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New Russian lab briefly knocks space station out of position
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In this photo provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the Nauka module is seen prior to docking with the International Space Station on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Russia's long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after it was launched from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The 20-metric-ton (22-ton) Nauka module, also called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, docked with the orbiting outpost after a long journey and a series of manoeuvres. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)
Newly docked Russian science lab briefly knocks International Space Station out of position Share Updated: 5:10 PM PDT Jul 29, 2021 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Newly docked Russian science lab briefly knocks International Space Station out of position Share Updated: 5:10 PM PDT Jul 29, 2021
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Show Transcript Let's switch to the Torah mode Copy one. We're standing by for contact and once you get the contact and they please deactivate. Once you confirm contact, please deactivate Yubaba's contact and capture docking, confirmed at 8:29 a.m. Central Time. Nishioka has been a long time coming but has now pulled into port at the International space Station. Congratulations. That was not an easy docking. Sure.
SpaceX has won yet another significant human space exploration contract with
NASA. This time, the company was awarded the sole, firm-fixed price $2.89 billion milestone-based Artemis program contract to send astronauts to the Moon on the SpaceX Starship rocket and to continue development of the first commercial human lunar lander. NASA announced the award on April 16.
The California-based, Elon Musk-founded launch company beat out rivals
Blue Origin and
Dynetics for the massive award. The three companies received nearly $1 billion in April 2020 to design and develop Human Landing Systems (HLS) for the Artemis program over a 10-month period.
The award was made under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Appendix H Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). NASA said it intends to implement another competitive procurement for sustainable crewed lunar surface transportation services.