On November 11, 2021 at 23:32 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-3 mission) spacecraft docked with a docking adapter on the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The mission also known as USCV-3 (US Crew Vehicle 3). The spacecraft delivered US astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron as well as German astronaut Matthias Maurer to the ISS. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 66 members – Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov as well as US astronaut Mark Vande Hei.

On November 11, 2021 at 02:03 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-3 mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The mission also known as USCV-3 (US Crew Vehicle 3). The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 4 astronauts – spacecraft commander American astronaut Raja Chari; pilot, American astronaut Thomas Marshburn; mission specialist 1, German astronaut Matthias Maurer; mission specialist 2, American astronaut Kayla Barron. It was the maiden flight of Crew Dragon Endurance.

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On November 9, 2021 at 03:33 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-2 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth 4 members of Expedition 66: US astronauts Robert Kimbrough and Katherine Megan McArthur, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. They spent in space 199 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes.

3 other ISS crew members - Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov as well as US astronauts Mark Vande Hei remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 66 crew members. It was the 3^rd piloted flight of the “Crew Dragon” spacecraft (it is also known as ... Read more »

On November 8, 2021 at 19:05 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-2 mission) spacecraft undocked from zenith docking port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth 4 members of Expedition 66: US astronauts Robert Kimbrough and Katherine Megan McArthur, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

On November 7, 2021 Chinese cosmonauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping performed the spacewalk from the “Tianhe” ('Harmony of the Heavens') core module to install an adapter linking the space station’s two robotic arms, to install a suspension device on the robotic arm and to test typical movements outside the cabin. Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. Ye Guangfu, the other crew member on the “Shenzhou-13” mission, monitored and assisted the spacewalkers from inside the space station.

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On October 30, 2021 at 04:31 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-18” 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 October 28, 2021 at 00:00:32 UTC the “Progress MS-18” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.

In accordance with the flight program of the International Space Station, on October 21, 2021, the Russian “Progress MS-17” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the ISS. After spending more than a day in an autonomous flight, on October 22, 2021 at 07:21 Moscow time, the “Progress MS-17” was docked to the Russian “Nauka” multi-purpose laboratory module of the ISS in the normal mode. The supply spacecraft was in autonomous flight for 29 hours, making a series of corrective maneuvers. It moved away from the International Space Station to a maximum distance of 185 km, waiting for ballistic conditions for docking to the “Nauka” module. It was the first docking of a cargo spacecraft of the Progress MS series to the new module of the Russian segment of the ISS.

On October 21, 2021 at 02:42 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-17” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Poisk” module of the International Space Station.

On October 17, 2021 at 04:35 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-18” landing capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, 156 km at the southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. The spacecraft delivered to Earth one member of Expedition 65 – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy as well as 2 spaceflight-participants: film director Klim Shipenko and spaceflight-participant, actress Yulia Peresild. All three are from Russia. Oleg Novickiy spent in space 190 days, 20 hours and 53 minutes. Klim Shipenko and Yulia Peresild spent in space 11 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes.

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