On February 25, 26 and 27, 2014 several Nanosatellites were launched from the International Space station. The Nanosatellites delivered to the ISS by the "Cygnus” unmanned spacecraft were launched from the Japanese "Kibo” module of the ISS

The term "nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an artificial satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg.

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On February 20, 2014 Soviet cosmonaut Valeriy Kubasov, veteran of three space flights included the first joint flight between Soviet Union and the United States, passed away. He was 79.

To his family and friends astrophilatelist.com extends its sincere condolences.

On February 19, 2014 American astronaut Dale Gardner, veteran of 2 Space Shuttle flights, passed away. He was 65. He died from a sudden brain aneurysm. Gardner made history becoming the last of six astronauts to use the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) jetpack as he worked to return two malfunctioning satellites to Earth.

On February 19, 2014 at17:20 UTC the "Cygnus” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. The spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the South Pacific Ocean.

On February 18, 2014 the US "Cygnus” (CRS Orb-1 mission) unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. The spacecraft, which had been attached to the space station since January 12, was released by astronauts aboard the station using the orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 11:41 UTC. It was the second flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS. CRS Orb-1 is the first of eight contracted flights by Orbital Sciences under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.

On February 11, 12 and 13, 2014 several Nanosatellites were launched from the International Space station. The Nanosatellites delivered to the ISS by the "Cygnus” unmanned spacecraft were launched from the Japanese "Kibo” module of the ISS

The term "nanosatellite" or "nanosat" is applied to an artificial satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kg.

On February 11, 2014 at 15:06 UTC the "Progress M-20M” unmanned supply spacecraft’s engines were started for deorbiting. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific at 15:54 UTC.

On February 05, 2014 at 22:22 UTC (on February 06 at 02:22 Moscow time) the Russian "Progress M-22M” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian "Pirs” (Pier) module. The spacecraft carried about 2400 kilograms of cargo for the six-member ISS crew.

On February 05, 2014 at 16:23 UTC the "Progress M-22M” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the "Soyuz-U” rocket-carrier.

On February 03, 2014 at 16:21 UTC the "Progress M-20M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian "Pirs” (Pier) module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft is to be deorbited on February 11, 2014.