French astronaut Jean-Jacques Henri Favier passed away on March 19, 2023. He performed 1 space flights by Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-78) in July 1996. He was 73 years old.
On March 16, 2023 at 11:31 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-27 (CRS-27 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station (Harmony forward docking port). It was the new generation of Dragon cargo spacecraft also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 7th SpaceX cargo vehicle that automatically docked to the space station without being captured by the Canadarm. This docking marked the 27th time a Dragon cargo spaceship has reached the space station, counting a demonstration flight in 2012.
On March 15, 2023 at 00:30 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. US private company SpaceX launched its "Dragon” (CRS-27 flight also known as SpX-27) unmanned spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It is the 28th successful flight of a “Dragon” spacecraft and the 27th successful flight of a “Dragon” cargo spacecraft to the ISS. It was the 7th flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the 7th launch of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or
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On March 12, 2023 at 02:02 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-5 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida.
The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth 4 members of Expedition 68: US astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada; Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina. They spent in space 157 days, 10 hours and 01 minute.
7 other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Andrey Fedyaev; US astronauts Francisco Rubio, Stephen Bowen an
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On March 11, 2023 at 07:20 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-5 mission) spacecraft undocked from the forward docking port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth 4 members of Expedition 68: US astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada; Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina.
On February 28, 2023 Chinese cosmonauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu performed the spacewalk to install an instrument with 20 plugs. Fei Junlong had to connect almost 40 data lines to the Tianhe module. This required removing a protective cap from each socket and then inserting a rectangular plug with almost 50 contacts into the respective socket. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 50 minutes. It was the 2nd spacewalk for both Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu. It was a secret spacewalk. It was the 10th EVA of Chinese space program.
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.
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
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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
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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.
