News Archive / Author: Derek Richardson
Derek Richardson has a degree in mass media, with an emphasis in contemporary journalism, from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. While at Washburn, he was the managing editor of the student run newspaper, the Washburn Review. He also has a blog about the International Space Station, called Orbital Velocity.
Articles By Derek Richardson
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Progress MS-18 cargo ship begins two-day chase of space station
October 27th, 2021Russia's unpiloted Progress MS-18 cargo spacecraft has launched into space on a two-day trek to meet up with the International Space Station.
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Blue Origin announces ‘Orbital Reef’ commercial space station
October 26th, 2021In partnership with Sierra Space, Blue Origin announced plans for a commercial space station called 'Orbital Reef' to be built in low Earth orbit by the end of this decade.
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have a solar array problem
October 18th, 2021In an update, NASA said one of the two circular solar arrays on the Lucy spacecraft bound for Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids may not have fully latched during deployment.
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William Shatner, 90, makes brief trek to space
October 13th, 2021Boldly going where fewer than 600 people have gone before, William Shatner of Star Trek fame, as well as three others, flew into space on Blue Origin’s second suborbital human spaceflight.
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Russian Soyuz MS-19 film crew arrives ‘on set’ at Space Station
October 5th, 2021The Russian Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on a mission to film scenes for a feature-length movie set aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Inspiration4 crew returns home, meets St. Jude fundraising goals
September 19th, 2021Three days after riding a rocket into space, the Inspiration4 crew return to Earth inside their Crew Dragon Resilience capsule.
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Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space
September 17th, 2021Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.
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CRS-23 Dragon delivers ice cream for astronaut’s 50th birthday
August 30th, 2021A day after leaving Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station.
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GALLERY: Cygnus spacecraft soars spaceward toward the ISS
August 12th, 2021On Aug. 10, 2021, Northrop Grumman launched its NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft atop the company’s Antares rocket into Virginia’s perfectly blue skies.
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NG-16 Cygnus arrives at International Space Station
August 12th, 2021Two days after launching from Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month stay.
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UPDATE: Propulsion system issue delays OFT-2 Starliner launch
August 3rd, 2021Several hours before the planned launch of Boeing’s uncrewed OFT-2 Starliner spacecraft, the company called off the flight.
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Nauka drama: Module thrusters fire errantly while docked to ISS
July 29th, 2021Just hours after safely docking with the International Space Station, the Nauka module's thrusters began firing unexpectedly, causing the outpost to lose attitude control.
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Long-delayed Nauka science module finally reaches space station
July 29th, 2021The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka, delayed by nearly 15 years, has finally docked with the International Space Station.
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Russian ‘Pirs’ becomes first ISS module to be decommissioned
July 26th, 2021After serving the International Space Station for 20 years, the Russian Pirs module was detached from the outpost and pulled away by Progress MS-16.
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Russian Nauka module on its way to International Space Station
July 21st, 2021After more than a decade's worth of delays, the Russian-built Nauka science module has launched toward the International Space Station.
