After an accident with the thrusters, the ISS briefly became unbalanced. NASA does not yet dare to launch the Starliner spacecraft. Today it should have happened: the launch of Boeing’s Starliner. After the ‘failed’ previous test flight, the spacecraft should prove itself in the rematch. However, the test flight has now been unexpectedly postponed. This … Read more
The International Space Station (ISS) is performing well following the unexpected restart of the engines of the Russian Nauka module after it docked with the ISS on Thursday, Russian space agency Roscosmos reported on Friday. Due to a short-lived software failure, a direct command was executed in error, subsequently reactivating the module’s motors, and changing … Read more
The arrival of a new module from the International Space Station did not go smoothly last night. Shortly after the Russian Naukka module was docked, its thrusters unexpectedly turned on, causing the entire space station to spin. It took more than 45 minutes before flight control could stop the unwanted maneuver by counteracting with other … Read more
After an eight-day trip to space and almost 15 years late, the new Russian science module Nauka docked Thursday at the International Space Station (ISS). He did, however, experience a temporary propellant problem. A few hours after docking, the cosmonauts indeed reported the unexpected ignition of Nauka’s engines, forcing them to turn on those of … Read more
Published: 29 Jul 2021 15:38 GMT The ‘Nauka’ module will replace the Pirs module, which undocked from the International Space Station and fell into the Pacific Ocean on July 26. This Thursday, the new Russian module-laboratory ‘Nauka’ docks to the International Space Station. It was launched on July 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and is … Read more
NASA will show coverage of the second unmanned flight test of the Boeing Starliner space taxi later this week. The Starliner capsule will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, July 30 at 2:53 pm EDT. The event will be broadcast on NASA’s NASA TV … Read more
On July 21, after more than two decades of preparations and delays, the Russian Science module was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome towards the International Space Station. What has been happening since then is more like an American blockbuster. It is still unknown whether the mission will be a spectacular success or a failure. Science … Read more
Published: 25 Jul 2021 23:24 GMT The tour begins in the Canary Islands, in Spain, and moves towards the east of our planet. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) published an impressive fast-motion video this weekend showing European countries as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). “This is how it … Read more
ISS SPACE Moscow, Jul 26 (EFE) .- The Russian Pirs module together with the Progress MS-16 freighter undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after three consecutive postponements and were sunk in the Pacific Ocean to make way for the multipurpose laboratory Naúka, which will arrive at the orbital platform on Thursday. The … Read more
Published: 21 Jul 2021 08:04 GMT The launch is scheduled to take place at 14:58 (GMT) on July 21 with a Proton M rocket. A Proton-M rocket with the ‘Nauka’ module on board has obtained this Wednesday the approval of a state commission to be launched towards the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur … Read more