 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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Cygnus spacecraft was undocked from space station.
On October 22, 2013 the US "Cygnus” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station. The spacecraft, which had been attached to the space station since Sept. 29, was released by astronauts aboard the station using the orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 11:31 UTC.
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U.S. “Cygnus” private spacecraft arrived at space station.
On September 29, 2013 the American "Cygnus” 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 about 11:00 UTC. The cargo spacecraft was docked to the station’s "Harmony” module. The official time of capture of the "Cygnus” with the Harmony module's common berthing mechanism was 12:44 UTC. Cygnus will remain attached to the ISS for 30 days before departing with disposal cargo on board. A privately-owned cargo ship is operated by U.S. space company Orbital Sciences Corp.
Orbital is the second U.S. company to send a commercial cargo craft to the space station. SpaceX was the first company to send its own cargo ship with two successful commercial resupply missions and two demonstration missions under its belt.
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