[ad_1] Veteran cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who is in charge of human space flight programs in Roscosmos, addresses the press on Friday in Moscow. Credit: Roscosmos Russian investigators believe that a malfunction would …
Read More »International Symposium on Personal and Commercial Spaceflight: The Failure of Soyuz in Russia
[ad_1] Diana M Alba-Soular, Sun Cruces Sun News Posted at 21:15 (MT) on 12th October 2018 | Updated 11:32 AM on 12 October 2018 Buy a photo An International Symposium on Space …
Read More »The failure of the Russian rocket reminds us that spaceflight is still dangerous
[ad_1] Six decades after the beginning of the space age, the exploration of the last frontier remains a difficult and dangerous proposition. This fundamental truth was reinforced yesterday (11 October) by the …
Read More »Russians plan Thursday launch of two to space station – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague pose outside their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft Oct. 6 during pre-flight testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome …
Read More »Hubble Space Telescope in Safe Mode with Gyroscope Problem – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] WRITTEN HISTORY FOR NEWS FROM CBS AND USED WITH AUTHORIZATION An image of the Hubble Space Telescope after it was released from the Atlantis shuttle in May 2009. Photo: NASA NASA …
Read More »SpaceX gets its first rocket in California after the launch of the Argentinian satellite – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] A Falcon 9 rocket was launched Sunday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with Argentina's SAOCOM 1A radar observation satellite. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket launching an Argentinean Earth …
Read More »Falcon 9 rocket, landing pad ready for action at Vandenberg – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] The Falcon 9 rocket set to launch the SAOCOM 1A satellite stands on its launch pad Sunday. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at Space Launch Complex …
Read More »No test flight for the commercial crew planned this year – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] Artist concept of the CST-100 Starliner and Crew Dragon (bottom left and top right). Credit: NASA BREMEN, Germany – NASA has released new target dates for commercial space capsule test flights …
Read More »MASCOT lander hops around an asteroid, surpassing scientists' expectations – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] The photo was taken by MASCOT's camera between 10 and 20 meters above the surface of the asteroid. Credit: MASCOTTE / DLR / JAXA The MASCOT lander, released from the Japanese …
Read More »Soyuz brings three station tractors back to Earth – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] WRITTEN HISTORY FOR NEWS FROM CBS AND USED WITH AUTHORIZATION The Soyuz MS-08 satellite lands Thursday in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls A Russian Soyuz ferry carrying a Russian cosmonaut …
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