News Archive / Tagged: Koichi Wakata

• Expedition 39 trio makes safe landing in Kazakhstan after six months in space

  SpaceFlight InsiderMay 14th, 2014

  It was all smiles as NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin were carried from their Soyuz TMA-11 after a textbook landing in Kazakhstan at 9:58 p.m. EDT ( 7:58 a.m. local time on Wednesday). The Soyuz TMA-11M undocked from the Rassvet module at […]

• ISS officials looking into space station’s recent power failure

  James TuttenMay 10th, 2014

  Flight controllers working on Earth for the International Space Station (ISS) are investigating a power failure that occurred in the space station’s 3A power channel on Thursday, May 8. NASA officials have stated that the power issue will not impact the departure of the Expedition 39 crewmembers on Tuesday, May 13. The space agency also […]

• Soyuz TMA-12M flight extended from 6 hours – to 2 days

  Jason RhianMarch 26th, 2014

  What started out with a flawless night launch atop a Soyuz FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan on March 25 – has become a waiting game for the three crew members who rode fire atop the rocket in their Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft. What has been described as a “hiccup” in the rocket’s performance […]

• Expedition 39 crew launches to ISS atop Soyuz-FG

  David DarlingMarch 25th, 2014

  The remaining Expedition 39 crew members, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), launched successfully today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome located in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz FG rocket. The crew was comprised of Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev, along with NASA astronaut Steve R. Swanson. Liftoff of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft took place at the very opening of the launch […]

• Expedition 39 crew prepares to depart atop Russian Soyuz

  David DarlingMarch 24th, 2014

  The second half of the Expedition 39 crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to launch tomorrow, March 25, 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome located in Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, together with NASA astronaut Steve R. Swanson, will travel up to the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-12M. This will mark the 121st […]

• Expedition 38 departs, JAXA’s Wakata become first Japanese ISS commander

  Collin SkocikMarch 9th, 2014

  On Monday at 8:02 p.m. GMT, the Russian Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft will detach from the International Space Station (ISS) and plummet toward Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The vessel’s departure will see the return of the ISS’ Expedition 38 crew to Earth. Commander Oleg Kotov joined by flight engineers Mike Hopkins and Sergei Ryazanskiy came aboard the space station back in September and have since […]

• Opinion: The future of International Space and its Station

  Space Safety MagazineFebruary 4th, 2014

  Washington D.C. played host to space agency representatives from 32 nations on January 9-10, who attended summits on international collaboration in the space sector. As a welcome present, the US White House announced its intention to support an extension of the International Space Station operations through 2024.

• ISS cosmonauts’ EVA sees Olympic Torch taken into black of space

  Jason RhianNovember 9th, 2013

  Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy stepped outside the Pirs docking module on the International Space Station (ISS) this morning. The pair conducted a five hour, 50-minute spacewalk which served to bring the Olympic Flame to a place that the early Greeks never could have conceived when the first Olympic […]