China launched Tianzhou-7 (天舟七号) cargo spacecraft.
On January 17, 2024 at 14:27 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-7” (天舟七号) unmanned supply spacecraft. The spacecraft is to dock with the Chinese space station.
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Cygnus CRS NG-19 spacecraft was undocked from space station.
On December 22, 2023 at 10:00 UTC, the US "Cygnus” CRS-19 (NG-19, the S. S. Laurel Clark) 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 13:06 UTC.
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Dragon CRS-29 supply spacecraft returned to Earth.
On December 22, 2023 at 17:33 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, USA. It was the "SpaceX CRS-29” mission. It was the second flight of the Dragon C211 capsule. Dragon C211 is the third SpaceX Dragon 2 cargo variant.
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Chinese cosmonauts performed spacewalk.
On December 21, 2023 Chinese cosmonauts Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie performed the spacewalk to repair a solar array due to damages caused by micro meteoroids and debris. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 30 minutes. It was the 2nd spacewalk for Tang Hongbo and the 1st spacewalk for Tang Shengjie.
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