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SPLASHDOWN! SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule lands in the Pacific Ocean, ending the successful month-long CRS-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, May 18. Photo from SpaceX’s Facebook page The SpaceX Dragon Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-3 mission came to a successful conclusion Sunday, May 18, when the capsule hurtled back to […] Returning to the hard ground of Kazakhstan, Soyuz TMA-11M has brought three brave space voyagers back to Earth, only to be greeted by the disconcerting news that Russia may refuse to support the ISS beyond 2020. Photo Credit: NASA After almost 188 dramatic days in orbit, Expedition 39 has concluded in spectacular fashion […] In completing EVA-26, Rick Mastracchio has established himself as the World No. 5 on the list of most experienced spacewalkers. Photo Credit: NASA TV Expedition 39 astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson have successfully removed and replaced a failed Multiplexer-Demultiplexer (MDM) on the central S-0 truss of the International Space Station (ISS). In […]
During preparations for EVA-26 on 17 April, Steve Swanson works inside the Quest airlock. Photo Credit: NASA Expedition 39 spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday, 23 April, to remove and replace a failed backup Multiplexer-Demultiplexer (MDM) on the Mobile Base System (MBS). […] SpaceX’s “Easter Dragon” comes knocking at the International Space Station’s door with a perfect, on-time berthing on Easter Sunday. Photo Credit: NASA TV Following a 13-month hiatus in International Space Station (ISS) operations, SpaceX—the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services organization, headed by entrepreneur Elon Musk—secured its latest triumph Easter Sunday morning with the successful […] SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 carries its first Dragon cargo craft into orbit on Friday, 18 April. Photo Credit: John Studwell Following Monday’s disappointing scrub of the third Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-3 mission of the Dragon cargo craft to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX—the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services organization, headed by entrepreneur Elon […] Turning night into day across the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Progress M-23M roars toward orbit after a spectacular liftoff at 9:26 p.m. local time (11:26 a.m. EDT) Wednesday, 9 April. Photo Credit: Roscosmos, with thanks to Mike Barrett Russia’s Progress M-23M spacecraft has turned night into day across the Baikonur Cosmodrome, rocketing away from the […] The Progress M-23M cargo craft is readied for launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: Roscosmos Following a comparatively brief two months docked at the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s Progress M-22M cargo craft—also known as “Progress 54P” in ISS Program-speak—successfully separated from the orbital outpost at 9:58 a.m. EDT yesterday (Monday). […] With the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-12M crew, Expedition 39 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has expanded to six members. Seated are Swanson (left) and Commander Koichi Wakata, with flight engineers Oleg Artemyev, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Tyurin, and Rick Mastracchio standing. Photo Credit: NASA Almost two days later than planned, Soyuz TMA-12M […] Soyuz TMA-12M’s rousing ascent turned night into day across the desolate landscape of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which has echoed to the sound of human space launches since April 1961. Photo Credit: NASA The second half of Expedition 39 is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS), following tonight’s rousing launch of […] |
 Next Launch Starlink-9 on a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC,FL scheduled for: 7 Aug 20 at 5:12 GMT 7 Aug 20 at 1:12am Eastern 
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