Soyuz MS-16 launch cover. The cover was autographed by the “Soyuz MS-16” crew: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner and American astronaut Christopher Cassidy.

On June 10, 2020 at 18:32 UTC the “Long March – 2C” (“Changzheng-2C”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the “Haiyang-1D” ocean monitoring satellite.

On June 4, 2020 at 01:25 UTC the " Falcon-9” rocket-carrier was launched Cape Canaveral launch site of US Air Force. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited 60 more satellites for the “Starlink” project.

On May 31, 2020 at 14:16 UTC the US Crew Dragon (Demo-2 mission) spacecraft docked with a docking adapter on the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered American astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS.

The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 63 members - Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner as well as American astronaut Christopher Cassidy.

On May 31, 2020, at 08:53 the “Long March –2D” (“Changzheng-2D”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited the “Gaofen-9” (02) remote sensing satellite and the HEAD-4 satellite. The first one will be used in land surveys, urban planning, road network design and crop yield estimates, as well as disaster relief. The HEAD 4 satellite will provide the tracking of ships and aircraft, environmental monitoring and asset supervision services.

On May 30, 2020 at 19:22 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon (Demo-2 mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 2 astronauts - spacecraft commander Douglas Hurley (right) and joint operations commander Robert Behnken (left).

The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on May 31. Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken will join current ISS expedition members Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishi ... Read more »

On May 29, 2020 the US "Cygnus” CRS-13 (NG-13 “S.S. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.”) unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

On May 29, 2020 at 20:13 UTC the "Chang Zheng-11” (Long March-11) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The rocket orbited two Earth-imaging “technology experiment” satellites designated XJS-G and XJS-H.

On May 25, 2020 at 14:46 UTC the 9^th Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV "Kounotori-9”) was installed on its berthing port of the "Harmony” module of the International Space Station. American astronauts Christopher Cassidy operating the Canadian-built arm, captured the HTV-9 “Kounotori” spacecraft at 12:13 UTC. HTV-9 is the last spacecraft of the current series of HTV cargo space vehicles. Japan is developing a more capable supply freighter named the HTV-X, which will deliver heavier payloads to the space station.

On May 22, 2020 at 07:31 UTC the “Soyuz-2.1B” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat” booster orbited the Russian military satellite. The satellite was likely the 4^th EKS (Tundra) missile warning satellites. The new generation of EKS satellites replace Russia’s Oko series of missile warning spacecraft, the last of which launched in 2012.

On May 20, 2020 at 17:31 UTC the Japanese HTV-9 (H-2 Transfer Vehicle) unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Tanegashima Cosmodrome situated at the island located 115 km south of Kyushu. Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The spacecraft was orbited by the Japanese H-2B rocket-carrier. The mission is Japan's 9^th cargo delivery flight to the International Space station. The HTV-9 mission is also named Kounotori-9. Kounotori is the Japanese word for white stork. The spacecraft is to deliver about 6000 kilograms of cargo to the station’s crew. HTV-9 is the last spacecraft of the current series of HTV cargo space vehicles. Japan is developing a more capable supply freighter named the HTV-X, which will deliver heavier payloads to the space station.