 Dragon returned to Earth following historic flight.
Six days after arriving at the International Space Station on a demonstration flight, SpaceX's "Dragon” unmanned supply spacecraft departed the complex on May 31, 2012.
At 08:07 UTC astronauts Andre Kuipers and Joseph Acaba undocked the "Dragon” vehicle from the "Harmony” module of the ISS with the help of Canadarm robotic arm and released it at 09:49 UTC.
photo by NASA
At 15:42 UTC the "Dragon” splashed down in the Pacific Ocean in a distance of about 740 kilometers to south-west from Los-Angeles.
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Private Dragon spacecraft links up with space station.
On May 25, 2012 at 16:02 UTC the first private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the Dragon, was successfully docked to the International Space Station.
The linkup operation was carried out by astronauts Donald Pettit (USA) and Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands) with the help of the giant 17-meter Canadarm that had earlier (at 13:56 UTC) grabbed the Dragon capsule.
The Dragon is a reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX company to fly cargo to the ISS after NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, is a space transport company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by former PayPal entrepreneur Elon Musk. In the future the firm also hopes to carry U.S
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First private spacecraft was launched to ISS.
On May 22, 2012 at 07:44 UTC the Dragon COTS 2 DEMO unmanned spacecraft was launched from launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The first private spacecraft was orbited by the "Falcon-9” rocket-carrier.
If all goes according to plan, the Dragon will become the first commercial space vehicle to reach the International Space station, a 450-ton orbiting complex staffed by six crew members from Russia, the United States and the Netherlands.
The Dragon is to dock with the ISS on May 25 at 12:06 UTC. |
Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft docked to the ISS.
On May 17, 2012 at 04:35 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-04M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Poisk” (MIM-2) module of the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-04M delivered three new members of Expedition 31 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Gennadiy Padalka and Sergey Revin as well as American astronaut Joseph Acaba.
The hatches between the spacecraft ant the station was opened at 07:16 UTC. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, American astronaut Donald Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands) to form Expedition 31 crew of 6 members. Kononenko, Pettit and Kuipers have been aboard the station for almost five months since arriving in December 2011.
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Russia launched Soyuz TMA-4M manned spacecraft.
On May 15, 2012 at 03:01 UTC the Russian"Soyuz TMA-04M” 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, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Revin (left); flight-engineer, American astronaut Joseph Acaba (right).
Photo by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre.
The space vehicle is to dock with the Internat
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Progress M-14M mission completed.
On April 28, 2012 at 14:39 UTC the "Progress M-14M” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific.
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The Russian “Soyuz TMA-22” spacecraft landed.
On April 27, 2012 at 11:45 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-22” spacecraft with three members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew landed safely at a distance of 88 kilometers to north-east from the city of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan.
Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, and NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank returned back to Earth after having spent in space 165 days, 07 hours, 31 minutes and 02 seconds, they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.
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Soyuz TMA-22 undocked from the ISS.
On April 27, 2012 at 08:18 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-22” spacecraft with three members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew undocked from the station's "Poisk” module in preparation for return to Earth.
Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, and NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank were scheduled to return to Earth on board the Soyuz TMA-22 on March 16 but the delayed launch of the Soyuz-TMA-04M with the next ISS expedition set back the return plans date.
The 3 other members of Expedition 30 - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands) and American astronaut Donald Pettit continue their mission aboard the ISS. |
Russian Progress M-15M docked to the ISS.
On April 22, 2012 at 14:39 UTC the Russian "Progress M-15M” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The space vehicle delivered fresh fruit and vegetables, canned fish and water for the ISS crew. It is also carried books, presents, fuel, medical and research equipment, bed covers, and hygienic items.
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Russia launched Progress M-15M spacecraft.
On April 20, 2012 at 12:50 UTC the "Soyuz-U” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket orbited the "Progress M-15M” unmanned supply spacecraft for the International Space Station. The spacecraft is to deliver fresh fruit and vegetables and canned fish and water for the ISS crew. It is also carrying books, presents, fuel, medical and research equipment, bed covers, and hygienic items.
Progress M-15M is to dock with the ISS on April 22, 2012 at 14:41 UTC. |
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