By Ben Evans, on August 27th, 2020
@AmericaSpace extends its sincere condolences to the Carr family on the passing of record-breaking #Skylab astronaut Jerry Carr. […]
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By Ben Evans, on August 12th, 2020
@NorthropGrumman targets 29 Sept for its next #Cygnus launch. It will be the 7th anniversary of the 1st Cygnus arrival to @Space_Station. […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 2nd, 2020
The first crewed SpaceX launch for NASA is set to launch on the Demo-2 mission on May 27 from Kennedy Space Center in FL. Photos: NASA / SpaceX
The man who piloted the final Space Shuttle mission and a former chief of NASA’s astronaut corps are ready to buckle aboard a Crew Dragon later […]
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By Mike Killian, on March 3rd, 2019
The SpaceX Crew Dragon on ‘Demo-1’ docking to the station’s international docking adapter, which is attached to the forward end of the Harmony module. Credit: NASA TV
Early this morning, after making 18 orbits of the Earth and 27 hours after launch, the first SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrived and docked to the International […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 20th, 2018
The Saturn V which launched Skylab was visually quite distinct from its predecessors. Although it possessed the S-IC and S-II first and second stages, the place of the third stage (S-IVB) was taken by the inert space station. Photo Credit: NASA
Forty-five years ago, this month, America almost lost its first space station. […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 27th, 2016
As well as becoming the first woman to serve in the Lead Spacewalker (EV1), Linda Godwin also participated in the first U.S. spacewalk outside a space station since the Skylab era. Her historic EVA with STS-76 crewmate Rich Clifford took place 20 years ago, today, on 27 March 1996. Photo Credit: NASA, via […]
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By Talia Landman, on March 26th, 2016
Expedition 47 crew member Tim Kopra captured this photograph of OA-6 Cygnus before the berthing early this morning. “#Cygnus when it was on its way to #ISS- the SS Rick Husband. @Orbital_ATK @Space_Station.” Credit: Tim Kopra/ @astro_tim on Twitter
On Saturday, March 26, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship, named after the late astronaut […]
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By Talia Landman, on March 18th, 2015
Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) will be berthed to the Tranquility Node of the International Space Station for a two-year demonstration. It will be the first private space habitat of its kind. Credit: Bigelow Aerospace
In early 2013, NASA awarded Bigelow Aerospace with a $17.8 million contract to develop an expandable space […]
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By Ben Evans, on February 25th, 2015
The first “international” crew aboard the Salyut 6 space station in March 1978 consisted of (from left) Vladimir Remek, Alexei Gubarev, Georgi Grechko, and Yuri Romanenko. Gubarev and Grechko had previously flown together to Salyut 4 in early 1975. Photo Credit: Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de
Former cosmonaut Alexei Gubarev—who commanded a month-long mission to […]
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By Emily Carney, on January 14th, 2015 From NASA TV: “Astronauts Barry WiImore (foreground) and Terry Virts re-entered the U.S. segment wearing protective masks.” Image Credit: NASA TV
The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) housed in its U.S. segment received a most unwelcome wake-up call in the form of an alarm indicating a possible ammonia leak at 4 […]
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