Soyuz Commander Max Suraev, NASA Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:14 am (Central). Meanwhile, NASA controllers have been looking into Soyuz “Safe Haven” procedures, in the event of late conjunction threats to the Station.
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The ISS, now in its twenty-first year of continuous human occupation, has had a busy…
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An Emergency Egress System (EES) has completed its installation into the Crew Access Tower (CAT)…
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With NASA’s management officially informing the workforce that evaluations are taking place into installing a…
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NASA has claimed the threat of MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) – small pieces of…
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A forensic level investigation into the condition of the Thermal Protection System (TPS) on the…
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