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 Progress M-24M undocked from ISS.
On October 27, 2014 at 05:38 UTC the “Progress M-24M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Pirs” (Pier) module of the International Space Station. Since November 02 till November 19 the spacecraft will be used in the “Otrazhenie (Reflection)” scientific experiment. The spacecraft is to be deorbited on November 20, 2014.
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Dragon CRS-4 supply spacecraft returned to Earth.
On October 25, 2014 the station's robotic arm removed the “Dragon” unmanned supply spacecraft from a berthing port on the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Controlled by ground controllers and then astronaut Gregory Wiseman, the robotic arm let go of the "Dragon” resupply vehicle at 13:57 UTC.
On October 25, 2014 at 19:38 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at about 489 kilometers west of Baja California, Mexico.
The Dragon delivered to Earth about 1500 kilograms (3276 pounds) of cargo.
It was the "SpaceX CRS-4” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services.
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China launched test return orbiter for lunar mission.
On October 23, 2014 at 17:59 UTC the “Long March – 3C/G2” (“Changzheng-3C/G2”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, the southwest of China. The rocket orbited the lunar orbiter (an unmanned spacecraft) to test technologies to be used in the Chang'e-5, a future probe that will conduct the country's first moon mission with a return to Earth. The whole mission will take about eight days. Developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the spacecraft will fly around the moon for half a circle and return to Earth.
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Date: 16.11.2014
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Russian cosmonauts performed successful spacewalk.
On October 22, 2014 Russian cosmonauts Maksim Suraev and Aleksandr Samokutyaev performed the spacewalk to jettison three no-longer-needed components and carry out a photo survey of the Russian segment of the lab complex. The hatch of the “Pirs” module was opened at 13:24 UTC. The cosmonauts also removed a cover from a materials science space exposure experiment package, stowed it in the Pirs airlock and made their way to the Poisk module atop Zvezda where the Soyuz TMA-14M ferry craft is docked.
The EVA lasted 3 hours and 41 minutes. This was the 184th spacewalk devoted to station assembly and maintenance since construction began in 1998, and the second spacewalk for both Suraev and Samokutyaev.
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Proton rocket orbited Russian telecom satellite.
On October 21, 2014 at 15:09 UTC the Russian "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-M” booster orbited the “Express-AM6” communications satellite. The satellite will begin a 15-year mission, serving government and commercial users across Russia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East with digital television and radio broadcasts, high-speed broadband Internet services, and other applications.
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Date: 13.11.2014
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China launched remote sensing satellite.
On October 20, 2014 at 06:31 UTC the “Long March – 4C” (“Changzheng-4C”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the “Yaogan-22” remote sensing satellite. The satellite will be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveying, estimating crop yields and disaster relief.
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Date: 13.11.2014
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The U.S. “X-37B” (OTV-3) space plane landed.
On October 17, 2014 at 16:24 UTC the U.S. Air Force's X-37B unmanned space plane returned back to Earth. The plane touched down on runway 12 of Vandenberg U.S. Air Force base. The X-37B space plane concluded its third mission after spending 675 days in orbit.
USA-240, also referred to as Orbital Test Vehicle 3 (OTV-3), is the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B, an American unmanned robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing space plane. It was launched to low Earth orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on 11 December 2012. Its mission designation is part of the USA series.
The unpiloted reusable space plane — called the Orbital Test Vehicle by the Air Force — conducted on-orbit experiments during its mission, officials said.
Details on its activities in space have been kept secret by the Air Force, but some analysts speculate the winged spaceship could test next-generation surveillance, communications and intel
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Date: 13.11.2014
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Ariane rocket orbited 2 telecommunications satellites.
On October 16, 2014 at 21:44 UTC the “Ariane-5ECA” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the “Intelsat-30” and the “Arsat-1” telecommunications satellites.
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Date: 07.11.2014
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India launched navigation satellite.
On October 15, 2014 at 20:02 UTC the PSLV-C26 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island, India's primary launch site on the country's east coast. The rocket orbited the IRNSS-1C navigation satellite. The spacecraft is the third launch for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, a growing network of satellites to locate cars, airplanes, and shipping vessels across India and its neighbors.
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Date: 07.11.2014
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US astronauts performed spacewalk.
On October 15, 2014 American astronauts Gregory Wiseman and Barry Wilmore performed the spacewalkto replace a broken voltage regulator in one of eight solar power channels to restore the lab’s electrical grid to normal operation. They also worked through a list of lower-priority tasks, removing a broken camera, installing a replacement at a different location and relocating a support mast and wireless transmitter assembly in preparation for spacewalks next year. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 34 minutes.
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