News Archive / Tagged: International Space Station
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Russian ‘Pirs’ becomes first ISS module to be decommissioned
Derek RichardsonJuly 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
Derek RichardsonJuly 21st, 2021After more than a decade's worth of delays, the Russian-built Nauka science module has launched toward the International Space Station.
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Progress MS-17 cargo craft docks with International Space Station
Derek RichardsonJuly 1st, 2021Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, Russia’s unpiloted Progress MS-17 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station.
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Progress MS-17 cargo freighter sent on a two-day trek to ISS
Derek RichardsonJune 29th, 2021Just before dawn, Russia’s Progress MS-17 cargo spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to send supplies to the International Space Station.
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NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft departs space station
Derek RichardsonJune 29th, 2021After four months at the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s NG-15 Cygnus cargo ship departed the outpost to begin a brief post-ISS mission.
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Atlas rocket for Boeing crewed mission arrives at the Cape
Matt HaskellJune 25th, 2021On June 21, United Launch Alliance unloaded its Atlas V rocket first stage, and Dual Engine Centaur Upper stage in Port Canaveral, Florida, ahead of Boeing's Crewed Flight Test mission.
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Astronauts complete deployment of 1st ISS roll-out solar array
Derek RichardsonJune 21st, 2021Two International Space Station astronauts finished installing the first of six new roll-out solar arrays, ensuring the outpost will have a sufficient power supply over the next decade.
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Problems prevent spacewalkers from deploying new solar array
Derek RichardsonJune 16th, 2021A spacesuit glitch and an alignment issue prevented astronauts from fully installing a new solar array on the exterior of the International Space Station.
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Next CST-100 Starliner test set for the end of July
Theresa CrossJune 13th, 2021Boeing and NASA recently announced a date for the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
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SpaceX’s CRS-22 Dragon arrives at ISS with new solar arrays
Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2021Some 40 hours after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-22 cargo Dragon docked with the International Space Station with new science and solar arrays for the orbiting laboratory.
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SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon launches with new solar arrays for ISS
Matt HaskellJune 3rd, 2021Lifting off atop a brand new Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX sent its CRS-22 Dragon spacecraft into orbit on a 1.5-day trek to the International Space Station.
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NASA assigns Kayla Barron to Crew-3 Dragon mission
Theresa CrossMay 24th, 2021While the Crew-2 mission has only just begun aboard the International Space Station, NASA is finalizing the astronaut selection for the next crew rotation mission to the outpost, Crew-3.
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Axiom, NASA agree to 1st private astronaut mission to ISS
Theresa CrossMay 12th, 2021NASA and Axiom Space announced May 10, 2021, an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon returns to Earth after 168 days in space
Derek RichardsonMay 2nd, 2021Four astronauts returned to Earth in their Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft after six months aboard the International Space Station, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida in the dark of night.
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Record-breaking Progress MS-14 undocks from Space Station
Derek RichardsonApril 28th, 2021The autonomous Russian cargo ship Progress MS-14 undocked from the International Space Station after spending a record one year at the orbiting outpost.
