Posts Tagged ‘NASA’

The Soyuz spacecraft ended one mission, now prepares for another

On April 2nd 2010 at 04:04(UTC) three astronauts embarked on a mission to space from the Baikonur cosmodrome.  All three astronauts aboard the TMA-18, two Russians, Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Alexandrovich Korniyenko and American Tracy Caldwell made their way back from the International Space Station (ISS), after making their descent in a space module from the [...]

International Space Station Experiencing Technical Problems

A defective line delayed Webmail Saturday.  Repairs were made to a coolant pump on the International Space Station after an eight-hour spacewalk.  Astronauts Tracy Caldwell and Doug Wheelock Dyson repaired the cooling system which failed on July 31. The difficulty was an ammonia leak at the finish line to be disconnected at the unit that [...]

NASA Working To Icrease Technological Capacity To Reach Mars

July 19, 2010. – In February, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the cancellation of the Constellation program to return men to the moon, launched by George W. Bush in 2004. Nine billion dollars had been invested in the program for the development of Ares, who had completed an initial test flight in October 2009. Each [...]