On May 29, 2016 at 08:45 UTC the “Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The launch was performed by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat” upper stage orbited the Russia “Glonass-M” navigation satellite. The satellite is beginning a seven-year service life broadcasting navigation signals worldwide for the Russian military and civilian users. The Glonass program is Russia’s analog to the U.S. military’s Global Positioning System, providing precise position and time information to users equipped with receivers on the ground.

On May 27, 2016 at 21:39 UTC the “Falcon-9” rocket-carrier was launched from Cape Canaveral launch site of US Air Force. The launch was performed by the SpaceX company. The rocket orbited the “Thaicom-8” communications satellite. It was the second time SpaceX launched a dedicated mission for Thaicom.

On May 24, 2016 at 08:48 UTC the Russian "Soyuz-STB” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou launch site in French Guiana. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat-MT” booster orbited 2 European  “Galileo” navigation satellites.

On May 18, 2016 two pairs of satellites were launched from the International Space Station. It was the satellites of Lemur-2. The time of launch: 07:05 UTC and 11:15 UTC. The names of the satellites: 2-5 'Theresacondor', 2-6 'Kane', 2-7 'Nick-Allain' and 2-8 'Jeff'. All the satellites were delivered to the ISS by the "Cygnus” (CRS OA--6 “Rick Husband”) spacecraft in March 2016.

On May 17 and 18, 2016 four pairs of satellites were launched from the International Space Station. It was the satellites of Flock type (1E series). The time of launch: 08:45 UTC; 12:00 UTC; 23:00 UTC on May 17 and at 02:18 UTC on May 18. All the satellites were delivered to the ISS by the “Cygnus” OA-4 spacecraft in December 2015.

On May 16, 2016 five micro satellites were launched from the International Space Station. The MinXSS (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer) astronomic satellite and the CADRE (CubeSat investigating Atmospheric Density Response to Extreme driving) satellite were launched at 10:05 UTC. STMSat 1 (St. Thomas More Satellite 1); Nodes-1 and Nodes-2 (Network & Operation Demonstration Satellite) satellites were launched at 14:40 UTC. All the satellites were delivered to the ISS by the “Cygnus” OA-4 spacecraft in December 2015.

On May 15, 2016, at 02:43 the “Long March –2D” (“Changzheng-2D”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited the “Yaogan 30” remote sensing satellite. The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief. Western analysts believe the Yaogan satellites series is a fleet of Chinese intelligence-gathering spacecraft.

On May 11, 2016 at 18:55 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at several hundred kilometers from Long Beach, California, USA. The Dragon delivered to Earth about 1600 kilograms of cargo. It was the "SpaceX CRS-8” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 8^th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking.

On May 11, 2016 the station's robotic arm removed the “Dragon” SpX-8 (CRS-8 flight) unmanned supply spacecraft from a berthing port on the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Controlled by ground controllers and then British astronaut Timothy Peake and American astronaut Jeffrey Williams, the robotic arm let go of the "Dragon” resupply vehicle at 13:19 UTC.

On May 06, 2016 at 05:21 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. The rocket orbited the Japanese “JCSat-14” telecommunication satellite.