News Archive / Tagged: STS-117

• Astronaut Steve Swanson leaving NASA

  Jason RhianAugust 14th, 2015

  NASA is poised to lose another member of its Astronaut Corps. Three-time shuttle veteran Steven Swanson joins them, becoming one among many who have opted to leave the agency in the post-shuttle era. His departure marks the fourth experienced astronaut to leave NASA in a month's time.

• Review: Clayton C. Anderson – The Ordinary Spaceman

  Jason RhianJune 21st, 2015

  The title of his recently-released autobiography notwithstanding, Clayton C. Anderson is anything but “ordinary”. The mild-mannered Midwestern space flyer has roared to orbit twice on NASA’s Space Shuttle orbiters. First in 2007 as a member of the STS-117 crew on board Space Shuttle Atlantis and again on STS-131 aboard Discovery. He was the member of two […]

• 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 […]