A unique spacewalk was conducted on Tuesday, as two Russian cosmonauts examined a hole that was found in the orbital module of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev were tasked with cutting through the insulation of the Soyuz spacecraft to take photos and collect samples, ahead of its upcoming return to Earth later this month.
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Soyuz/Station atmosphere leak no threat to Crew – Investigation focusing on mystery drill hole
As the six-person Station slept last week, a pressure/atmosphere leak appeared in the Soyuz MS-09…
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NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) still has a number of concerns over crew safety…
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NASA has claimed the threat of MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) – small pieces of…
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Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has returned to normal after a late conjunction…
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Europe’s ATV-5 cargo ship helped ‘shove’ the International Space Station (ISS) out of the path…
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A MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) strike on the Number 2 window of the International Space…
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Window 2 on the Cupola module has been hit by a minor MicroMeteoroid and Orbital…
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A study into Active Debris Removal (ADR) has begun laying the foundations of a long…
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STS-131 is continuing to move through the docked timeline, although a possibility of a fourth…
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With less than one month to go before the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ flagship…
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The Mission Management Team (MMT) have initially cleared a Micrometeoroid Orbital Debris (MMOD) strike to…
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The Mission Management Team (MMT) has decided to extend STS-126 by an additional docked day.…