On April 25, 2020 at 01:51 UTC the “Progress MS-14” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier. The Soyuz rocket was decorated to mark the 75^th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army and the Soviet people over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

On April 17, 2020 at 05:16 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-15” landing capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan.

The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 62 – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, American astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir spent in space 205 days; Andrew Morgan – 272 days. Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner a ... Read more »

On April 17, 2020 at 01:53 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-15” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 62 – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, American astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan.

On April 9, 2020 at 14:13 UTC the Russian "Soyuz MS-16” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Poisk” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered 3 members of Expedition 63 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner as well as American astronaut Christopher Cassidy. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 62 members – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, American astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan.

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On April 9, 2020 at 08:05 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-16” 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 cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner (right) as well as American astronaut Christopher Cassidy (left).

Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center.

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On April 7, 2020 at 18:50 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles. It was the "SpaceX CRS-20” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 20^th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking and the final mission under a 20-flight Cargo Resupply Services contact between SpaceX and NASA. It was the last flight of Dragon cargo spacecraft under Commercial Resupply Services phase 1. The second contract (CRS-2) was awarded in January 2016 and will begin with the SpaceX CRS-21 mission planned for October 2020 us ... Read more »

On April 7, 2020 at 10:30 UTC the station's robotic arm removed the Dragon capsule from its berthing port on the station’s Harmony module. Using a command issued from the mission control center, the robot arm released the Dragon CRS-20 spacecraft at 13:06 UTC. It was the 20^th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012. For the final time, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule was released from the International Space Station’s robotic arm. Beginning later this year, SpaceX will fly upgraded Dragon cargo spaceships that will dock automatically with the space station.

On March 18, 2020 American astronaut Alfred Worden passed away. He was 88. Alfred Worden was the command module pilot for the “Apollo-15” lunar mission in 1971.

On March 9, 2020 at 12:18 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-20 (CRS-20 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station. The linkup operation was carried out with the help of the giant 17-meter Canadarm. The capture with Canadarm-2 was performed by American astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan at 10:25 UTC. The Dragon spacecraft was maneuvered into position and attached to a berthing port on the space station's Harmony module. It was the last SpaceX cargo vehicle captured by the Canadarm as future vehicles will automatically dock to the space station. This docking marked the 20^th time a Dragon spaceship has reached the space station, counting a demonstration flight in 2012. The Dragon spacecraft delivered supplies, equipment and research investigations for the station’s cr ... Read more »

On March 7, 2020 at 04:50 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from SLC-40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, 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-20 flight also known as SpX-20) unmanned spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It is the 21^st successful flight of a “Dragon” spacecraft and the 20^th successful flight of a “Dragon” to the ISS.