US and Italian astronauts performed 4th spacewalk.
On January 25, 2020, American astronaut Andrew Morgan and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano performed the 4th spacewalk to finish the repairing of the AMS-02 cosmic ray detector. The EVA (extravehicular activity) lasted 6 hours and 16 minutes. This was the 6th spacewalk for Luca Parmitano and the 7th for Andrew Morgan.
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US astronauts performed 3rd all-female spacewalk.
On January 20, 2020 American astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir performed the third all-female spacewalk to finish installing a set of new solar array batteries aboard the ISS. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 58 minutes. It was the 6th spacewalk for Christina Koch and the 3rd one for Jessica Meir.
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US astronauts performed second all-female spacewalk.
On January 15, 2020 American astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir performed the second all-female spacewalk to install two powerful new lithium-ion batteries on the far left end of the station’s solar power truss. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 29 minutes. It was the 5th spacewalk for Christina Koch and the 2nd one for Jessica Meir.
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Dragon CRS-19 supply spacecraft returned to Earth.
On January 7, 2020 at 15:40 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean around 325 kilometers southwest of Long Beach, California. It was the "SpaceX CRS-19” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 19th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking.
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Dragon CRS-19 spacecraft undocked from ISS.
On January 7, 2020 at 08:41 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-19 spacecraft at 10:05 UTC. It was the 19th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.
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US launched the first Starliner spacecraft into wrong orbit.
On December 20, 2019 at 11:36 UTC the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft (Boe-OFT mission) was launched from SLC-41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The space vehicle was orbited by the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier. CST means Crew Space Transportation. Boe-OFT means Boeing Orbital Flight Test. It was the first orbital mission of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, conducted by Boeing as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. This unpiloted demonstration mission was planned to be an 8-day test flight of the spacecraft, involving the docking to the International Space Station. But the spacecraft flew into the wrong orbit soon after lifting off and burnt too much fuel. The docking with the ISS became impossible.
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Russian “Progress MS-13” spacecraft docked to Space Station.
On December 9, 2019 at 10:35 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-13” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Pirs” module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the six-member ISS crew.
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Dragon CRS-19 spacecraft docked to space station.
On December 8, 2019 at 12:47 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-19 (CRS-19 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 Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at 10:05 UTC. The Dragon spacecraft was maneuvered into position and attached to a berthing port on the space station's Harmony module. This docking marked the 19th time a Dragon spaceship has reached the space station, counting a demonstration flight in 2012. The Dragon spacecraft delivered 2617 kilograms of supplies, equipment and research investigations for the station’s crew.
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"Cygnus” (CRS NG-11) mission completed.
On December 6, 2019 the US "Cygnus” CRS-11 (NG-11 “S.S. Roger Chaffee”) unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific at 16:55 UTC.
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