Tachyon Beam Archives for March 23rd, 2024

The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft blasting off atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket (Image NASA TV)

A success for the launch of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-25 to the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani March 23, 2024 0

A little while ago, the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan with three people. After about nine minutes it successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and was placed on its route to the International Space Station, which requires about two days of journey.

The Dragon 2 spacecraft docking with the International Space Station in its CRS-30 mission (Image NASA TV)

Mission CRS-30: the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has reached the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani March 23, 2024 0

A little while ago, SpaceX’s Dragon 2 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Harmony module completing the first part of its CRS-30 mission. Astronauts Loral O’Hara and her colleague Mike Barratt monitored the operation but the cargo spacecraft, which blasted off when it was Thursday afternoon in the USA, completed the maneuvers automatically without any problem.