On March 3, 2023 at 06:40 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-6 mission) spacecraft docked with the zenith docking port of the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The mission also known as USCV-6 (US Crew Vehicle 6). The spacecraft delivered US astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE’s astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the ISS.

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On March 2, 2023 at 05:34 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-6 mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The mission also known as USCV-6 (US Crew Vehicle 6). The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier.

The spacecraft is piloted by 4 astronauts – spacecraft commander American astronaut Stephen Bowen; pilot, American astronaut Warren Hoburg; mission specialist ... Read more »

On February 26, 2023 at 00:58 UTC the Russian "Soyuz MS-23” uncrewed spacecraft docked with the Russian “Poisk” module of the International Space Station.

The human-rated crew spaceship flew to the station without anyone on-board, an unusual step for Russia’s space program, to replace a damaged Soyuz (“Soyuz MS-22”) spacecraft that was supposed to bring home Russian commander Sergey Prokopyev, cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin, and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio next month. But the Soyuz (“Soyuz MS-22”) that launched Prokopyev’s crew in September 2022 sprung a coolant leak on December 14, 2022 spewing frozen flakes of fluid from its radiator into space after what ... Read more »

On February 24, 2023 at 00:24 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-23” uncrewed spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.

The launch was performed from Launch Site 31 (Baykonur Cosmodrome Site 31). The “Soyuz MS-23” space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on February 26 to replace a damaged Soyuz (“Soyuz MS-22”) and provide an eventual ride home for three of the ISS’s crew members.

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On February 19, 2023 at 06:15 Moscow time, the “Progress MS-21” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific at 06:57 Moscow time.

On February 18, 2023 at 05:26 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-21” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the “Poisk” module of the International Space Station, keeping a departure date that has been set for months. But the routine undocking took special significance after the “Progress MS-21” cargo ship suddenly leaked coolant on February 11, soon after the docking of a fresh Progress (“Progress MS-22”) resupply spacecraft to a different port on the space station.

On February 11, 2023 at 11:45 Moscow time, the Russian “Progress MS-22” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Zvezda” module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew.

On February 9, 2023 at 09:15 Moscow time, the “Progress MS-22” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.

On February 9, 2023 Chinese cosmonauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu performed the spacewalk to install the first additional pump block of the thermal control system and attaching the first external platform to the “Mengtian” module of the “Tiangong” station. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 06 minutes. It was the 1^st spacewalk for both Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu.

On February 7, 2023 at 07:56 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-20” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the “Zvezda” module of the International Space Station. In about 4 hours it was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.