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New Russian Docking Port Launches Toward Space Station

SPACE.com - 2 hours 43 minutes ago

A Russian rocket launched into space Tuesday carrying a brand-new docking port for the International Space Station.

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Russia sends research module to space station
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 10:24 am ET
A new Russian research module is on its way to the International Space Station.
Rocket with new module for space station blasts off
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 9:58 am ET
A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.
New Russian Module Poised to Launch Toward Space Station
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:00 pm ET
A new Russian room that doubles as a docking port for the International Space Station is ready for a planned Tuesday launch toward the orbiting laboratory.
Poisk launches to add new room for space station
Spaceflight Now - Tue Nov 10, 10:31 am ET
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the plains of Kazakhstan Tuesday with the International Space Station's newest addition, a module doubling as a docking port for visiting spacecraft and an airlock for spacewalking astronauts.
NASA International Space Station Advisory Committee Meeting 11 December 2009
SpaceRef - Mon Nov 9, 11:28 pm ET
The purpose of the meeting is to assess NASA and Roscosmos plans to support a six-person crew aboard the International Space Station, including transportation, crew rotation, training, and micro meteoroid and orbital debris shielding.
Russian rocket rolls to pad with space station module
Spaceflight Now - Sun Nov 8, 3:01 pm ET
A Soyuz rocket topped with the new Poisk module for the International Space Station took a train ride to historic Launch Pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday morning, two days before the new component begins its trek to the orbiting complex.
International Space Station / NASA Uses Rotary Inertia of a Flywheel to Generate Resistance For Exercise In Zero Gravity
PRWeb - Sat Nov 7, 3:21 am ET
Much to the delight of Heart Rate Inc., manufacturers of the VersaPulley & VersaRower, which uses ‘rotating flywheel resistance technology’ is presently being used on board the International Space Station as part of NASA’s fitness training and maintenance program. (PRWeb Nov 7, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3168004.htm
Russian space junk threatens International Space Station
Orlando Sentinel - Fri Nov 6, 3:19 pm ET
EDITOR'S UPDATE : After studying the latest information on the trajectory of a two-inch piece of space debris that threatens to buzz the International Space Station, NASA has decided to order the six crew members on board the outpost to take refuge tonight in two Russian Soyuz lifeboats just in case the junk collides with the complex.
Orbital debris threatens space station later today
Spaceflight Now - Fri Nov 6, 12:16 pm ET
Flight controllers are monitoring a piece of space debris that is expected to make a close approach to the International Space Station later this evening.
NASA sets date for Caldwell's trip to the space station
Orange County Register - Sun Nov 8, 12:26 pm ET
Cal State Fullerton grad will spend six months on outpost.
Close Encounters of the Trash Kind
Discovery Channel - Tue Nov 10, 9:31 am ET
A piece of space junk originally thought to pose a threat to the International Space Station passed harmlessly by last Friday night, NASA spokesperson Robert Navius told Discovery News. But not before Mission Control had alerted the six-member crew of ...
Blog - Poisk Poised For Launch
Technology Review - Tue Nov 10, 12:14 am ET
Russia is set to add a new module to the International Space Station after an eight-year hiatus.
New Module for ISS Launches
Universe Today - Tue Nov 10, 10:13 am ET
A new module for the space station blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 9:22 a.m. EST. The Poisk (which means "explore" in Russian) is a combination docking module/airlock/future research module. It will meet up with the ISS on Thursday at 10:44 am. Poisk is the first permanent pressurized module [...]
Poisk Ready For Live NASA TV Space Station Docking
redOrbit - Thu Nov 5, 3:06 pm ET
NASA Television will air the docking of the newest Russian module to the International Space Station starting at 9 a.m. CST Nov. 12.The Mini Research Module-2, known as "Poisk," which means "explore" in Russian, will deliver 1,800 pounds of cargo to the station.
NASA's Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home
Wired News - Mon Nov 9, 5:26 pm ET
NASA's cute, wingless escape pod for the International Space Station, which was in development until 2002, finally has a home. Sadly, it's not in space, but in Ashland, Nebraska at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.