After the Soyuz MS-14’s first automated approach to the ISS was aborted due to a malfunction, the spacecraft has now docked safely at the station’s Zvezda module. It carries supplies for the crew and a humanoid robot. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/russian-soyuz-2nd-docking-attempt-successful…
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Two weeks of science and Beyond
Over two weeks have flown by since ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station for his second six-month stay in orbit. His arrival, alongside NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov, boosted the Station’s population to six and the crew has been busy ever since—performing a wide range of science in space. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-08-weeks-science.html…
ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin
On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An “Inclination Change Maneuver’ will put the spacecraft in an altered orbit, enabling it to pick up crucial status signals from the ExoMars rover, Rosalind Franklin, due to land on the Red Planet in 2021. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-exomars-orbiter-rosalind-franklin.html…