Human Spaceflight – Astronomy Now

17 September 2021

Latest News

[ 8 September 2021 ] NASA, ESA target 18 December for long-awaited James Webb launch News
[ 6 September 2021 ] After an initial failure, Perseverance collects Martian rock sample News
[ 30 August 2021 ] In major milestone, James Webb Space Telescope testing complete News
[ 23 August 2021 ] Fastest-moving asteroid flies closer to Sun than Mercury News
[ 20 August 2021 ] A stunning vista from the Curiosity Mars rover captures changing environment News

Tim Peake and space station crew mates return to Earth

18 June 2016 Astronomy Now

British astronaut Tim Peake, along with Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko and outgoing space station skipper Tim Kopra, departed the International Space Station today aboard the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule and landed safely in Kazakhstan at 1016 BST (0916 GMT).

Watch a replay of Soyuz crew’s launch from Kazakhstan

15 December 2015 Stephen Clark

Three crewmen from Russia, the United States and Great Britain blasted off toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, rocketing into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in pursuit of the orbiting research lab.