On April 9, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, the Russian "Soyuz MS-18” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered 3 members of Expedition 64/65 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy and Pyotr Dubrov as well as American astronaut Mark Vande Hei. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 64 members – Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov; American astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker; Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The 10 members of Expedition 64 will work together till April 17, 2021. On April 17, 2021, Serge ... Read more »

On April 9, 2021 at 07:42 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-18” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novickiy (center), Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov (right) and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei (left).

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On April 5, 2021 the Crew Dragon “Resilience” (Crew-1 mission) spacecraft was redocked from the forward docking port on the “Harmony” module to the top-facing, or zenith, docking port on the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. During the redocking the crew consisted of American astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The redocking mission lasted 38 minutes. It was the first relocation maneuver for a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew relocated the Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft to clear the way for the next Crew Dragon (Crew-2 mission) to dock with the forward docking port on the “Harmony” module.

On March 13, 2021 American astronauts Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins performed the spacewalk. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 47 minutes. It was the 4^th spacewalk for Victor Glover and the 5^th spacewalk for Michael Hopkins.

On March 5, 2021 American astronauts Kathleen Rubins and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi performed the spacewalk to complete assembly of two solar array support fixtures, part of a $100 million power system upgrade. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 56 minutes. It was the 4^th spacewalk for Kathleen Rubins and the 4^th for Soichi Noguchi.

On February 28, 2021 American astronauts Kathleen Rubins and Victor Glover performed the spacewalk for the first in a series of spacewalks to upgrade the lab’s aging solar power system, assembling a support fixture that eventually will hold a new solar blanket. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 04 minutes. It was the 3^rd spacewalk for both Kathleen Rubins and for Victor Glover.

On February 22, 2021, the American "Cygnus” CRS-15 (NG-15, the S. S. Katherine Johnson) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm at 09:38 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Unity” module at 12:16 UTC. The spacecraft delivered about 3700 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station. It was the 15^th docking of a "Cygnus” spacecraft with the ISS. This is the 4^th flight of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract.

On February 20, 2021 at 17:36 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-15 (the S. S. Katherine Johnson), previously known as CRS OA-15, 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-15 is the 15^th successful flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus.

On February 17, 2021 at 06:26 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-16” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked by using manual docking system operated by Expedition 64 commander, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov to the “Pirs” module of the ISS. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew.

American female astronaut Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford passed away on February 2, 2021. She performed 1 space flights by Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-40) in June 1991.