NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover took a space walk outside the International Space Station on Saturday to upgrade the lab’s communications and cooling system. Walking about 250 miles from Earth, lasted about seven hours. Struggling with obscure electrical connectors, Hopkins helped plug and secure the four thick power …
Read More »The Russian spacewalk aims to prepare the International Space Station for the new module
Wearing a giant spacecraft, the Russian two cosmonauts began next year in preparation for an almost identical PIRS module to use the International Space Station’s Peace Po King King compartment for the first time on the spacewalk on Wednesday. A new laboratory module will be erected in its place later. …
Read More »NASA Halloween Targets for SpaceX Crew Dragon Astronaut Launch
NASA now plans to launch four astronauts for the International Space Station at that distance SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft On October 31, the Halloween flight, which will mark the first operational use of the capsule following a successful pilot test flight earlier this summer. The space agency initially targeted October …
Read More »Russian cargo ship brings necessary supplies and equipment to the space station
A Russian pilotless Progress space freighter loaded with nearly 3 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station took off on Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and safely docked at the laboratory complex after the last-second concern about possible misalignment. Carrying out an autonomous approach, …
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