On November 17, 2022, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk). They prepared the cooler heat exchanger on the “Rassvet” module for the transfer to the “Nauka” module. More tasks were Installation of the blocker at Strela-2 and the Installation of the bulky cargo securing device on Nauka module. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 25 minutes. It was the 3^rd EVA for Sergey Prokopyev and the 1^st EVA for Dmitry Petelin.

On November 17, 2022 Chinese cosmonauts Chen Dong and Cai Xuzhe performed the spacewalk to install a inter-module connecting device and raised the “Wentian” panoramic camera A. In addition, they installed handrails on the small robotic arm. The EVA lasted 5 hours and 34 minutes. It was the 3^rd spacewalk for Chen Dong and the 2^nd spacewalk for Cai Xuzhe.

On November 15, 2022 American astronauts Josh Cassada and Francisco Rubio performed the spacewalk to assemble a mounting bracket on the starboard side of the station's truss assembly. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 11 minutes. It was the 1^st spacewalk for both astronauts.

On November 14, 2022 at 23:21 UTC, the Chinese “Tianzhou-4” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

On November 12, 2022 at 04:10 UTC the Chinese “Tianzhou-5” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the Chinese “Tianhe” space station core module. Tianzhou means “heavenly vessel” in Chinese. The spacecraft delivered supplies to support the next crew to live aboard the “Tianhe” space station. The “Shenzhou-15” crew is scheduled to launch in the end of November for a six-month expedition on the space station.

On November 12, 2022 at 02:03 UTC, the Chang Zheng-7 (Long March-7) rocket-carrier was launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSLC), located in Wenchang on Hainan Island off China’s southern coastline. The rocket orbited the “Tianzhou-5” unmanned supply spacecraft. The spacecraft is to dock with the Chinese space station.

On November 9, 2022, the US "Cygnus” CRS-18 (NG-18, the S. S. Sally Ride) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm at 10:20 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Unity” module at 13:05 UTC. The spacecraft delivered about 3700 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station. It was the 18^th docking of a "Cygnus” spacecraft with the ISS. This is the 7^th flight of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract.

On November 9, 2022 at 06:55 UTC the Chinese “Tianzhou-4” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Chinese “Tianhe” core module (Chinese Tiangong Space Station).

On November 7, 2022 at 10:32 UTC the "Cygnus” privately owned U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, USA. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Antares-230” rocket-carrier. The "Cygnus” NG-18 (the S. S. Sally Ride), previously known as CRS OA-18, unmanned supply spacecraft, built by U.S. space firm Orbital Sciences Corp., was orbited on its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. The "Cygnus” NG-18 is the 18^th successful flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus.

On October 31, 2022 at 20:27 UTC the Chinese new “Mengtian” laboratory module successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station. Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe living on the “Tiangong” complex monitored the arrival of “Mengtian”.

Artist’s illustration of the Chinese “Tiangong” space station in its current configuration, with the newly arrived ... Read more »