On September 4, 2023 at 04:17 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-6 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Jacksonville, USA. The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth 4 members of Expedition 69: US astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE’s astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They spent in space 185 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes. 7 other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Konstantin Borisov; US astronauts Francisco Rubio and Jasmin Moghbeli; astronaut from Denmark Andreas Mogensen; Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 69 crew members.

On September 3, 2023 at 11:05 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-6 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 69: US astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE’s astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

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Конверт космической почты (бортовой конверт) был погашен на борту международной космической станции (МКС) в 2022 году. Конверт погашен бортовыми печатями с датой 16 июля 2022 года, день стыковки американского грузового корабля «Дракон» (полёт CRS-25). На конверте автографы экипажа Союз МС-21: Олег Артемьев, Денис Матвеев, Сергей Корс ... Read more »

On August 27, 2023 at 13:16 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-7 mission) spacecraft docked with the zenith docking port of the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The mission also known as USCV-7 (US Crew Vehicle 7). The spacecraft delivered US astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, Denmark’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov to the ISS. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 69 members - Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Andrey Fedyaev.

On August 26, 2023 at 07:27 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-7 mission) spacecraft was launched from SLC-40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The mission is also known as USCV-7 (US Crew Vehicle 7). The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier.

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On August 25, 2023 at 06:45 Moscow time, the Russian “Progress MS-24” 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 August 23, 2023 at 04:08 Moscow time, the “Progress MS-24” 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 August 21, 2023 at 02:50 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-22” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Zvezda” module of the International Space Station. At the same day at 05:58 Moscow time, the spacecraft was deorbited and burnt down in atmosphere.

On August 17, 2023 American astronaut Karol Joseph 'Bo' Bobko passed away. He was 85. He performed 3 missions into space with the total time of 16 days.

On August 9, 2023, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to test the relocation of a cosmonaut using the European ERA manipulator. They also installed three debris shields on Russian “Rassvet” module, where the airlock and radiator were docked. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 35 minutes. It was the 8^th EVA for Sergey Prokopyev and the 6^th EVA for Dmitry Petelin. It was the 171^st EVA performed by Soviet/Russian cosmonauts since 1965.

On August 10, 2023, Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko, pilot-cosmonaut of USSR, passed away at the age of 76. A retired cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, Aleksandr Viktorenko, performed 4 missions into space with the total time of 489 days.

On August 4, 2023, the US "Cygnus” CRS-19 (NG-19, the S. S. Laurel Clark) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm at 09:52 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Unity” module at 12:28 UTC. The spacecraft delivered about 3500 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station.

On August 2, 2023 at 00:31 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-19 (the S. S. Laurel Clark), previously known as CRS OA-19, 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.

On July 20, 2023 Chinese cosmonauts Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu performed the spacewalk to install and lift the bracket for panoramic camera B of the core module; to unlock and lift the panoramic camera A/B of the “Mengtian” lab module. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 55 minutes. It was the 1^st spacewalk for both Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu.

On June 30, 2023 at 14:30 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, USA. It was the "SpaceX CRS-28” mission.

On June 29, 2023 at 16:30 UTC, the Dragon CRS-28 spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station.

On June 22, 2023, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to retrieve several experiment packages and to install communications equipment on “Zvezda” and “Poisk” modules. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 24 minutes. It was the 7^th EVA for Sergey Prokopyev and the 5^th EVA for Dmitry Petelin. It was the 170^th EVA performed by Soviet/Russian cosmonauts since 1965.

On June 15, 2023, US astronauts Steven Bowen and Warren Hoburg performed the spacewalk to install an iROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) on the 1B power channel on the starboard truss. The EVA lasted 5 hours and 35 minutes. It was the 10^th spacewalk for Steven Bowen and the 2^nd spacewalk for Warren Hoburg.

On June 09, 2023, US astronauts Steven Bowen and Warren Hoburg performed the spacewalk to install an upgraded iROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) on the 1A power channel on the starboard truss of the station. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 3 minutes. It was the 9^th spacewalk for Steven Bowen and the 1^st spacewalk for Warren Hoburg.

On June 5, 2023 at 19:10 UTC (on June 6 Beijing time), the Chinese “Tianzhou-5” unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the forward docking port of the “Tianhe” core module of the Chinese “Tiangong” space station after more than a month of independent flying. The cargo spacecraft undocked from “Tiangong” on May 05, 2023 to leave room for its successor, “Tianzhou-6”. It had been flying freely for 33 days before the re-docking.

On June 6, 2023 at 09:54 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-28 (CRS-28 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station (Harmony zenith docking port).

On June 5, 2023 at 15:47 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-28 flight also known as SpX-28) unmanned spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

On June 3, 2023 at 22:33 UTC (on June 4 by Beijing time) the Chinese "Shenzhou-15” landing capsule landed safely at the designated area of the Dongfeng landing site in the Gobi Desertin, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 Chinese cosmonauts – Fei Junlong (费俊龙), Deng Qingming (邓清明), Zhang Lu (张鹭). The cosmonauts spent in space 186 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes. The “Shenzhou-15” mission was the 10^th crewed spaceflight in China’s space program, and the 4^th crew mission to China’s new &l ... Read more »

On June 3, 2023 at 13:29 UTC, the Chinese "Shenzhou-15” manned spacecraft undocked from the “Tiangong/Shenzhou-16” space complex to deliver to Earth the 3 cosmonauts – Fei Junlong (费俊龙), Deng Qingming (邓清明), Zhang Lu (张鹭). Three other crew members of the “Tiangong” space station – Chinese cosmonauts Jing Haipeng (景海鹏), Zhu Yangzhu (朱 ... Read more »

On May 31, 2023 at 03:04 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Axiom-2 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Panama City, Florida. The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth US astronaut Peggy Whitson; US commercial astronaut John Shoffner; Saudi Arabian astronaut Ali AlQarni (علي القرني); Saudi Arabian woman-astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi (ريانة برناوي). They spent in space 9 days, 5 hours and 27 minutes. It was the 2^nd flight of the Crew Dragon “Freedom” capsule (Dragon capsule C212). The appropriately named Ax-2 mission was the second commercial station visit chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space private incorporated company.

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On May 30, 2023 at 15:05 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Axiom-2 mission) spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth 4 persons: the spacecraft Commander, US astronaut Peggy Whitson; US commercial astronaut John Shoffner; Saudi Arabian astronaut Ali AlQarni (علي القرني); Saudi Arabian woman-astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi (ريانة برناوي).

On May 30, 2023 at 08:29 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-16” manned spacecraft successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Jing Haipeng (景海鹏), Zhu Yangzhu (朱杨柱), Gui Haichao (桂海潮). The new comers joined the current Tiangong expedition members – Fei Junlong ( ... Read more »

The launch of the “Shenzhou-16” spacecraft added three astronauts to the population of humans in space, which reached a record number of 17 people in orbit — six Chinese citizens, five Americans, three Russians, two Saudis, and one Emirati astronaut. The arrival of Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gai Haichao in space broke the previous record of 14 people in orbit at one time.