 Progress M-23M undocked from ISS.
On July 21, 2014 at 21:44 UTC the “Progress M-23M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Pirs” (Pier) module of the International Space Station. Since July 26 till July 31 the spacecraft will be used in the “Radar-Progress” scientific experiment. The spacecraft is to be deorbited on August 01, 2014.
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"Spaceship Janice Voss" arrived at space station
On July 16, 2014 the American "Cygnus” (CRS-2) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm operated by astronauts inside the space station at 10:36 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Harmony” module. The official time of capture of the "Cygnus” with the Harmony module's common berthing mechanism was 12:53 UTC. Orbital Sciences christened the Cygnus as "Spaceship Janice Voss," naming it for the late astronaut and former Orbital employee.
The "Cygnus” (CRS-2) delivered about 1,500 kg of supplies for the ISS and its crew. Among the research investigations aboard Cygnus are a flock of Earth-imaging nanosatellites, hardware to enable a trio of free-flying robots to perform 3D mapping inside the ISS and a host of student experiments.
This is the second of the eight Antares and Cygnus cargo delivery missions to the ISS unde
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Private U.S. cargo spacecraft launched to Space Station.
On July 13, 2014 at 16:52 UTC the "Cygnus” privately owned U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island off the U.S. east coast., Va., USA.
The "Cygnus” (CRS-2, “Janice Voss”) unmanned supply spacecraft, built by U.S. space firm Orbital Sciences Corp., was orbited by the company's "Аntares” rocket-carrier on its second cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services.
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Russian Cosmonauts performed a spacewalk.
On June 19, 2014 Russian Cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev performed a 7 hours and 24 minutes spacewalk. The hatches were opened at 14:10 UTC. The cosmonauts conducted extravehicular activity for installing a telemetry antenna, repositioning an experiment and jettisoning a mounting fixture after moving another experiment to a recently installed payload boom.
This was the 180th spacewalk devoted to station assembly and maintenance since construction began in 1998, the third so far this year and the first for Skvortsov and Artemyev. Total station EVA time by 116 astronauts and cosmonaut representing nine nations now stands at 1130 hours and 51 minutes.
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Progress M-21M mission completed.
On June 09, 2014 at 13:30 UTC the “Progress M-21M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Zvezda” (Star) module of the International Space Station. At 16:34 UTC the “Progress M-21M” spacecraft were deorbiting. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific at 17:23 UTC.
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Russian Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft docked to the ISS.
On May 29, 2014 at 01:44 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-13M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Rassvet” (MIM) module of the International Space Station in automatic regime.
The Soyuz TMA-13M delivered three new members of Expedition 40 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Maksim Suraev, American astronaut Gregory Wiseman and German astronaut Alexander Gerst. The hatches between the "Soyuz TMA-13M” and the space station were opened at 03:52 UTC on May 29, 2014. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev as well as American astronaut Steven Swanson to form Expedition 40 c
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Russia launched Soyuz TMA-13M manned spacecraft.
On May 28, 2014 at 19:57 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-13M” 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 Maksim Suraev (center); flight-engineer, American astronaut Gregory Wiseman (right); flight-engineer German astronaut Alexander Gerst (left).
Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center.
The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on May 29. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst will join current ISS expedition members Skvortsov, Artemjev and Swanson.
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Dragon undocked from the space station.
On May 18, 2014 at 13:26 UTC the “Dragon” unmanned supply spacecraft (CRS-3 flight) was undocked from the ISS. At the controls of the robot arm inside the space station's cupola module, American astronaut Steve Swanson gave the command to release the spaceship to begin the trip back to Earth. Swanson and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov monitored the Dragon's departure as a series of rocket firings placed the spacecraft on course to a safe distance from the space station.
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Russian Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft landed.
On May 14, 2014 at 01:57 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-11M” landing capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 39 – Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, American astronaut Richard Mastracchio and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata They spent in space 187 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes.
 photo by NASA
Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev as well as American astronaut Steven Swanson remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 40 crew. The undocking
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