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 »

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason passed away on April 5, 2022. He performed 1 space flights by Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-85) in August 1997. He was 76 years old.

On March 31, 2022 at 18:40 Beijing time, the Chinese “Tianzhou-2” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

On March 30, 2022 at 11:28 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-19” landing capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, 142 km at the southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 66/67 – Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov as well as US astronaut Mark Vande Hei. Anton Shkaplerov spent in space 176 days, 02 hours and 33 minutes. Pyotr Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei spent in space 355 days, 03 hours and 45 minutes.

Seven other ISS crew members – Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron, Matthias Maurer, Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition ... Read more »

On March 30, 2022 at 07:21 UTC, the Russian “Soyuz MS-19” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 66/67 – Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov as well as US astronaut Mark Vande Hei.