On April 8, 2016 at 20:43 UTC the "Falcon 9FT” rocket-carrier was launched from the Cape Canaveral US Air Force Station in Florida. 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” SpX-8 (CRS-8 flight) unmanned spacecraft to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. The Dragon spacecraft is carrying about 3,136 kilograms of supplies for the space station crew and for experiments being conducted aboard the ISS. It is the 9th successful flight of a “Dragon” spacecraft and the 8th successful flight of a “Dragon” to the ISS. The most recent Dragon mission lifted off last June however the Dragon was lost during ascent after its Falcon 9 carrier rocket suffered a structural failure of its second stage.... Read more »
On April 08, 2016 the "Progress M-29M” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. It’s engine was started for deorbiting at 13:31 UTC and then at 14:07 UTC non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.
On April 2, 2016 at 17:58 UTC the Russian “Progress MS-02” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Zvezda” (Star) module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the six-member ISS crew.
On March 31, 2016 at 16:23 UTC the “Progress MS-02” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.
On March 30, 2016 at 14:15 UTC the “Progress M-29M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Zvezda” (Star) module of the International Space Station. During an autonomous flight the spacecraft will be used to conduct a number of scientific experiments.
On March 26, 2016 the American "Cygnus” (CRS OA--6 “Rick Husband”) private unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a robotic arm operated by astronauts inside the space station at 10:51 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Unity” module at 14:52 UTC. The spacecraft delivered about 3300 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station. It was the 5th docking of a "Cygnus” spacecraft with the ISS.
On March 23, 2016 at 03:05 UTC (on March 22 at 23:05 EDT) the "Cygnus” privately owned U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral launch site of US Air Force. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Atlas V” rocket-carrier. The "Cygnus” (CRS OA--6 “Rick Husband”) unmanned supply spacecraft, built by U.S. space firm Orbital Sciences Corp., was orbited by the “Atlas V” rocket-carrier on its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. The "Cygnus” (CRS OA-6) is the 5th successful flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus.
On March 19, 2016 at 03:09 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-20M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Poisk” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered three new members of Expedition 47 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka as well as American astronaut Jeffrey Williams. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Timothy Kopra and British astronaut Timothy Peake to form Expedition 47 crew of 6 members.
On March 18, 2016 at 21:26 UTC (on March 19 at 00:26 Moscow time) the Russian “Soyuz TMA-20M” 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); Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (right) and American astronaut Jeffrey Williams (left).
On March 2, 2016 at 04:29 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-18M” landing capsule landed safely in a distance of 147 kilometers from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 46 –Russian cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko as well as American astronaut Scott Kelly. Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly spent in space 340 days. Sergey Volkov spent in space 182 days.
Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Timothy Kopra and British astronaut Timothy Peake remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as t
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