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Atlantis Bringing A New Dawn For ISS ScienceWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2010 NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is delivering science experiments and a new Russian laboratory to the International Space Station, continuing the transition from station assembly to continuous scientific research through the end of the decade. The Russian-built Mini Research Module-1, also known as Rassvet (dawn in Russian), will host a variety of biotechnology, biological science, fluid physics and educational research experiments. Rassvet was attached Tuesday morning to the bottom port of the stat ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2010There's a new "dawn" for science experiments aboard the International Space Station. A Russian-built Mini-Research Module-1 launched on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission. The module, known as Rassvet - which translates as "dawn" - will be used for science research and cargo storage. It also will provide an additional docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress vehicles at the space s ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 14, 2010A group of retired Russian generals warned on Thursday that the country's space defenses are obsolete and have a limited capability to counter possible threats from space. "Frankly, our space defense capabilities are limited and insufficient to ensure our national security," former Air Force commander Anatoly Kornukov told a roundtable on the future of Russia's air and space defenses in Mo ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) May 13, 2010Space Shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff on Friday, will deliver important hardware from Europe to the International Space Station: spare portions of the European Robotic Arm and the first Russian payloads to use the arm. The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is the second 'intelligent' robot arm for the International Space Station (ISS). The first, used extensively for ISS assembly for almost 1 ... more |
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ISS Crew Set To Relocate Russian SpacecraftMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 13, 2010 The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) will relocate on Wednesday a Russian spacecraft docked with the Zarya module to free a docking port for a new research module. The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft will undock from the Zarya module on May 12 at 17.26 Moscow time [13.26 GMT], move away some distance and later dock with the Zvezda module. "As a result, the spacecraft will make room for the Russian Rassvet [MIM-1] research module which is scheduled to arrive at the station later in May o ... read more |
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