On July 23, 2015 at 02:45 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-17M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Rassvet” (MIM-1) module of the International Space Station in automatic regime.

The Soyuz TMA-17M delivered three new members of Expedition 44 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也) and American astronaut Kjell Lindgren. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonauts Gennadiy Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko as well as American astronaut Scott Kelly to form Expedition 44 crew of 6 members.

On July 23, 2015 at 00:02 UTC (on July 22 at 21:02 Moscow time) the Russian “Soyuz TMA-17M” 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 Oleg Kononenko (center); flight-engineer, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也) (right); flight-engineer, American astronaut Kjell Lindgren (left).

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On July 13, 2015 at 16:40 UTC the “Flock-1E-1” and “Flock-1E-2” CubeSat satellites were launched from the International Space Station. The satellites were delivered to the ISS by the “Dragon” (SpX-6 (CRS-6) flight) unmanned supply spacecraft on April 17, 2015.

On July 05, 2015 at 07:11 UTC the Russian “Progress M-28M” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Pirs” (Pier) module. The spacecraft carried 2381 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew. The successful launch, rendezvous and docking came after back-to-back resupply failures. The “Progress M-27M” launched on April 28 spun out of control shortly after reaching orbit and one week ago, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated during ascent, destroying the “Dragon” (CRS-7 flight) unmanned supply spacecraft loaded with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and equipment.

On July 03, 2015 at 07:55 UTC the “Progress M-28M” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-U” rocket-carrier. It is the first successful launch of a Progress cargo ship after an April failure. The spacecraft is loaded with about 2300 kilograms of supplies and equipment needed to replenish stockpiles aboard the International Space Station.

On June 28, 2015 at 14:21 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was to be 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 was to launch its "Dragon” (CRS-7 flight) unmanned spacecraft on a seventh cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. In about 3 minutes after lift off the rocket exploded. It was the ninth flight for SpaceX's unmanned “Dragon” cargo spacecraft and the seventh SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract.

On June 11 at 13:43 UTC the Russian “Soyuz TMA-15M” landing capsule landed safely in a distance of 148 kilometers south-east from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 43 – Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Italian astronaut Samantha Christoforetti and American astronaut Terry Virts.

They spent in space 199 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes.

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On June 11, 2015 at 10:20 UTC  the Russian “Soyuz TMA-15M” spacecraft undocked from the Russian "Rassvet” (MIM-1) module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 43 – Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Italian astronaut Samantha Christoforetti and American astronaut Terry Virts.

On May 21, 2015 at 16:42 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at about 250 kilometers southwest of Long Beach, California, USA. The Dragon delivered to Earth about 1400 kilograms (3100 pounds) of cargo. It was the "SpaceX CRS-6” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services.

On May 21, 2015 the station's robotic arm removed the “Dragon” (SpaceX CRS-6) unmanned supply spacecraft from a berthing port on the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Controlled by ground controllers and then astronaut Scott Kelly, the robotic arm let go of the "Dragon” resupply vehicle at 11:04 UTC.