On April 28, 2015 at 10:09 UTC the “Progress M-27M” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1A” rocket-carrier. Due to a number of malfunctions occurred after orbitting, the docking of the spacecraft with the International Space Station was cancelled.
On April 26, 2015 at 12:08 UTC the “Progress M-25M” spacecraft were deorbiting. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific at 12:57 UTC.
On April 25, 2015 at 06:41 UTC the “Progress M-25M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Pirs” (Pier) module of the International Space Station.
On April 17, 2015 at 13:29 UTC the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the Dragon (SpX CRS-6 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station. The linkup operation was carried out with the help of the giant 17-meter Canadarm. The capture with Canadarm-2 was performed by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti at 10:55 UTC. The Dragon spacecraft was maneuvered into position and attached to a berthing port on the space station's Harmony module. The unmanned spacecraft delivered about 2 tons of supplies for the space station crew and for experiments being conducted aboard the ISS. An animal habitat with 20 mice, 600,000 tomato speeds, plant and worm specimens and spare parts for the space station’s air revitalization system were also delivered by the Dragon.
On April 14, 2015 at 20:10 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from the Cape Canaveral US Air Force Station in Florida. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. US private company SpaceX launched its "Dragon” (CRS-6 flight) unmanned spacecraft on a sixth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. The Dragon spacecraft is carrying about 2,015 kilograms of supplies for the space station crew and for experiments being conducted aboard the ISS. It is the 8th flight of a “Dragon” spacecraft and the 7th flight of a “Dragon” to the ISS.
On March 28, 2015 at 01:34 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-16M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Poisk” (MIM-2) module of the International Space Station in automatic regime.
The Soyuz TMA-16M delivered three new members of Expedition 43 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Gennadiy Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko as well as American astronaut Scott Kelly. The hatches between the "Soyuz TMA-16M” and the station were opened at 03:31 UTC. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Italian astronaut Samantha Christoforetti and American astronaut Terry Virts to form Expedition 43 crew of 6 members. The six crew members will be working together aboard the orbital stati
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On March 27, 2015 at 19:42 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-16M” 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 Gennadiy Padalka (center); flight-engineer 1, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (right); flight-engineer 2, American astronaut Scott Kelly (left).
Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center.
The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on March 28. Padalka, Kornienko
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On March 12, 2015 at 02:14 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-14M” landing capsule landed safely in a distance of 147 kilometers south-east from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
photo by NASA
The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 42 – Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyaev and Elena Serova as well as American astronaut Barry Wilmore
They spent in space 167 days, 05 hours, 49 minutes.
Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonaut Ant
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On March 11, 2015 at 22:44 UTC (on March 12 at 01:44 Moscow time) the Russian “Soyuz TMA-14M” spacecraft undocked from the Russian "Poisk” (MIM-2) module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 42 – Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyaev and Elena Serova as well as American astronaut Barry Wilmore.
On March 05, 2015 at 01:45 UTC the “Flock-1b.11” and “Flock-1b.12” CubeSat satellites were launched from the International Space Station. CubeSat satellites were deployed from the Japanese “Kibo” module of the ISS.
