin in 2012, announced the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), on Thursday.Hadfield is only the second astronaut from another country than the United States or Russia... |
4 September 2010
06:13 GMT |
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According to top Russian officials, the country will begin construction of a new and advanced spaceport in the Far East next years. The funds required for the project have already been approved. The rocket launch site will be called the Vostochny Cosmodrome, and experts hope that construction will progress according ... |
27 August 2010
03:54 GMT |
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A wayward piece of space junk belonging to a former Chinese satellite zoomed harmlessly past the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, July 29. Experts at NASA decided not to take any actions concerning the six astronauts currently making up the Expedition 24 crew, as they calculated the orbit of the junk with... |
30 July 2010
08:42 GMT |
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At 6:21 pm EDT (2221 GMT) on June 17, the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, launched from the steppes of Kazakhstan merely days earlier, managed to hook up with the International Space Station (ISS). The accomplishment again raises the number of those present on the facility to six, the size of the permanent crew that the ou... |
18 June 2010
07:39 GMT |
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Three space fliers took off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier today, at 1:35 local time. The crew is part of Expedition 24 to the International Space Station, and represents the final additions to the crew segments already in orbit. Two NASA astronauts and a RosCosmos cosmonaut are currently in low-E... |
16 June 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Three astronauts are set for launch today to the International Space Station (ISS). Three crew, which will complete Expedition 24 aboard the orbital facility, will take off at 5:35 pm EDT (2135 GMT), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. They will fly to orbit aboard the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, which is opera... |
15 June 2010
04:11 GMT |
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Yesterday evening (June 1), a Soyuz spacecraft landed in central Asia, carrying three members of Expedition 23 to the International Space Station (ISS). The former Commander and two flight engineers were delivered safely to Kazakhstan aboard the Russian-built capsule, and their departure from the station marks the be... |
2 June 2010
03:17 GMT |
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According to officials at NASA, the American space agency has just signed a new contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos). The document is meant to secure an additional six seats aboard Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft for US astronauts, and it is scheduled to come into effect once the Western nation r... |
7 April 2010
02:44 GMT |
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