 Russian Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft landed completing orbital torch relay.
On November 11, 2013 at 02:50 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-09M” landing capsule landed safely at a distance of 147 kilometers to South-East from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 37 – Russian cosmonaut Fjodor Yurchikhin, American astronauts Karen Nyberg (left) and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano (right).
They spent in space 166 days, 06 hours, 17 minutes. Packed safely away in the "Soyuz TMA-09M” spacecraft was an Olympic torch that was launched on November 7 with another three-person crew and carried outside the station on November 9 for a spacewalk. Olympic organizers plan to use the torch in the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Six other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, American a
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Russian Soyuz TMA-09M undocked from ISS.
On November 10, 2013 at 23:26 UTC (on November 11 at 03:26 Moscow time) the Russian "Soyuz TMA-09M” spacecraft undocked from the Russian "Zvezda” ("Star”) module of the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 37 – Russian cosmonaut Fjodor Yurchikhin, American astronauts Karen Nyberg and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano.
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Russian cosmonauts take Olympic torch on spacewalk for first time.
On November 09, 2013 two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy took an Olympic torch on a spacewalk for the first time in history as part of the Sochi 2014 torch relay. The spacewalk began at 14:34 UTC when the cosmonauts opened the hatch of the Russian "Pirs” module of the International Space Station. The torch, unlit for safety reasons, was taken out from the capsule of the International Space Station (ISS) at around 14:50 UTC by the spacewalkers. The torch will stay at the orbital station for another two days. It is due to be brought back to Earth by Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg and Italian Luca Parmitano, of the European Space Agency, who will depart the ISS on board the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on November 11. According to Russian officials, the "space" torch will be used t
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Russian Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft docked to the ISS.
On November 07, 2013 at 10:28 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-11M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Rassvet” module of the International Space Station in automatic regime.
The Soyuz TMA-11M delivered three new members of Expedition 38 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, American astronaut Richard Mastracchio, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.
The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonauts Fjodor Yurchikhin, Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, American astronauts Karen Nyberg and Michael Hopkins to form the station’s crew of 9 members (so-called Expedition 37 and a half).
When on November 11, 2013 Fjodor Yurchikhin, Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg return to Earth, the 6 others (Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy, Michael Hopkins, Mikhail Tyurin, Richard Mastracchio, and Koichi Wakata) will form Expedition 38 crew.
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Olympic Torch launched into space ahead of Games.
On November 07, 2013 at 04:14 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-11M” spacecraft carrying a three-man crew and the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian "Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier decorated with the symbols of the Sochi Games and the Olympic rings.
The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (center); flight-engineer, American astronaut Richard Mastracchio (right); Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (left). 
Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center.
The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station just after 4 orbits.
Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata will join current ISS expedition members, Russian cosmonauts Fjodo
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“Albert Einstein” spacecraft deorbited.
On November 02, 2013 at the European ATV-4 "Albert Einstein” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific at about 12:04 UTC.
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Soyuz TMA-09M redocking.
On November 01, 2013 the "Soyuz TMA-09M” spacecraft was redocked from the "Rassvet” module to the "Zvezda” module of the International Space Station.
The operation was carried out manually by Soyuz commander, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin. During the redocking the crew also consisted of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and American astronauts Karen Nyberg.
Three other crew members – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy as well as American astronaut Michael Hopkins - were in the station following the redocking operation.
The Soyuz TMA-09M undocked from the station at 08:33 UTC. The redocking mission lasted about 20 minutes. At 08:54 UTC the spacecraft docked to the docking port of the "Zvezda” module.
The docking port of the "Rassvet” module is to be occupied by the Soyuz TMA-11M manned spacecraft, which is scheduled for launch from Baykonur Cosmodrome on November 07, 2013.
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“Albert Einstein” spacecraft undocked from space station.
On October 28, 2013 at 08:55 UTC the European ATV-4 "Albert Einstein” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian "Zvezda” ("Star”) module of the International Space Station.
The undocking marked the end of a 134-day stay at the space station since the ATV arrived June 15 with seven tons of cargo, including food, experiments, spare components, water, oxygen and rocket fuel.
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The first space flight of Cygnus completed.
On October 23, 2013 at the "Cygnus” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Two braking burns at 13:06 and 17:41 UTC guided the "Cygnus” to re-entry over the sparsely-populated South Pacific.
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