Sunday, October 11th, 2009
International Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte have landed safely in their Soyuz TMA-14 on the steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday morning. The trio left the ISS just a few hours prior to landing, leaving a Station that is now busily working through its Expedition 21 [...]
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Tags: Dextre, HTV, ISS, Soyuz
Published in Featured, Russian
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
JAXA – the Japanese Space Agency – has successfully debuted their HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) on its maiden flight to the International Space Station (ISS), via a series of rendezvous demonstrations and a successful capture via the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). The flight of the HTV has been classed as near-flawless during its [...]
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Tags: HTV
Published in Featured, Unmanned
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Japan space agency JAXA has successfully launched the HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) on its debut flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The HTV launched on schedule from Tanegashima Space Center on an H-IIB vehicle – into an initial 200 km x 300 km orbit – at 02:01 local time on Friday (13:01 on Thursday Eastern time).
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Tags: HTV, ISS, JAXA
Published in Featured, Unmanned
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
After a wait of nearly a decade, the International Space Station is just a matter of weeks away from welcoming another new visitor, in the form of the Japanese HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle). NASA recently held a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for their role in aiding the cargo vehicle’s debut stay at the orbital outpost, [...]
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Tags: HTV, ISS, JAXA
Published in Featured, Other, Unmanned
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
As the International Space Station (ISS) continues to build up to a six man crew, managers are looking into adding a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) permanently on Station at the conclusion to the last logistics mission for the shuttle. Assessments are also taking place on potentially swapping the yet-to-be-baselined STS-134 with STS-133’s place in the manifest.
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Tags: HTV, ISS, MPLM, STS-133, STS-134
Published in Featured, Shuttle
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) robot “Dextre” has reported himself as fit for duty, as the clock ticks down to his debut tasks on the International Space Station (ISS). Meanwhile, preparations are building up for the arrival of the first Japanese HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) – which may involve spare robotic work station hardware being [...]
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Tags: Dextre, HTV, ISS, SSRMS
Published in Featured, Unmanned