Soyuz TMA-18 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 2, 2010. Three members of the Expedition 23 crew are heading to the International Space Station: Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, Flight Engineer Mikhail Korniyenko, and Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson.
Read more about the International Space Station…
The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft returned to Earth with only a crew of two: cosmonaut Maksim Surayev and Expedition 22 Commander Jefferey Williams.
Read more about the International Space Station…
On March 13, 2010, SpaceX conducted a successful static firing test of the Falcon 9 first stage. SpaceX targets April 12, 2010, as the date for the first launch of Falcon 9.
The 3D visualization of the Mars surface is based on data acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard ESA\’s Mars Express mission.
Read more about ESA\’s Mars Express Mission…
On March 4, 2010, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P was launched on top of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle, from launch pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Once in geostationary orbit, GOES-P became GOES-15, the latest satellite in a fleet of satellites that help predict weather in North America.
ESA\’s Mars Express performed the closest flyby of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The spacecraft passed by at an altitude of 67 km. The animation of Phobos was created using the data collected by the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera in 2008.
Subscribe to blog posts using RSS