SpaceX’s CRS-21 Cargo Dragon undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module on January 12, 2021, succeeding in the world’s first-ever autonomous undocking and testing of several new vehicle upgrades. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/space-x-cargo-dragon-1st-autonomous-undocking-jan-2021…
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OneWeb Launches 36 Satellites
OneWeb is back. The company on Friday made its fourth launch of a batch of satellites to build up its constellation in low-Earth orbit that eventually will provide broadband internet access around the globe. From a report: The latest group of 36 satellites headed to orbit atop a Russian Soyuz rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome, ending a long delay since the last…
Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Friday, putting into orbit 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-uk-telecom-satellites-orbit.html…
Russia launches UK telecom satellites into space
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Friday carrying 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-uk-telecom-satellites-space.html…
Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching
The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA’s shuttles or Russian flights. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-astronaut-spacex-dragon-shuttle-soyuz.html…
SpaceX Launches a Falcon 9 Rocket Carrying a Crew Dragon Capsule With Four Astronauts
The big launch finally happens in 2 minutes. “All systems are go for tonight’s launch at 7:27 p.m. EST of Crew Dragon’s first operational mission with four astronauts on board,” SpaceX tweeted this morning. But live coverage is already streaming on SpaceX’s web site. Space.com explains it’s the first operational flight of SpaceX’s “astronaut taxi,” the Crew Dragon:
Called Crew-1, this will…
The International Space Station is 20 and going strong
20 years ago, three astronauts stepped aboard the ISS. It’s since hosted residents from many countries, creating humanity’s first history of living in space. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/20-years-iss-what-its-future-holds-nov-2-2020…
Humans Have Been Living In Space For 20 Years Straight
Since 2000, there have always been humans living and working on the International Space Station — and the streak could just be getting started. National Geographic reports: On Halloween in the year 2000, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and flew into the history books, carrying one U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the nascent…
Soyuz MS-17 delivers science experiments to ISS
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft arrived to the International Space Station just three hours after launch on 14 October, with Roscosmos astronauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on board. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-soyuz-ms-science-iss.html…
Cosmonaut snaps amazing photos of Soyuz rocket launch from space
Three astronauts made a record-setting jaunt to the International Space Station, and another astronaut already in orbit caught stunning photos of the launch. Source: https://www.livescience.com/soyuz-crew-launch-seen-from-space-exp-64.html