On March
11, 2014 at 03:24 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-10M” landing capsule landed safely
in Kazakhstan.
The
spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 38 – Russian
cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy as well as American astronaut
Michael Hopkins.
On March 11,
2014 at 00:02 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-10M” spacecraft undocked from the
Russian "Poisk” (MIM 2) module of the International Space Station to deliver to
Earth the 3 members of Expedition 38 – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey
Ryazanskiy as well as American astronaut Michael Hopkins.
On February
28 several Nanosatellites were launched from the International Space station. The
term "nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an
artificial satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg.
The
following Nanosatellites were launched from the ISS:
On February
27, 2014at 18:37 UTC the H-2A (202) F-23 rocket-carrier was launched from
Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The rocket orbited the
GPM-C (Global Precipitation Mission-Core) meteorological satellite. The 3850-kg
satellite will be used to measure global rain and snowfall, filling coverage
gaps and anchoring an international orbital network to supply scientists and
forecasters a radar-like snapshot of global precipitation every three hours.
The same
rocket also orbited the following Japanese microsatellites: ShindaiSat (Ginrei)
– 35 kg; STARS-2 (Space Tethe
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On February
25, 26 and 27, 2014 several Nanosatellites were launched from the International
Space station. The Nanosatellites delivered to the ISS by the "Cygnus” unmanned
spacecraft were launched from the Japanese "Kibo” module of the ISS
The term
"nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an artificial
satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg.
On February
21, 2014 at 01:59 UTC the "Delta-4M” rocket-carrier was launched from Cape
Canaveral launch site of US Air Force. The launch was performed by United
Launch Alliance supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket
orbited the GPS 2F-5 ‘Canopus’ navigation satellite.
On February
20, 2014 Soviet cosmonaut Valeriy Kubasov, veteran of three space flights
included the first joint flight between Soviet Union and the United States, passed
away. He was 79.
To his
family and friends astrophilatelist.com extends its sincere condolences.
On February
19, 2014 American astronaut Dale Gardner, veteran of 2 Space Shuttle flights,
passed away. He was 65. He died from a sudden brain aneurysm. Gardner made
history becoming the last of six astronauts to use the manned maneuvering unit
(MMU) jetpack as he worked to return two malfunctioning satellites to Earth.
On February
19, 2014 at17:20 UTC the "Cygnus” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. The
spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the South Pacific
Ocean.
On February
18, 2014 the US "Cygnus” (CRS Orb-1 mission) unmanned supply spacecraft was
undocked from the International Space Station. The spacecraft, which had been
attached to the space station since January 12, was released by astronauts
aboard the station using the orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 11:41 UTC.
It was the second flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS. CRS Orb-1 is the first of
eight contracted flights by Orbital Sciences under NASA's Commercial Resupply
Services (CRS) program.
On February
14 and 15, 2014 several Nanosatellites were launched from the International
Space station. The Nanosatellites delivered to the ISS by the "Cygnus” unmanned
spacecraft were launched from the Japanese "Kibo” module of the ISS
The term
"nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an artificial
satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg.
