On March 14, 2019 at 19:14 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-12” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin (center), American astronauts Tyler «Nick» Hague (right) and Christina Koch (left).

Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center.

The “Soyuz MS-12” space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station in about 6 hours after the launch. Aleksey Ovchinin, Tyler Hague, Chr ... Read more »

On March 8, 2019 at 13:45 UTC, the unpiloted “Crew Dragon” (or “Dragon-2”) capsule (Mission Demo-1 or SpX-X-DM1) splashed down in the Atlantic east of Florida. Around an hour after splashdown, ground personal loaded the landing capsule onto the “Go Searcher” recovery vessel for the trip back to the Florida coast. It was the 1st flight of the “Dragon-2” spacecraft to the ISS with docking.

On March 8, 2019 at 07:31 UTC, the unpiloted “Crew Dragon” (or “Dragon-2”) spacecraft (Mission Demo-1 or SpX-X-DM1) undocked from the International Space Station. It was the 1^st flight of the “Dragon-2” spacecraft to the ISS with docking.

On March 3, 2019 at 10:51 UTC, the unpiloted “Crew Dragon” (or “Dragon-2”) spacecraft (Mission Demo-1 or SpX-DM1) successfully docked to the International Space Station. It is the first docking of the “Crew Dragon” (“Dragon-2”) with the ISS. The “Crew Dragon” docked to the forward port of the “Harmony” module, which had been fitted with an International Docking Adaptor (IDA). The IDA was delivered to the Station by the “Dragon-1” spacecraft (SpaceX CRS-9 mission) in July 2016. The Demo-1 mission marks the first flight of the new and improved “Dragon-2” spacecraft, which is longer and more massive than its “Dragon-1” predecessor.

On March 2, 2019 at 07:49 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited the “Crew Dragon” (or “Dragon-2”) unpiloted spacecraft (Mission Demo-1 or SpX-X-DM1). It is the first demonstration test flight of the “Crew Dragon”. Crew Dragon – which is also known as “Dragon-2” – is an evolution of the current “Dragon” spacecraft used for cargo and logistics missions to the International Space Station under Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contracts. The “Dragon-2” (DM-1 mis ... Read more »

On February 25, 2019 the US "Cygnus” (CRS NG-10 “S.S. John Young”) unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific at 09:05 UTC.

On February 8, 2019 the US "Cygnus” (CRS NG-10 “S.S. John Young”) unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Harmony module of the International Space Station. After that, the spacecraft, was released by US astronaut Anne McClain aboard the station using the “Canadarm-2” orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 16:16 UTC. It was the 10^th successful flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS.

On January 25, 2019 at 12:55 UTC the “Progress MS-09” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. At the same day, the spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific at 16:50 UTC.

On January 14, 2019 at 05:10 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Guadalupe Island, off the west coast of Baja California. For the first time the splashdown took place in the dark. It was the "SpaceX CRS-16” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 16th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking.

On January 13, 2019 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-16 spacecraft at 23:33 UTC. It was the 16th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.