Why Is NASA Caving to the Russians On ISS?, OpEd, Jim Oberg, Txchnologist “With the retirement of the Space Shuttle Atlantis last week, American astronauts are now totally dependent on […]
Soyuz
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Rejoice Comrades! Glorious Era of Soyuz Begins (Update)
Russia declares ‘era of Soyuz’ after shuttle, AFP “Mankind acknowledges the role of American space ships in exploring the cosmos,” it added. But Roskosmos also used the occasion to tout […]
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Soyuz TMA-02M/27S Leaves Earth
Soyuz TMA-02M/27S was launched on time at 4:12:45 pm EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and is on its way to orbit. NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and […]
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Paolo's Space Pix Found!
NASA Finally Releases Photos of Endeavour Docked at ISS “This image of the International Space Station and the docked Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, […]
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So … Where Are those Cool Soyuz Fly Around Pix? (Update)
Keith’s 26 May note: NASA sources report that Paolo left the memory card in the Soyuz when he climbed out. The Soyuz is being shipped now, so it will be […]
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Is James Cameron Heading for the Moon?
‘Avatar’ director rumored to have bought first ticket to the moon, Newscore “The first of two $150 million tickets for a pioneering tourist mission to the moon was off the […]
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Expedition 27 Returns to Earth
Expedition 27 Crew And Capsule Land Safely In Kazakhstan “Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan […]
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Soyuz Flyaround of ISS Today
Video: Animation of Monday’s Soyuz Flyaround of the ISS “The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft undocks and flies around the International Space Station in this computer-generated animation shown during the May 20, […]
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Monopolizing ISS Access
Russian space agency won’t let private US spacecraft dock with ISS until reliability proven, AP “Russian news agencies are quoting a top space official as saying Russia won’t permit a […]
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Launching From Yuri's Launch Pad
Space Station Crew Launches from Birthplace of Human Spaceflight “One week shy of the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko […]