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“Cygnus” CRS NG-18 spacecraft docked to Space Station.
On November 9, 2022, the US "Cygnus” CRS-18 (NG-18, the S. S. Sally Ride) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm at 10:20 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Unity” module at 13:05 UTC. The spacecraft delivered about 3700 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station. It was the 18th docking of a "Cygnus” spacecraft with the ISS. This is the 7th flight of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract.
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“Cygnus NG-18” cargo spacecraft launched to Space Station.
On November 7, 2022 at 10:32 UTC the "Cygnus” privately owned U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, USA. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Antares-230” rocket-carrier. The "Cygnus” NG-18 (the S. S. Sally Ride), previously known as CRS OA-18, unmanned supply spacecraft, built by U.S. space firm Orbital Sciences Corp., was orbited on its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. The "Cygnus” NG-18 is the 18th successful flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus.
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The new “Mengtian” laboratory module docked to “Tiangong” space station.
On October 31, 2022 at 20:27 UTC the Chinese new “Mengtian” laboratory module successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station. Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe living on the “Tiangong” complex monitored the arrival of “Mengtian”.
Artist’s illustration of the Chinese “Tiangong” space station in its current configuration, with the newly arrived
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China launched the new “Mengtian” module to its space station.
On October 31, 2022 at 07:37 UTC, the new “Mengtian” ("Dreaming of the Heavens") module was launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSLC), located in Wenchang on Hainan Island off China’s southern coastline. The module was orbited by the Chang Zheng-5B (Long March-5B) rocket-carrier. It is the second Laboratory Cabin Module launched, after “Wentian”, and the second module to extend the existing “Tianhe” core module of the station. The module will dock with the “Tianhe” core module on China’s “Tiangong” station later on October 24.
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Russian “Progress MS-21” spacecraft docked to Space Station.
On October 28, 2022 at 02:48 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-21” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Poisk” module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew. Since 1978, It has been the 182nd docking of Progress spacecraft to orbital stations, including the 87th docking with the ISS.
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“Progress MS-19” undocked from Space Station.
On October 24, 2022 at 01:45 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-19” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. In about 4 hours it was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.
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US Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Crew-4 mission) spacecraft splashed down.
On October 14, 2022 at 20:56 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Crew-4 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Jacksonville.
The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth 4 members of Expedition 68: US astronauts Kjell N. Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins as well as Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. They spent in space 170 days, 13 hours and 03 minutes.
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