On October 15, 2021 at 16:23 UTC the "Shenzhou-13” (神舟十三号) manned spacecraft was launched from Chinese Jiuquan Cosmodrome in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The space vehicle was orbited by the Chinese "Chang Zheng-2F” (Long March 2F 长征二号F运载火箭) rocket-carrier.

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On October 14, 2021 at 09:40 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Vostochny Cosmodrome, in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat-M” upper stage orbited 36 satellites for OneWeb’s broadband internet network. London-based OneWeb’s broadband relay network is designed to beam high-speed internet signals around the world.

On October 14, 2021 at 10:51 UTC the “Long March – 2D” (“Changzheng-2D”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the CHASE (Chinese H-Alpha Solar Explorer) satellite. It also has a Chinese name, Xihe, which is the name of the sun goddess in ancient Chinese mythology. The satellite is equipped with China's first solar telescope in space and will observe the deep-red H-Alpha line of the solar spectrum, enabling scientists to study solar flares. The rocket also carried two microsatellites from the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and another eight micro satellites for commercial use.

Soyuz MS-19 launch covers.

Space mail flown cover regarded to Dragon CRS-21 mission. The envelope was aboard of the International Space Station in 2020.

The cover was cancelled with the “ISS” octagonal board seal, the “Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment” official board post mark a ... Read more »

On October 5, 2021 at 12:22 UTC, the Russian "Soyuz MS-19” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Russian crew members to the ISS - cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov; spaceflight-participant, film director Klim Shipenko and spaceflight-participant, actress Yulia Peresild. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 65 members – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy and Pyotr Dubrov; American astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Robert Kimbrough and Katherine Megan McArthur; Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide; French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The 10 crew members will work together till October 17, 2021. Klim Shipenko will have to shoot about 35-40 minutes of film on board the ISS, a ... Read more »

On October 5, 2021 at 08:55 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-19” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier. There are 3 Russian crew members aboard the spacecraft: Commander, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center); spaceflight-participant, film director Klim Shipenko (right) and spaceflight-participant, actress Yulia Peresild (left).

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On October 1, 2021 at 02:59 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the in the Atlantic Ocean not far from Florida, USA. It was the "SpaceX CRS-23” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 3^rd flight of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 23^rd flight of Cargo Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.

On September 30, 2021 at 13:12 UTC, the Dragon CRS-23 spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. It’s the 3^rd flight of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 23^rd flight of Cargo Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.

On September 28, 2021 the Russian “Soyuz MS-18” spacecraft was successfully redocked from the "Rassvet” module to the Russian “Nauka” module. The operations were carried out manually by Soyuz commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novickiy. During the operations on board the Soyuz MS-18 there were also flight engineers, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei. The undocking command was issued at 12:21 UTC. The Soyuz departed from the station, flew around it, and docked to the “Nauka” module at 13:04 UTC. It was the first docking to the “Nauka” module which had arrived in July 2021. The relocation maneuver cleared the way for the “Soyuz MS-19” crew spacecraft to dock with the “Rassvet” module at the space station in October. During the redocking, the 4 othe ... Read more »