On July 16, 2022 at 15:21 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-25 (CRS-25 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station. It was the new generation of Dragon cargo spacecraft also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 5^th SpaceX cargo vehicle that automatically docked to the space station without being captured by the Canadarm. This docking marked the 25^th time a Dragon cargo spaceship has reached the space station, counting a demonstration flight in 2012 as well as the 4th time for the cargo version of the SpaceX Dragon-2 (Cargo Dragon-2).

On July 15, 2022 at 00:44 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-25 flight also known as SpX-25) unmanned spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It is the 26^th successful flight of a “Dragon” spacecraft and the 25^th successful flight of a “Dragon” cargo spacecraft to the ISS. It was the 5^th flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the 5^th launch of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or ... Read more »

On June 29, 2022 at 06:55 UTC, the US "Cygnus” CRS-17 (NG-17, the S. S. Piers Sellers) unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited.

On June 28, 2022 at 07:00 UTC, the US "Cygnus” CRS-17 (NG-17, the S. S. Piers Sellers) unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. After that, the spacecraft, was released by using the “Canadarm-2” orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 11:07 UTC. It was the 17^th successful flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS.

Valeriy Ryumin, famous Russian cosmonaut, passed away on June 6, 2022. He was 82 years old. He performed 4 space flights.

On June 5, 2022 at 09:42 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-14” manned spacecraft successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the space station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Commander, Chen Dong (陈冬); Liu Yang (刘洋); Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲). The crew is to spent 6 months on board the “Tianhe” space station.

On June 5, 2022 at 02:44 UTC the "Shenzhou-14” 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) rocket-carrier.

The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Chen Dong (陈冬) - center; Liu Yang ( ... Read more »

On June 3, 2022 at 13:02 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-20” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Zvezda” module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew.

On June 3, 2022 at 09:32 UTC the “Progress MS-20” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.

On June 1, 2022 the “Progress MS-18” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific at 11:51 UTC.