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05 September 2008
Goodbye Jules Verne: ATV Undocks From Station
Europe's most advanced robotic spaceship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has effectively ended its 6-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It successfully undocked today (Friday) at 21:29 GMT to begin its slow 3 week journey toward the Earth's atmosphere where it is set for re-entry on September 29th. This was the first ever [...]
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04 September 2008
US Astronauts May Have to Leave Space Station 2012
Because of stalled legislation that is needed to allow NASA to pay the Russian Space Agency to ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz spacecraft, the US section of the space station may have to go unmanned in at least part of 2012. In an interview with CBS's Bill [...]
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03 September 2008
Russian Progress Supply Ship is Dropped from Space Station to Burn Next Week
In a dress rehearsal for the disposal of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in two days time, the Russian Progress 29 resupply ship was undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday from its Earth-facing berth on the station's Russian Zarya control module. The vessel, having performed its resupply duties back in May, [...]
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29 August 2008
Countdown to the Final Burn: ATV Jules Verne will Undock on September 5th
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 5th to begin three weeks of autonomous flight, setting it up for a suicidal re-entry on September 29th. The ATV has been loaded with refuse and unwanted equipment from the ISS set to burn up in the Earth's [...]
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27 August 2008
Cosmonaut Photographed South Ossetia From ISS Shortly After Russian Invasion
During a Russian weather observation campaign, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko took photographs above the South Ossetia region of Georgia soon after the Russian military action in the area on August 9th. According to NASA's ISS Daily Report, Kononenko was monitoring the "after-effects of border conflict operations in the Caucasus" and his orders from Moscow instructed him [...]
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26 August 2008
Has the First Extraterrestrial (Computer) Virus Been Discovered on the Space Station?
Could this be the first space-borne computer virus ever discovered? It would appear that the International Space Station, orbiting at over 330 km (180 miles) above the planet, is not immune to software problems more commonly associated with computers down here on Earth. Over the last few days, astronauts on board the ISS have been [...]
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14 August 2008
Could Conflict in Georgia Block US Access to the Space Station?
The conflict between Georgia and Russia over the disputed region of South Ossetia may have huge consequences for NASA's ability to send astronauts to the International Space Station in the future. The US has criticised the Russian military action, prompting concerns for the future NASA use of the Russian Soyuz space vehicle. This comes at [...]
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07 August 2008
Next Generation Magnetoplasma Rocket Could be Tested on Space Station
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has announced his intentions to send an advanced spaceship propulsion prototype to the International Space Station for advanced testing. The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (Vasimir) is currently in an experimental phase, but Griffin hopes that a scale model will be ready for one of the remaining Shuttle-ISS missions before 2010. [...]
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22 July 2008
Large Chunk of ISS Space Junk Becomes Easy to Observe (Video)
A huge piece of space debris, weighing 1400 lb (635 kg) and the size of two refrigerators, is gradually falling to Earth, giving observers on the ground a great opportunity to see it. The junk was jettisoned from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2007 and it is expected to re-enter the atmosphere later this [...]
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17 July 2008
The Space Station as an Interplanetary Transport Vehicle?
The International Space Station (ISS) is the jewel in the crown of human ingenuity and a testament to the incredible engineering mankind is capable of. The modular human outpost began construction in 1998 and it is hoped the final configuration will be complete by 2010. Apart from orbiting the Earth and the occasional re-boost by [...]
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11 July 2008
Spacewalk Retrieves Explosive Bolt
Two cosmonauts at the International Space Station conducted a spacewalk on Thursday and performed the delicate operation of removing an explosive bolt from the Soyuz capsule attached to the station. Ten explosive bolts in all on the Soyuz break the connections between the spacecraft's crew capsule and its propulsion module during descent back to [...]
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03 July 2008
Explosive Spacewalk?
Explosive bolts that help detach the Russian Soyuz capsule from the International Space Station may be the source of the problems the spacecraft has encountered during the last two landings. Investigative space journalist and Jim Oberg at MSNBC, who is one of the best experts on the inner workings of the Russian space [...]
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23 June 2008
ATV Jules Verne Surpasses All Expectations (Videos)
Last week's record re-boost from ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) pushed the International Space Station 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) higher to an orbit of 345 kilometres (214 miles) above Earth. This was the second re-boost carried out by the ATV, a mission (dubbed "Jules Verne") that has surpassed all expectations. In fact, the ATV has [...]
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14 June 2008
STS-124: A Mission in Pictures
Always a beautiful sight, the space shuttle Discovery touched down safely at 11:15 a.m. EDT, on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the 13-day mission, Discovery and the crew of STS-124 delivered new component Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module, to the International Space Station. Mission managers say Discovery [...]
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12 June 2008
New Transistor Could Side-Step Space Radiation Problem
Space is a very dangerous place to be, whether you're a human or a transistor. Highly energetic particles may hit astronauts, causing damage to their DNA, but as computers become more and more powerful (yet more and more sensitive); the hazards to unprotected circuitry are increasing. There are many examples of satellites and robotic space [...]
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