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Daniel R, Junior's Astronomy

Bringing The Universe Closer Than You Think

Progress 53 Undocks From Station An unpiloted Russian Progress cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Monday night, completing its second and final undocking from the station since arriving in late November 2013.	Progress 53 Ready to Undock Monday The ISS Progress 53 (53P) cargo craft has been filled with trash and discarded gear. Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev closed the hatches Friday morning and will monitor for leak checks in the afternoon. It will undock from the aft end of the Zvezda service module Monday at 9:30 p.m. MYT and reenter the Earth’s atmosphere a few hours later for a fiery destruction over the Pacific Ocean.	New Exp. 40/41 Crew Arrived At ISS Three new Expedition 40 crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station when the hatches between their Soyuz spacecraft and the station were opened at 11:52 a.m. MYT Thursday.
New Exp.40/41 Crew Set For Launch Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft at 3:57 a.m. MYT Thursday (1:57 a.m., Kazakh time) to begin a six-hour, four-orbit trek to the space station.	Expedition 38/39 Crew Touched Down The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft carrying Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 9:58 a.m. (7:58 a.m. Kazakh time). Helicopters carrying the Russian recovery teams and NASA personnel reached the landing site shortly afterward to assist the crew...	Expedition 39 Trio Wrapping Up Stay Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Soyuz commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, will wrap up 188 days in space when they depart Wednesday aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft that brought them to the station back in November. The trio will undock their Soyuz from the station at 6:36 a.m. MYT for a landing southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 9:58 a.m.
Soyuz Progress 55 Docked To The ISS An express cargo delivery has docked to the International Space Station after just four orbits at 5:14 a.m. MYT Thursday. Nearly 3 tons of food, fuel and gear to replenish Expedition 39 launched aboard an ISS Progress 55 resupply craft at 11:26 p.m. Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.	Progress Departs, New Cargo Ships To A Russian space freighter filled with trash departed the International Space Station on time Monday at 9:58 p.m. MYT. The ISS Progress 54 will orbit Earth 11 days for engineering tests before finally deorbiting over the Pacific Ocean for a fiery disposal.	New Station Crew Members Docks A new trio of Expedition 39 flight engineers has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day, 34-orbit trip. Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov was at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft when it docked automatically to the Poisk docking compartment at 7:53 a.m. MYT. Skvortsov was flanked by Flight Engineers Steve Swanson and Oleg Artemyev during the two day flight.
Soyuz Docking Delayed The next trio of crew members destined for the International Space Station is now looking forward to a Thursday arrival at the orbiting laboratory after their Soyuz spacecraft was unable to complete its third thruster burn to fine-tune its approach.	New Exp. 39 Crew Set For Launch A new Expedition 39 trio waits at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for its launch Tuesday night to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon rocket carrying the Dragon commercial cargo craft awaits its launch planned for Sunday evening from Cape Canaveral, Fla.	New Station Crew Set for Launch The International Space Station’s Expedition 39 crew members spent Thursday conducting science experiments and performing routine maintenance to get their orbital home in shape for the arrival of three new crewmates set to launch next Tuesday. The Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev is scheduled to lift off at 5:17 a.m. MYT Wednesday.
Expedition 38 Lands In Kazakhstan Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Expedition 38 Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in Kazakhstan at 11:24 a.m. MYT. They landed inside the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft ending their mission after five-and-a-half months aboard the International Space Station.	Expedition 38 Undocks, Landing Today The Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft carrying Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Expedition 38 Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy undocked from the Poisk module at 8:02 a.m. MYT. The trio will land about 3-1/2 hours later in Kazakhstan ending their mission after five-and-a-half months aboard the International Space Station.	Station's Commander Change Kotov passed the helm of the station to Wakata during a Change of Command ceremony. Monday’s departure of Kotov, Hopkins and Ryazanskiy will signal the end of Expedition 38 and the beginning of Expedition 39 under the leadership of Wakata, the first Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut to command the station.
Station Crew Preps for Return With less than five days left before half the crew aboard the International Space Station departs, the six astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 38 performed maintenance on station systems, conducted research and packed items for the journey back to Earth.	Final Week For Exp.38 Begins On ISS The six astronauts and cosmonauts of the International Space Station’s Expedition 38 crew began their final week together Monday with scientific research, maintenance tasks and preparations for the return home of three crewmates after nearly six months in space.	First Data Sent Home By Urthecast The two commercial cameras that will keep a constant watch over Earth from outside the International Space Station have beamed their first bits of test data back home...
Cargo Craft Leaves Station Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus spacecraft, which delivered nearly 1,600 kg of supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station in January, completed its first commercial cargo mission to the orbiting laboratory Tuesday..	Orb-1 Preps For Station Depature An unmanned Orbital Sciences cargo ship will depart from the International Space Station on Tuesday at 7:40 pm. MYT (1140 GMT) to wrap up a successfully debut delivery mission for NASA...	Cubesats Launched From Station The world's largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites began taking shape today, as four tiny spacecraft were ejected from the International Space Station.
Sochi Winter Olympics Launch with Sp The 22nd Winter Olympic Games were launched in Sochi, Russia on Friday (Feb. 7) using a torch that flew to the International Space Station and back.	Olympic Torch Completes Longest Rela As the XXII Winter Olympic Games begin in Sochi, Russia, the athletes who compete must turn their eyes to the sky to see how far the torch that is lighting the Olympic flame has traveled.	New Russian Resupply Spacecraft Dock The ISS Progress 54 resupply spacecraft, loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo, automatically docked to the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment at 6:22 a.m. MYT Thursday about six hours after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
Resupply Spacecraft Begins Expedited The ISS Progress 54 resupply spacecraft, loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:23 a.m. MYT Thursday (10:23 p.m. Baikonur time) to begin a 6-hour, 4-orbit trek to the International Space Station. At the time of launch of Progress 54 atop its Soyuz rocket, the station was orbiting 262 statute miles over far western Kazakhstan near the border with Russia.	Station Crew Conducts Science While While awaiting the launch of the next shipment of supplies to the International Space Station, the six-person Expedition 38 crew participated in a...	Cargo Craft Departs Clears Way For N The Expedition 38 crew said farewell to an unpiloted Russian cargo craft Monday morning while making preparations for the arrival of the next space freighter, which is set to...
CYGNUS DELIVER TO THE ISS Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched their Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station on Jan. 9th. With freezing cold and clear …

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