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Progress MS-08: Unmanned Russian Cargo Ship launched to Space Station
Russian space agency Roskosmos has successfully launched Progress MS-08, an unmanned cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched onboard of Soyuz-2.1a rocket from Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. Soyuz-2.1a has four strap-on boosters and core ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
China’s first cargo spacecraft successfully docks with the Tiangong-2 space lab
China has successfully docked its first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 with the Tiangong-2 space lab. It is hailed as a major step towards China’s ambition of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. China has an ambitious plan of building ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
SpaceX successfully launches Dragon Cargo capsule using Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon Cargo capsule filled with supplies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon Cargo capsule was launched using SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successful take off, the Falcon ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016
NASA successfully deploys BEAM, first inflatable room attached to International Space Station
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully deployed the first experimental inflatable room attached to the International Space Station (ISS). The experimental inflatable room dubbed as BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module) was deployed after it was successfully expanded ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2016
Sunita Williams: second woman in history to take command of ISS
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams took over the command of International Space Station (ISS). The traditional ceremony of change-of-command, Expedition 33 Sunita Williams took over the command from Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka in the Destiny Laboratory.
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2012
Sunita Williams took off for her 2nd space journey
Indian-American record-making astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two other astronauts took off for her second space odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket. It took off successfully from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The other two members on board are Russian ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Dragon joins ISS
What is Dragon? Dragon is an unmanned Cargo capsule of The SpaceX company. In 2010 it became the first commercially-built and operated spacecraft to be recovered successfully from orbit. What is unique with this mission? With this rendezvous with the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Mars500
An isolation experiment in Russia simulated a 520-day human mission to Mars. Six volunteers were locked away in windowless cells in June 2010. The $15-million Mars500 experiment, which ended on Nov. 4, was the first full-duration simulation of a human ..