On August 30, 2022 American astronaut Don Leslie Lind passed away. He was 92.

On August 20, 2022 at 18:53 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the in the Atlantic Ocean not far from Florida, USA. It was the "SpaceX CRS-25” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 5^th flight of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 25^th flight of Cargo Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.

On August 19, 2022 at 15:05 UTC, the Dragon CRS-25 spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. It’s the 5^th flight of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 25^th flight of Cargo Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.

On August 17, 2022, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to continue work on integrating the European remote manipulator ERA into the Russian segment of the ISS. Spacesuit problems - voltage fluctuations - forced Oleg Artemyev to return early to the “Poisk” airlock compartment on an expedited bases to hook up to ISS power. The spacewalk was shorted and not all tasks were completed. The EVA lasted 4 hours and 01 minute. It was the 7^th EVA for Oleg Artemyev and the 3^rd EVA for Denis Matveev.

Anatoliy Filipchenko, famous Soviet cosmonaut, passed away on August 7, 2022. He was 94 years old. He performed 2 space flights.

On July 27, 2022 at 11:31 Beijing time, the Chinese “Tianzhou-3” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

On July 24, 2022 at 19:13 UTC the Chinese new “Wentian” science module successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station.

The illustration shows the configuration of the “Tiangong” space station after docking of the “Wentian” module (left) to the “Tianhe” core module (right). The “Shenzhou-14” crew spacecraft ... Read more »

On July 17, 2022 at 02:59 UTC the Chinese “Tianzhou-3” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Chinese “Tianhe” core module (Chinese Tiangong Space Station).

On July 24, 2022 at 06:22 UTC, the new “Wentian” science module was launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSLC), located in Wenchang on Hainan Island off China’s southern coastline. The module was orbited by the Chang Zheng-5B (Long March-5B) rocket-carrier. The 25-ton “Wentian” science module is the second major element of the Chinese “Tiangong” space station. The module will dock with the “Tianhe” core module on China’s “Tiangong” station later on July 24. Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe living on the “Tiangong” complex will monitor Wentian’s arrival, then become the first crew members to float into the station’s new module.

On July 21, 2022, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti performed the joint spacewalk (extra vehicle activities - EVA) to continue outfitting a European robotic arm and to deploy 10 nanosatellites for radio technology experiments. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 04 minutes.

The joint spacewalk is a rarity. The last time a non-Russian astronaut performed a spacewalk in a Russian Orlan spacesuit was in 2009, when NASA astronauts worked with Russian crewmates outside the station. Cristoforetti, a former Italian Air Force pilot, became the fourth European astronaut to conduct a spacewalk in a Russian spacesuit, but the first European to do it outside the International Space Stati ... Read more »