MDA receives contract to support robotic operations on the International Space Station

[ad_1] MDA reports it has received a contract worth CAD $ 190 million to support robotic operations on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2020 to 2024. MDA has provided Logistics and Sustaining Engineering (L&SE) services to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and its international partners since the start of the ISS, which this year … Read more

SpaceX will take the crew to the space station with few personnel for a longer stay

[ad_1] What was intended to be a two-week test flight of SpaceX’s new astronaut transport capsule will now be a mission planned to last more than a month to assist a short-capacity crew aboard the International Space Station. The launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, with two NASA astronauts, Douglas G. Hurley and Robert L. … Read more