On June 5, 2024 at 14:52 UTC the US Boeing CST-100 Starliner “Calypso” (Boe-CFT mission) spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SLC41), Florida, USA. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 45^th Space Wing of US Air Force and NASA. The space vehicle was orbited by the “Atlas-5” rocket-carrier.

The spacecraft is piloted by 2 astronauts – spacecraft commander, US astronaut Barry Wilmore and pilot, US astronaut Sunita Williams. CFT (Crew Flight Test) is the second mission for th ... Read more »

On June 1, 2024 at 14:43 Moscow time, the Russian “Progress MS-27” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Poisk” module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew.

On May 30, 2024 at 12:42 Moscow time, the “Progress MS-27” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.

On May 28, 2024 at 08:39 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-25” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. At the same day, the spacecraft was deorbited and burnt down in atmosphere.

On May 2, 2024 the Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-8 mission) spacecraft was redocked from the forward docking port of the “Harmony” module to the zenith docking port of the “Harmony” of the International Space Station. During the redocking (12:57 – 13:46 UTC) the crew consisted of US astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps as well as Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. The crew relocated the Crew Dragon “Endeavour” spacecraft to clear the way for arrival of Boeing CST-100 Starliner (Boe-CFT mission) spacecraft.

On April 30, 2024 at 09:46 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-17” 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 – Tang Hongbo (汤洪波), Tang Shengjie (唐胜杰), Jiang Xinlin (江新林). The cosmonauts spent in space 187 days, 06 hours and 32 minutes. The “Shenzhou-17” mission was the 12^th crewed spaceflight in China’s space program, and the 6^th crew mis ... Read more »

On April 30, 2024 at 05:38 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast from Tampa, Florida, USA. It was the "SpaceX CRS-30” mission. It was the 4^th flight of the Dragon C209 capsule. Dragon C209 is the second SpaceX Dragon 2 cargo variant (Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft).

On April 30, 2024 at 00:43 UTC, the Chinese "Shenzhou-17” manned spacecraft undocked from the “Tiangong/Shenzhou-18” space complex to deliver to Earth the 3 cosmonauts – Tang Hongbo (汤洪波), Tang Shengjie (唐胜杰), Jiang Xinlin (江新林). Three other crew members of the “Tiangong” space station – Chinese cosmonauts Ye Guangfu (叶光富), Li Cong (李 ... Read more »

On April 28, 2024 at 17:10 UTC, the Dragon CRS-30 spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station.

On April 26, 2024 at 03:32 (Beijing time) the Chinese "Shenzhou-18” manned spacecraft successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Ye Guangfu (叶光富), Li Cong (李聪), Li Guangsu (李广苏). The new comers joined the current Tiangong expedition members – Tang Hongbo ( ... Read more »