Expedition 26 Crew And Capsule Land Safely In Kazakhstan “Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the […]
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Sending 3/4 Billion Dollars To Russia
NASA Extends Crew Flight Contract With Russian Space Agency “NASA has signed a $753 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for […]
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Digital Soyuz Issues Arise (Update)
Digital Soyuz Return Could Be Rocky, Jim Oberg, IEEE Spectrum “The new “digital” version of the Soyuz spacecraft is having some decidedly analog problems on its maiden voyage. Astronauts will […]
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Three Commercial Seats To ISS For Sale
Space Adventures Concludes Agreement to Offer Commercial Spaceflight Opportunities to the International Space Station “Space Adventures, the only company that has provided human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, […]
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Certifying Spacecraft – Then and Now
CertifyingSoyuz, Wayne Hale “So as new human certification ratings are proposed, they rely heavily on new standards and specifications, requirements for analysis, engineering calculation, computer simulation, piece-part testing and just […]
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Soyuz Procurement That Falls Short of NASA's Own Commercial Crew Requirements
NASA JSC Solicitation: Procurement of Crew Transportation and Rescue Services from Roscosmos “NASA/JSC has a requirement for crew transportation services including launch, return, and rescue of US or US-designated astronauts […]
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Expedition 25 Crew Returns to Earth
Soyuz Landing Caps Space Station’s First Decade of Expeditions “Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan […]
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Now Anyone Can Dock With the ISS
Space Station Partners Release International Docking Standard “The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) has approved a docking system standard. The international standard will provide guidelines for a common […]
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Accused Russian Spy Was a Guest at ISS Crew Launch
Anna Chapman waves off space rocket in Kazakhstan, Guardian “The already improbable Anna Chapman saga took another surprising twist today when the 28-year-old former Russian spy resurfaced in Kazakhstan to […]
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Soyuz Damaged During Transport?
Container with Soyuz spaceship sustains damage, The Voice of Russia “The container with the “Soyuz TMA-20″ spacecraft was damaged in transit, apparently because of sloppiness on the part of the […]