On April 27, 2022 at 23:37 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Crew-4 mission) spacecraft docked with a docking adapter on the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The mission also known as USCV-4 (US Crew Vehicle 4). The spacecraft delivered US astronauts Kjell N. Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins as well as Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the ISS. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 67 members – Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron, Matthias Maurer, Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov.

On April 27, 2022 at 07:52 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Crew-4 mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The mission also known as USCV-4 (US Crew Vehicle 4). The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier.

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On April 25, 2022 at 17:06 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Axiom-1 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia. The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth US astronaut Michael López-Alegría and 3 flight participants (space tourists): Larry Connor from the United States, Eytan Stibbe from Israel and Mark Pathy from Canada. They spent in space 17 days, 1 hour and 49 minutes. It was the first fully commercial, non-government visit to the International Space Station. Axiom has not disclosed the price Connor, Pathy, and Stibbe paid for their flight to the space station. But NASA’s inspector general has said a seat on a Dragon mission costs roughly 55 million US dollars. ... Read more »

On April 25, 2022 at 01:10 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Axiom-1 mission) spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth 4 persons: the spacecraft Commander, US astronaut Michael López-Alegría and 3 flight participants (space tourists): Larry Connor from the United States, Eytan Stibbe from Israel and Mark Pathy from Canada.

On April 20, 2022 at 05:02 Beijing time, the Chinese “Tianzhou-3” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the aft docking port of the Chinese “Tianhe” core module and in about 4 hours it was docked to the forward docking port of the “Tianhe” core module.

On April 19, 2022, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to begin activating European robotic arm. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 37 minutes. It was the 4^th EVA for Oleg Artemyev and the 1^st EVA for Denis Matveev. It was the 156^th EVA performed by cosmonauts in Soviet/Russian spacesuits since Match 1965. Denis Matveev became the 72^nd Soviet/Russian cosmonaut who performed EVA.

On April 16, 2022 at 01:56 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-13” 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 – Zhai Zhigang (翟志刚), Wang Yaping (王亚平) and Ye Guangfu (叶光富).

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On April 15, 2022 at 16:44 UTC, the Chinese "Shenzhou-13” manned spacecraft undocked from Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the new space station to deliver to Earth the 3 cosmonauts – Zhai Zhigang (翟志刚), Wang Yaping (王亚平) ... Read more »

On April 09, 2022 at 12:32 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Axiom-1 mission) spacecraft docked with a docking adapter on the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered US astronaut Michael López-Alegría and 3 flight participants (space tourists): Larry Connor from the United States, Eytan Stibbe from Israel and Mark Pathy from Canada to the ISS. The new comers were welcomed by the current ISS Expedition 67 members – Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron, Matthias Maurer, Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov.

On April 8, 2022 at 15:17 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Axiom-1 mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier. There were 4 crew members onboard the Crew Dragon – Commander, Michael López-Alegría, a US citizen and retired NASA astronaut as well as three wealthy paying passengers (Eytan Stibbe from Israel, Larry Connor from the United States, and Mark Pathy from Canada). ... Read more »