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Over recent weeks, a large number of false alarms have prompted Mission Controls in Houston, the US, and in Russia to wake up astronauts while they were sleeping on the space station, and to put them on alert about possible impacts. The International Space Station's (ISS) orbit is currently taking the facility m... |
21 November 2009
04:02 GMT |
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In addition to being one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by humans, the International Space Station (ISS) is also arguably one of the most dangerous places to be on during one's lifetime. There are numerous things that can go wrong, despite the valiant efforts that engineers from many countries ma... |
11 November 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Late this Friday, a chunk of space debris whooshed passed the International Space Station (ISS) at very close distance, triggering concerns for the astronauts' safety. The piece of debris did not buzz past extremely close to the station, Mission Controllers report, otherwise the six members of the ISS crew may h... |
7 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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At 9:14:37 pm EDT (2314 GMT) last night, an unmanned cargo capsule took off to the International Space Station, aboard a Soyuz delivery system. The Progress spacecraft is destined to supply the outpost with water, food, air, and scientific equipment, and it took to the skies from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhsta... |
15 October 2009
01:39 GMT |
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According to the international agreements among the space agencies involved in the International Space Station (ISS), the sky lab is to end its operations by 2015. However, more and more of the countries involved are beginning to question if it is wise to put an end to the ISS, after it operated at full capacity for ... |
12 October 2009
08:49 GMT |
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After some six months spent aboard the International Space Station (ISS), RosCosmos astronaut Gennadi Padalka, the acting commander of the outpost, and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, a flight engineer, are now undergoing preparations to depart this Saturday. They will fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, a... |
8 October 2009
08:36 GMT |
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After launching on Wednesday (3:14 am EDT, 0714 GMT) from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, flight engineers Jeff Williams (NASA) and Maxim Suraev (RosCosmos), accompanied by billionaire Guy Laliberte, finally reached and docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The procedure, which went flawles... |
2 October 2009
09:28 GMT |
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In only a couple of hours, the two professional astronauts and the space tourist aboard the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-16 capsule are scheduled to dock to the International Space Station (ISS). The link-up is estimated to take place at 4:37 am EDT (0837 GMT), and will see two new Expedition 21 crew members brought aboar... |
2 October 2009
03:40 GMT |
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Two Expedition 21 crew members and a space tourist launched for the International Space Station (ISS) at 3:14 am EDT (0714 GMT) this morning, atop a Soyuz delivery system. The spacecraft, which carries the manned Soyuz space capsule, took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is operated by the Russia... |
30 September 2009
05:59 GMT |
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The International Space Station (ISS) crew has a few busy days ahead of it this week, with numerous tasks that need to be completed as fast as possible. In addition, it also needs to prepare for an astronaut-replacement routine. The Soyuz TMA-16 space capsule is slated for launch from the Site 254 launch pad, at the ... |
29 September 2009
03:30 GMT |
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With the planned withdrawal of NASA's aging shuttle fleet, by the end of 2010, nations involved in the European Space Agency (ESA) are looking for new solutions to ensure that they maintain a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit and on the International Space Station (ISS). Officials from the agency have alread... |
28 August 2009
14:21 GMT |
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For a long time, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said that it plans to gain orbit-to-Earth capabilities, meaning it wants to develop a system that would serve the same function as the American shuttles, which are able to take cargo to the International Space Station, but to return materials as well. The European ... |
23 June 2009
06:41 GMT |
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After more than a decade of efforts to bring the International Space Station to the highest of operating standards, the orbital facility was finally declared able to hold a full, six-astronaut crew a short time ago, and now, after the successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-15 capsule on the station, it does. Expedition ... |
29 May 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Officials from the Soyuz Mission Control center near Moscow have just announced that the TMA-15 spacecraft, carrying the other half of the Expedition 20 crew, managed a perfect launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and reached its designated orbit at about 200 to 242 kilometers (120 to 150 miles) above t... |
27 May 2009
08:56 GMT |
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At 6:34 am EDT (1034 GMT) today, the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft, carrying the three astronauts that will join the Expedition 19 crew on the International Space Station (ISS), will take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. For the first time since work started on the space facility, it will be able to house a... |
27 May 2009
02:18 GMT |
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The moment of reckoning is finally at hand, ISS engineers from around the world think at this point. After more than ten years of operating the International Space Station with just a three-astronaut crew, the facility is now finally able to host a permanent crew of six starting next week. Scheduled to lift off from ... |
22 May 2009
06:18 GMT |
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Yesterday, a high-ranking official from the Russian Federal space agency RosCosmos announced the agency came to an agreement with NASA, concerning the price that the American agency would have to pay in order to have its astronauts ferried to orbit and to the International Space Station between 2010 and 2015. The sou... |
14 May 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Having already decided the main contractors for the next generation of Russian spacecraft, the RosCosmos space agency is currently focusing its efforts and interest on assessing if the manned replacement capsule for the four-decade-old Soyuz can land using onboard thrusters, rather than wings or parachutes. In the hi... |
30 April 2009
08:57 GMT |
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According to the annual report recently released by the Arianespace delivery system consortium, the companies involved in the development of the Ariane 5 ECA rocket will begin to make minor modifications to the vehicle, which will allow it to increase its payload capacity by more than 400 kilograms by 2010. The tweak... |
13 April 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Crew members from Expedition 18 to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, accompanied by repeat space tourist Charles Simonyi, landed safely in the Kazakh steppes at 11:16 local time (0716 GMT) on Wednesday, ending a 13-day journey to the orbital facility.... |
8 April 2009
08:37 GMT |
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NASA has announced that the Expedition 18 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully undocked from the orbital lab at 11:52 pm EDT (0352 GMT) on Tuesday, and that it is currently on route to the steppes of Kazakhstan, where it's due to land at 3:16 am EDT (0716 GMT). The flight began at 2... |
8 April 2009
02:46 GMT |
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The Russian Federation has fallen considerably behind the United States over the past decades in terms of space technology, but it would seem that it's now pushing for a spectacular comeback. Later today, the RosCosmos Russian space agency will unveil its plans for the future generation of manned spacecraft, wh... |
6 April 2009
08:24 GMT |
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Recently, the soon-to-be commander of the International Space Station (ISS), RosCosmos cosmonaut Gennedy Padalka, said that the countries involved in the orbital program believed that each of their representatives in space should stick to their own nation's facilities and not use those belonging to other crew me... |
2 April 2009
06:23 GMT |
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Last Saturday was one of the most important days for space exploration, and certainly a record-setter as far as the number of astronauts in orbit was concerned, with more than 13 people flying in zero-gravity at the same time. And all of them successfully completed their mission: Discovery landed at KSC, the ISS crew... |
30 March 2009
04:32 GMT |
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Other than Discovery’s atmospheric reentry, today will also see another important space event, in the docking of the Soyuz TMA-14 mission, carrying the Expedition 19 crew to the International Space Station, on the orbital facility. In addition, today marks a new record in the history of mankind, a day that sees... |
28 March 2009
05:47 GMT |
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The world's busiest spaceport is located in Kazakhstan and is operated by the Russian Federation. The Asian nation has leased the land on which the 7,000-square-kilometer-large cosmodrome is located, deep within the Kazakh steppe, and so the Russians have the right to use it until 2050. They have to pay approxim... |
26 March 2009
09:39 GMT |
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The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took shelter on Thursday in their Soyuz spacecraft, which was instantly turned into a lifeboat of sorts. The move was prompted by a Flight Control warning, which was issued on account of a tiny piece of space debris. The satellite motor remnant passed ... |
13 March 2009
07:21 GMT |
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Structural engineers at NASA are currently analyzing the oscillations the International Space Station (ISS) is subjected to, following a January 14th thruster firing, meant to adjust the structure's orbit in such a manner that it now fits the trajectories of the two shuttle missions that will dock on it later th... |
4 February 2009
07:37 GMT |
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The head of Russia's space agency (RosCosmos) announced on Wednesday that no more space tourists would be taken to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2009. He said that he had to take this measure because the ISS needed to be operated by 6 astronauts from that moment on, and that its limited capabilitie... |
22 January 2009
02:53 GMT |
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On Monday, the international contest whose goal was to find a suitable emblem for the Soyuz TMA-14 spaceflight mission patch ended, with 12-year-old Anna Chibiskova from Moscow as the winner. Her drawing, depicting two hands holding the Earth against a colorful background, will be worn by all three crew members of th... |
5 January 2009
04:03 GMT |
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On Tuesday, Russian and American personnel did another spacewalk alongside the International Space Station (ISS), as they installed an automated probe, whose goal is to interpret and deliver data on the status of the Russian module attached to the station. During the six-hour long walk, the team conducted maintenance... |
24 December 2008
01:01 GMT |
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An updated version of a Russian cargo spacecraft from the Progress series is making its way towards the International Space Station, where it will provide the astronauts with fresh supplies. The Progress 31 unmanned space freighter was reported by NASA officials to have had some troubles with one of the few antennas ... |
27 November 2008
10:36 GMT |
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Richard Garriott, son of former astronaut Owen Garriott, has recently returned from a trip to outer space, where he went along with 2 Russian professional astronauts, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, aboard a Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. Richard Garriott spent 12 days in space, the largest part of which was inside the I... |
28 October 2008
12:31 GMT |
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft that brought the American space tourist and the 2 Russian cosmonauts back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISA) has had, in spite of the fears caused by its previous 2 similar transports, a near-perfect landing. It touched Earth soil last night at 11:37 pm EDT (or thi... |
24 October 2008
11:16 GMT |
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The sixth space tourist ever is a magnate of the video game industry, a game designer and the creator of the successful "Ultima" series. He has spent a fortune for the privilege of sharing the cabin of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13 with 2 other astronauts. His father, Owen Garriott, was a trained astronaut who ... |
13 October 2008
07:25 GMT |
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Despite the Iran-North Korea-Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) regulations, which prevent US organizations from conducting business with Russia while the latter is supporting any of the countries mentioned in the Act, NASA still hoped for a government waiver that would allow them to continue using Russian rockets.... |
10 October 2008
08:23 GMT |
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American officials still find it hard to believe that the American space program will grind to a painful halt in 2010, with the retirement of the shuttle fleet. However, at this point, there is little anyone can do on the matter, as the aging fleet can no longer be considered safe to fly to orbit beyond that point. N... |
7 October 2008
04:43 GMT |
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During a lengthy spacewalk yesterday, International Space Station commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko removed one of the explosive bolts from the Soyuz TMA-12 capsule, believed to have been the cause for the last two consecutive ballistic re-entries executed by the Soyuz TMA-11 and TMA 10 while... |
11 July 2008
06:31 GMT |
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The only toilet on board the International Space Station allegedly broke last week while in use, when the motor fan suddenly stopped, leaving astronauts with no other option than to use the toilet on board the Soyuz-TMA-12 capsule. The problem is that this particular toilet has limited capacity. Luckily, rescue is at... |
28 May 2008
09:27 GMT |
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As we already know, the last two Soyuz capsules used to return astronauts from the International Space Station executed 'ballistic' re-entries into Earth's atmosphere during descent, possibly endangering the lives of the crew they were carrying. As it turns out, both ships may have suffered from the sa... |
26 May 2008
07:09 GMT |
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Although one month has passed since the return of the Soyuz TMA-11 capsule, carrying on board the crew of the International Space Station's Expedition 16, NASA is just starting to contest the capabilities of the Russian spacecrafts. As you probably already know, the Soyuz TMA-11 returned to Earth on April 19, af... |
19 May 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Last Saturday, the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft carrying the crew of Expedition 16 back to Earth experienced a 'ballistic' re-entry into Earth atmosphere, thus subjecting the crew to forces up to 10 G and putting their lives in serious jeopardy. It was a bumpy ride, one might say, and the second in a row with a ... |
23 April 2008
03:45 GMT |
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Due to a slight glitch, the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft carrying the crew of Expedition 17 back to Earth landed way off target, several hundred miles away from the scheduled landing site. Although experiencing the action of severe G-forces, the crew is said to be safe and do not suffer any permanent medical problems, alb... |
21 April 2008
03:02 GMT |
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On 8 March, a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian astronauts and one South Korean astronaut was sent into space from the Baikonur launchpad in Kazakhstan. After two days of catching up with the ISS, the spacecraft is expected to dock at the International Space Station today at 9:00 a.m. EDT. The two Russian astrona... |
10 April 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Yesterday, the Russian engineers from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan rolled out the Soyuz rocket, which is supposed to carry two Russian cosmonauts and the first South Korean astronaut to the International Space Station. The 50-meter Soyuz spacecraft will take off from the same launch pad used to send a man in... |
7 April 2008
05:34 GMT |
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You would probably think that space is the last place in the universe where one may find a shotgun. Of course the possibility of that to ever happen is rather slim, but nonetheless it doesn't mean that firearms cannot be found into space. Russian Soyuz capsules have been routinely carrying guns into space for so... |
13 February 2008
05:02 GMT |
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The cargo ship Progress M-63 has been launched yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, in a mission to resupply the International Space Station before the arrival of the Atlantis space shuttle, which is set to launch tomorrow from the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. The spacecraft lifted off at 4:03 ... |
6 February 2008
06:45 GMT |
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The month of April will find the first Korean astronaut ever in space on board the International Space Station. During a recent interview, Ko San stated that he would take soil from both South and North Korea into space and mix it in a gesture of unity towards the divided Korean peninsula. The 31-year-old Korean astr... |
16 January 2008
09:31 GMT |
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Since space shuttles cannot be flown into space whenever it is necessary, as we all saw during the Atlantis liftoff attempts early this month, which was scheduled to take the European module Columbus to the International Space Station, and due to the fact that NASA does not own a freight transport vehicle that coul... |
27 December 2007
07:07 GMT |
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Yesterday, the European Space Agency tested the prototype of a new type of rocket motor, named P80, which was designed to propel the future small Vega launcher. The test took place at the Guiana Space Center, in Kourou, at 15:35 GMT. After ignition, the measurements revealed that, in a duration of 111 seconds, the P8... |
5 December 2007
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