On February 16, 2012 at 14:31 UTC two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov began their spacewalk. They spent 6 hours and 15 minutes outside the International Space Station to move a14-meter crane from the "Pirs” docking module to the "Poisk” scientific module (MIM-2). The space walkers also performed scientific experiments under "Test” and "Vynoslivost” (Endurance) programs. It was the first extravehicular activity (EVA) for the ISS crew this year.
On January 28, 2012 at 00:08 UTC the Russian "Progress M-14M” unmanned supply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The space vehicle was docked to the Russian "Pirs” (pier) module. The Progress delivered over 2600 kilograms of supplies to the ISS crew. The cargo includes fuel, water and food supplies, as well as scientific equipment.
With a record of more than 130 launches since 1978 and only one failure, Progress-family vehicles remain the backbone of the Russian space cargo fleet. In addition to their main mission as supply space vehicles, they are used to adjust the ISS's orbit and to conduct scientific experiments.
On January 25, 2012 at 23:06 UTC (on January 26 at 03:06 Moscow time) the Progress M-14M unmanned supply spacecraft was launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft will deliver over 2.6 tons of supplies to the ISS. The cargo includes fuel, water and food supplies, as well as scientific equipment.
The Progress is to dock with the ISS on January 28 at about 00:09 UTC.
On January 25, 2012 at 02:25 UTC the "Progress M-13M” was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific (51,4 degrees south / 128,2 degrees west) at 03:17 UTC.
On January 23, 2012 at 22:09 UTC (on January 24 at 02:09 Moscow time) the Russian "Progress M-13M” unmanned supply spacecraft with the "Chibis-M” micro-satellite undocked from the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft undocked from the Russian "Pirs” module in an automated mode.
After undocking the "Progress M-13M” was brought to a higher orbit by switching on its engines. After the two orbit corrections, the "Progress M-13M” was positioned at about 500 km to deploy the "Chibis-M” micro-satellite.
On December 23, 2011 at 15:19 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-03M” spacecraft successfully docked with the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the Russian "Rassvet” module of the ISS.
The "Soyuz TMA-03M” crew of Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers and Donald Pettit joined Expedition 30 crew of Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoliy Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank, who arrived at the station on November 13, 2011 by Soyuz TMA-22. Now the Expedition 30 crew consists of 6 persons.
The newcomers will carry out about 40 scientific experiments in orbit. The mission's program also
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On December 21, 2011 at 13:16 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-03M” manned spacecraft with a new crew for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft was orbited by the "Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier.
The crew of the space vehicle consists of 3 members: Commander – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko; Flight-engineer - European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands); Flight-engineer - American astronaut Donald Pettit.
On November 22, 2011 at 02:25 UTC the Russian"Soyuz TMA-02M”spacecraft landed safely in the vicinity of the city of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa returned to Earth.
They had worked on board the orbital station as part of Expedition 29 since July 2011 and spent in space 167 days 06 hours and 12 minutes.
Their return was originally set for November 16, but the failed launch of a Prog
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On November 21, 2011 at 23:00 UTC (on November 22 at 03:00 Moscow time) the Russian "Soyuz TMA-02M” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to return to Earth the 3 members of the ISS’s Expedition 29 crew: Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
The 3 other ISS’s crew members Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoliy Ivanishin and American astronaut Daniel Burbank continue their mission aboard the ISS.
