On July 16, 2016 at 21:41 UTC (on July 17, 2016 at 00:41 Moscow time) the “Progress MS-03” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-U” rocket-carrier.

On July 9, 2016 at 04:06 UTC the Russian "Soyuz MS” new spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” (MIM-1) module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered three new members of Expedition 48 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Anatoliy Ivanishin, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (大西 卓哉) and American astronaut Kathleen Rubins. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka as well as American astronaut Jeffrey Williams to form Expedition 48 crew of 6 members.

On July 7, 2016 at 01:36 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Anatoliy Ivanishin (center); Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (大西 卓哉) (right) and American astronaut Kathleen Rubins (left).

Photo by Russian Cosmonaut Training Center.

The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on July 9, 2016. Ivanishin, Onishi and Rubins will join current ISS expedition members Ovchinin, Skripochka and Williams.

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On July 3, 2016 at 03:48 UTC the “Progress MS-01” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Pirs” module of the International Space Station. At the same day the spacecraft was deorbited. Its engine was started for deorbiting at 07:00 UTC. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

On July 1, 2016 at 05:35 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-01” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the “Pirs” module of the ISS to carry out a test of the system improved remote manual spacecraft control – TORU (teleoperator control mode). After backing away to a distance of about 200 meters, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka took manual control of the spacecraft, using a workstation in the “Zvezda” Service Module. Progress redocked under TORU control at 06:05 UTC.

On June 22, 2016 at 13:29 UTC the US "Cygnus” (CRS OA 6 “Rick Husband”) unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. The spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the South Pacific Ocean. Packed with trash and other equipment tagged for disposal, an Orbital Sciences Corp. “Cygnus” spacecraft plunged back into the atmosphere over the uninhabited Pacific Ocean. It was the 5th flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS.

On June 18, 2016 at 09:15 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-19M” landing capsule landed safely in a distance of 150 kilometers from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

photo by NASA

The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 47 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Timothy Kopra and British astronaut Timothy Peake. They spent in space 186 days. Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka as well as American astronaut Jeffrey Williams remained in orbit aboard the International Space Statio ... Read more »

On June 18, 2016 at 05:52 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-19M” spacecraft undocked from the Russian "Poisk” module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 47 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Timothy Kopra and British astronaut Timothy Peake.

On June 14, 2016 the US "Cygnus” (CRS OA--6 “Rick Husband”) unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. The spacecraft, which had been attached to the space station since March 26, 2016, was released by astronauts aboard the station using the orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 13:30 UTC. It was the 5th successful flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS.

On May 18, 2016 two pairs of satellites were launched from the International Space Station. It was the satellites of Lemur-2. The time of launch: 07:05 UTC and 11:15 UTC. The names of the satellites: 2-5 'Theresacondor', 2-6 'Kane', 2-7 'Nick-Allain' and 2-8 'Jeff'. All the satellites were delivered to the ISS by the "Cygnus” (CRS OA--6 “Rick Husband”) spacecraft in March 2016.