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50 years of women in space
On 16 June 1963, the Soviet Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to orbit the Earth. Fifty years on, and there have been only 57 female astronauts for over 470 men!
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A new Cité de l'Espace
The space adventure park in Toulouse has completely redesigned and renewed its permanent exhibitions. The result is an interactive immersion into man's enthusiasm for the stars.
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@explorezmars: Curiosity live!
On Monday 6 August the Mars rover Curiosity should land on the red planet. From today Enjoy Space and Cité de l’Espace are offering you the chance to follow this event on Twitter, and then by video, direct from the NASA JPL in California!
Soyuz TMA-05M: 3 more astronauts for the ISS
On 15 July at 08:45 Baikonur time (04:40 am French time) the Russian spacecraft TMA-05M lifted off with Akihiko Hoshide, Yuri Malenchenko and Sunita Williams on board. Docking with the International Space Station should take place on 17 July.
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| The crew of the Soyuz TMA-05M (left to right): Akihiko Hoshide (Japan), Yuri Malenchenko (Russia) and Sunita Williams (USA). Credit: Gagarin Csomonaut Training Center |
The ISS orbital complex officially moved on from Expedition 31 to Expedition 32 at the end of June (see this article). Up above, the Russian commander Gennady Padalka, his fellow-countryman Sergei Revin and American Joe Acaba await the arrival of their three colleagues to give a complete crew of six.
The Russian Roscosmos Space Agency Soyuz TMA-05M craft launched as planned on Sunday 15 July at 08:40 Baikonur time, with Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and the American Sunita Williams on board. The NASA TV video below shows the lift-off of the TMA-05M.
Published on 15 July 2012
