Tachyon Beam Archives for December 17th, 2017

The Dragon space cargo ship captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm (Image NASA TV)

Mission CRS-13: the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has reached the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani December 17, 2017 2

A little while ago the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the International Space Station. Mark Vande Hei, assisted by his colleague Joe Acaba, managed the operation then started moving the Dragon to the berthing point at the Harmony module. The cargo spacecraft blasted off last Friday.

The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft blasting off atop a Soyuz rocket (Image NASA TV)

Three Expedition 54 astronauts have been launched to the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani December 17, 2017 1

A few hours ago the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with aboard three new crew members to be transported to the International Space Station carrying Norishige Kanai, Anton Shkaplerov and Scott Tingle, three new crew members. This time the Soyuz traveled on the 2-day path instead of the 6-hour fast path used in the previous launches.