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 STS-132, the 1st EVA.
On May
17, 2010
American astronauts Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen performed
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Date: 18.05.2010
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The last launch of Atlantis.
On May 14, 2010 at 18:20 UTC the American "Atlantis” Space Shuttle (STS-132 flight) was launched from launch pad 39A of NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
The primary goals of the 132nd shuttle mission are to deliver the Russian
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Soyuz TMA-17 redocking.
On May 12, 2010 the Soyuz TMA-17 was successfully redocked from the FGB ("Zarya” module) nadir docking port to the "Zvezda” module.
The operations were carried out manually by Soyuz/ISS commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. During the operations on board the Soyuz TMA-17 there were also flight engineers, American astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
The undocking command was issued at13:23 UTC. The Soyuz departed from the station to the distance of 40 meters, flew around it, and docked to the "Zvezda” module at 13:53 UTC.<
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Date: 12.05.2010
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Progress M-04M undocked from the ISS.
On May 10, 2010 the Progress M-04M unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International space station at 11:15 UTC.
The vehicle has been attached to the docking port on the Zvezda module since February 3, 2010.
After separation, the Progress will continue flying autonomously for about 1.5 months. Prior to the Progress deorbiting, a series of geophysical experiments is to be carried out.
In a couple of days, the Soyuz TMA-17 manned spacecraft is to be redocked from the Zarya module to the Zvezda docking port vacated by the Progress.
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Date: 12.05.2010
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Progress M-05М / ISS manual docking.
On May 01, 2010 the Progress M-05М unmanned supply spacecraft successfully docked with the International space station at 18:30 UTC.
The docking was performed in manual regime by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov.
The Progress failed to dock to the space station in automatic mode. Automatic rendezvous sequence failed at a range of about 1,000 meters from the station. Following the order from the Russian Mission Control Center, ISS commander Oleg Kotov docked Progress M-05M manually.
The Progress is now attached to the Pirs docking port.
Progress M-05M delivered more than 2500 kg of cargo to the station, including prope
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Date: 02.05.2010
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Progress M-05M launch.
On April 28, 2010 at 17:15 UTC the Soyuz-U rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to place the Progress M-05M unmanned supply spacecraft into orbit.
The Progress is to deliver about 2.5t of cargo including equipment, parcels from home, chocolate, candy, new video films and books to the crew of the International Space Station.
The Progress M-05M is to dock to the station on May 1.
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Date: 29.04.2010
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Russian military satellite is in orbit.
On April 27, 2010 the Kosmos-3M rocket-carrier orbited a Russian military satellite, "Kosmos – 2463”.
The launch was performed from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
The military satellite is a new addition to a Russian network of about 60-70 military reconnaissance satellites.
The Kosmos-3M is a liquid-fueled two-stage rocket, first launched in 1967, with over 410 successful launches to date. The booster has been designed to lift a payload of up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) into low, medium, and high orbits.
Russian officials did not disclose any more details on the satellite's mission. But the payload is believed to be a
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Date: 28.04.2010
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Site news.
In the chapter "Exhibitions” we added Astrophilatelic Palmares for the ANTVERPIA 2010 European Philatelic Exhibition.
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Russian rocket orbited an American satellite.
On April 24, 2010 the Russian "Proton-M” rocket carrying the American SES 1 satellite was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome at 11:18 UTC.
The 2.6-ton satellite belongs to SES World Skies company. The telecommunications satellite will provide digital television services for customers in the United States and the Caribbean regions.
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Date: 24.04.2010
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