International Space Station

Art work portrays Sierra Space Dream Chaser spaceplane berthed to International Space Station. (Image credit: Sierra Space) LOUISVILLE, Colorado-- The scene here is extreme. Gradually, ever so gradually, the Sierra Space Dream Chaser spaceplane approaches the International Space Station.There is focused face time here as objective controllers monitor their computer system screens and vigilantly keep an eye on inbound information. Stress and anxiety installs within the personal business's nerve center as the craft makes its method through different perfunctory stops briefly-- very carefully approaching the International Space Station (ISS) and gets in the technique ellipsoid.The outstretched Canadarm2 robotic arm grapples a component on Dream Chaser's Shooting Star freight module...

A Russian cosmonaut launches a package of garbage throughout a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 19, 2024. (Image credit: NASA+) A Russian cosmonaut took a brief trip at the end of a robotic arm to reject used devices that he and a crewmate gathered throughout a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Dec. 19).Exploration 72 flight engineer Alexey Ovchinin protected his feet at one end of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) towards completion of his and Ivan Vagner's seven-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) today. Fellow Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexsandr Gorbunov managed the 37-foot-long (11.3 meters) arm's motion from inside the spaceport station.At the wanted point, Ovchinin tossed the package of no longer required electrical ports, covers and a...

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