Docking of Soyuz TMA-10 On April 7, 2007, Soyuz TMA-10 launched with Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov. Also on board was another spaceflight participant, Charles Simonyi, who was a co-founder and software developer for Microsoft and founder of Intentional Software Corp., a software engineering firm. The Soyuz docked with the … [Read more…]
Highlights of STS-116 STS-116 was to be an important and complex shuttle flight for assembly of the International Space Station. Project manager Mike Suffrendi told reporters, “Many of us consider this the most challenging Space Station flight we’ve done. … When the Shuttle leaves, ISS will not look much different than when Discovery got there, … [Read more…]
So you want to participate in a triathlon but that’s a little hard to do when you’re orbiting at an altitude of 370 kilometers. It’s not like the International Space Station has a swimming pool and your favorite athletic activities become a little challenging when you and everything around you are weightless. What should you … [Read more…]