On November 02, 2009 at 01:50 UTC a “Rokot” rocket-carrier with two European satellites was successfully launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia.... Read more »
On October 30, 2009 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) Japanese unmanned supply spacecraft left the ISS. American astronaut Nicole Stott separated off the HTV-1 from the station by using Canadarm-2 robotic arm.
On October, 28 at 15:30 UTC the first test launch of Ares-1-X rocket was performed from a former shuttle launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
The flight was followed by the separation of the booster and the upper stage over the Pacific Ocean... Read more »
On October 18, 2009 at 16:12 UTC an Atlas 5 rocket-carrier with the DMSP Block 5D-3 F-18 satellite aboard was launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
On October 18, 2009 at 01:41 UTC the Russian Progress M-03M unmanned supply spacecraft docked with the ISS. The spacecraft delivered more than 2400 kg of cargo to the station, including propellant, oxygen, food, scientific equipment, crew parcels.
The Russian postal stationery is devoted to the 80th birthday anniversary of Russian cosmonaut A.Nikolaev (Vostok-3, Soyuz-9). The cover was postmarked in Zvyozdny gorodok (Star town) on September 05, A.Nikolaev’s birthday. A.Nikolaev lived there more than 40 years as well as he trained for his space flights there too.
On October 15, 2009 the Russian Progress M-03M unmanned supply spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station from the Baykonur Cosmodrome at 01:14 UTC.
The Russian SoyuzTMA-14 spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and space tourist Guy Laliberte aboard undocked from the International Space Station at 01:07 UTC on October 11, 2009.
