On October 17, 2021 at 01:14 UTC, the Russian “Soyuz MS-18” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver 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.

On October 15, 2021 at 22:48 UTC (on October 16 by Beijing time) the Chinese "Shenzhou-13” manned spacecraft successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the space station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Commander, Zhai Zhigang (翟志刚); Wang Yaping (王亚平) ; Ye Guangfu (叶光富). The crew is to spent 6 months om board the “Tianhe” space station.

On October 15, 2021 at 16:23 UTC the "Shenzhou-13” (神舟十三号) manned spacecraft was launched from Chinese Jiuquan Cosmodrome in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The space vehicle was orbited by the Chinese "Chang Zheng-2F” (Long March 2F 长征二号F运载火箭) rocket-carrier.

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On October 5, 2021 at 12:22 UTC, the Russian "Soyuz MS-19” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Russian crew members to the ISS - cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov; spaceflight-participant, film director Klim Shipenko and spaceflight-participant, actress Yulia Peresild. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 65 members – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy and Pyotr Dubrov; American astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Robert Kimbrough and Katherine Megan McArthur; Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide; French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The 10 crew members will work together till October 17, 2021. Klim Shipenko will have to shoot about 35-40 minutes of film on board the ISS, a ... Read more »

On October 5, 2021 at 08:55 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-19” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier. There are 3 Russian crew members aboard the spacecraft: Commander, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center); spaceflight-participant, film director Klim Shipenko (right) and spaceflight-participant, actress Yulia Peresild (left).

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On October 1, 2021 at 02:59 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the in the Atlantic Ocean not far from Florida, USA. It was the "SpaceX CRS-23” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 3^rd flight of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 23^rd flight of Cargo Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.

On September 30, 2021 at 13:12 UTC, the Dragon CRS-23 spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. It’s the 3^rd flight of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 23^rd flight of Cargo Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.

On September 28, 2021 the Russian “Soyuz MS-18” spacecraft was successfully redocked from the "Rassvet” module to the Russian “Nauka” module. The operations were carried out manually by Soyuz commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novickiy. During the operations on board the Soyuz MS-18 there were also flight engineers, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei. The undocking command was issued at 12:21 UTC. The Soyuz departed from the station, flew around it, and docked to the “Nauka” module at 13:04 UTC. It was the first docking to the “Nauka” module which had arrived in July 2021. The relocation maneuver cleared the way for the “Soyuz MS-19” crew spacecraft to dock with the “Rassvet” module at the space station in October. During the redocking, the 4 othe ... Read more »

On September 20, 2021 at 14:08 UTC the Chinese “Tianzhou-3” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the Chinese “Tianhe” space station core module. Tianzhou means “heavenly vessel” in Chinese. The spacecraft delivered supplies to support the next crew to live aboard the “Tianhe” space station. The “Shenzhou-13” crew is scheduled to launch in mid-October for a six-month expedition on the space station.

On September 20, 2021 at 07:10 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-3” unmanned supply spacecraft. The spacecraft is to dock with the Chinese space station.