On September 4, 2023 at 04:17 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-6 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Jacksonville, USA. The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth 4 members of Expedition 69: US astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE’s astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They spent in space 185 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes. 7 other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Konstantin Borisov; US astronauts Francisco Rubio and Jasmin Moghbeli; astronaut from Denmark Andreas Mogensen; Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 69 crew members.

On September 3, 2023 at 11:05 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-6 mission) spacecraft undocked from the forward docking port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth 4 members of Expedition 69: US astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE’s astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

On August 27, 2023 at 13:16 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-7 mission) spacecraft docked with the zenith docking port of the “Harmony” module of the International Space Station. The mission also known as USCV-7 (US Crew Vehicle 7). The spacecraft delivered US astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, Denmark’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov to the ISS. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 69 members - Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Sultan Al Neyadi (النيادي سلطان سيف مفتاح حمد) and Andrey Fedyaev.

On August 26, 2023 at 07:27 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endurance” (Crew-7 mission) spacecraft was launched from SLC-40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The mission is also known as USCV-7 (US Crew Vehicle 7). The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier.

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On August 25, 2023 at 06:45 Moscow time, the Russian “Progress MS-24” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was docked to the Russian “Zvezda” module. The spacecraft delivered about 2500 kilograms of cargo for the ISS crew.

On August 23, 2023 at 04:08 Moscow time, the “Progress MS-24” 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 August 21, 2023 at 02:50 Moscow time the Russian “Progress MS-22” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian “Zvezda” module of the International Space Station. At the same day at 05:58 Moscow time, the spacecraft was deorbited and burnt down in atmosphere.

On August 17, 2023 American astronaut Karol Joseph 'Bo' Bobko passed away. He was 85. He performed 3 missions into space with the total time of 16 days.

On August 9, 2023, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to test the relocation of a cosmonaut using the European ERA manipulator. They also installed three debris shields on Russian “Rassvet” module, where the airlock and radiator were docked. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 35 minutes. It was the 8^th EVA for Sergey Prokopyev and the 6^th EVA for Dmitry Petelin. It was the 171^st EVA performed by Soviet/Russian cosmonauts since 1965.

On August 10, 2023, Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko, pilot-cosmonaut of USSR, passed away at the age of 76. A retired cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, Aleksandr Viktorenko, performed 4 missions into space with the total time of 489 days.