On September 16, 2021 at 00:56 UTC, the Chinese "Shenzhou-12” (神舟十二号) manned spacecraft undocked from Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the new space station to deliver to Earth the 3 cosmonauts – Nie Haisheng (聂海胜), Liu Boming (刘伯明) and Tang Hongbo (汤鸿波).

On September 12, 2021, Japanes astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet performed the spacewalk to build a support fixture for a roll-out solar array blanket that will be attached later, to replace a device that measures the strength of the electrical environment around the ISS. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 54 minutes. It was the 4^th spacewalk for Akihiko Hoshide and the 6^th spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet.

On September 9, 2021, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy and Pyotr Dubrov performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to continue power and ethernet cable connections and installing handrails on the “Nauka” module. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes (from 14:55 till 22:15 UTC). It was the 3^rd EVA for both cosmonauts.

On September 3, 2021, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy and Pyotr Dubrov performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk). The main objective of the spacewalk was accomplished: all eight power cables were successfully connected, along with partial connection of an ethernet cable, tying “Nauka” module into the station’s shared power and internet systems. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 54 minutes (from 14:41 till 22:35 UTC). It was the 2^nd EVA for both cosmonauts.

On August 30, 2021 at 14:30 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-23 (CRS-23 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station. It was the new generation of Dragon cargo spacecraft also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. It was the 3^rd SpaceX cargo vehicle that automatically docked to the space station without being captured by the Canadarm. This docking marked the 23^rd time a Dragon cargo spaceship has reached the space station, counting a demonstration flight in 2012 as well as the 3^rd time for the cargo version of the SpaceX Dragon-2 (Cargo Dragon-2).

On August 29, 2021 at 07:14 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. US private company SpaceX launched its "Dragon” (CRS-23 flight also known as SpX-23) unmanned spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It is the 24^th successful flight of a “Dragon” spacecraft and the 23^rd successful flight of a “Dragon” cargo spacecraft to the ISS. It was the 3^rd flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the 3^rd launch of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or ... Read more »

On August 20, 2021 Chinese cosmonauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming performed the spacewalk to install a coolant pump and to lift a panoramic camera on the exterior of the complex. The EVA lasted 5 hours and 55 minutes. It was the 3^rd spacewalk for Liu Boming and the 1^st spacewalk for Nie Haisheng. The spacewalk was the third extravehicular activity in the history of China’s space program.

On August 12, 2021, the American "Cygnus” CRS-16 (NG-16, the S. S. Ellison Onizuka) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm at 10:07 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Unity” module at 13:42 UTC. The spacecraft delivered about 3700 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station. It was the 16^th docking of a "Cygnus” spacecraft with the ISS. This is the 5^th flight of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract.

On August 10, 2021 at 22:01 UTC the "Cygnus” privately owned U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, USA. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Antares-230” rocket-carrier. The "Cygnus” NG-16 (the S. S. Ellison Onizuka), previously known as CRS OA-16, unmanned supply spacecraft, built by U.S. space firm Orbital Sciences Corp., was orbited on its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. The "Cygnus” NG-16 is the 16^th successful flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus.

On July 29, 2021 at 13:29 UTC the Russian “Nauka” module, also known as Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), was docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the nadir docking port of the Russian “Zvezda” (“Star”) service module. Russian “Nauka”, or “science,” research module has a mass of about 20.2 tons and extends about 13 meters long. It’s the first large pressurized element to be permanently added to the space station since 2011, and will become one of the biggest modules at the complex.