April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... small satellites. The bulk of these satellites are planned to launch as rideshare on the large and well-established Soyuz launch vehicle, for which 21 vehicles have been contracted to launch between 32 and 36 satellites at a time, depending on the...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... more severe cases or among certain age groups. Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft landing in Kazakhstan with ISS crew members... tested positive for coronavirus after attending the launch of a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Even so, there...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
.... She blasted off for an eight-day visit to the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 14 crew on Soyuz TMA-9. Adopting a functionalist approach would remove the uncertainty of trying to establish whether a craft has crossed a precise...
February 2022
Nutritional issues on interplanetary spaceflights
...the second option consisted of 37 food items used to feed the Soyuz transportation spacecraft crews; and for the third option, we used 131... get tired of them. Currently, rations for Soyuz spacecraft crews and Russian ISS crew members comprise products...
13 March 2015
Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024
...statement offered no details on the Russian moon mission. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft (left) and Progress supply ship (right) docked to ...end of 2017, ending NASA’s reliance on the Soyuz spacecraft. Russia will still have responsibility for maintaining ...
11 December 2015
ISS Crew have undocked and are heading for Earth
...Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will land in their Soyuz spacecraft, northeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 8.12 am EST. NASA ...Television will air live coverage of the Soyuz TMA-17M deorbit burn and landing beginning at 7 am ...
