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  • ISS Spacewalk US EVA-27 completed successfully

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    Today NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman and ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst steps outside the International Space Station for a 6h 13m spacewalk. This was the first spacewalk for each of the Astronauts and was completed successfully. This was the 182nd spacewalk in support of the ISS for a total of 47d 14h 15m, During the spacewalk…

  • Soyuz TMA-13M completes six hour flight to ISS

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    At 3:57 pm EDT this afternoon the Soyuz TMA-13M lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency flight engineer Alexander Gerst.  Following a successful climb to orbit the spacecraft began a four orbit, six hour journey towards the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft completed docking at…

  • Weekly Space Blog 5/16

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    Soyuz TMA-11M crew lands safely The three crew members of TMA-11M landed safely after spending 188 days in space, See full article here Russia fires back over US Sanctions This week Russia fire back against US sanctions in two key areas, the first was to spurn NASA’s proposal to extend the life of the ISS through 2024.…