 Progress M-19M mission completed.
On June 19, 2013 the "Progress M-19M” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific at 13:39 UTC. The spacecraft was undocked from the ISS on June 11, 2013.
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50th Anniversary of the 1st woman space flight.
50 years ago on June 16, 1963 Soviet woman-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova began her 3-day space flight on board the "Vostok-6” spacecraft. It was the first world space flight performed by a woman. FIP Section for Astrophilately marked this event by organizing together with German philatelists the "Astrophil-2013” international philatelic exhibition in Berlin. To see photo repo
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European supply spacecraft arrived at International Space Station.
On June 15, 2013 at 14:07 UTC the European ATV-4 "Albert Einstein” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the Russian "Zvezda” ("Star”) module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered seven tons of fuel and supplies for the station's six-person crew.
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Shenzhou-10 docked with space module.
On June 13, 2013 at 05:18 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-10” manned spacecraft successfully completed an automated docking with the "Tiangong-1” space module. Three Chinese cosmonauts (Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang, Wang Yaping) aboard the "Shenzhou-10” monitored and reported the docking operation to the control center.
The docking procedure was the fifth to take place between Shenzhou-type spacecraft and the space module. Previous dockings include two automated operations by the unmanned Shenzhou-8 in 2011 and both an automated and manual docking by the manned Shenzhou-9 in 2012.
At the same day at 08:17 UTC the hatches between the spacecraft and the "Tiangong-1” module was opened and the cosmonauts entered the space module to carry out scientific and technical experiments.
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Russian “Progress” spacecraft undocked from the Space Station.
On June 11, 2013 at 13:58 UTC the Russian "Progress M-19M” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Russian "Zvezda” ("Star”) module of the International Space Station for a weeklong flight to study the operation of its liquid-propellant engines in the ionosphere, which spans from 50 to 250 miles above the Earth’s surface. The deorbiting of "Progress M-19M” is to be performed on June 19.
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China launched a manned spacecraft.
On June 11, 2013 at 09:38 UTC the "Shenzhou-10” (神舟十号) manned spacecraft was launched from Chinese Jiuquan Cosmodrome in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province.
The space vehicle was orbited by the Chinese "Chang Zheng-2F” (Long March 2F 长征二号F运载火箭) rocket-carrier. 
The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Nie Haisheng (聂海胜) (center); operator, Zhang Xiaoguang (张晓光) (right); assistant, Wang Yaping (王亚平) (left) who is female.
The space vehicle is to dock with China's "Tiangong-1” space station on June 13.
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ATV-4 spacecraft launch to Space Station.
On June 5, 2013 at 21:52 UTC the ATV-4 "Albert Einstein” European unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from the Kourou space center in French Guiana to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. The space vehicle was orbited by the Ariane-5ES rocket-carrier.
The fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named after 20th century theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, is scheduled to dock with the aft port of the Russian "Zvezda” module on June 15.
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Russian Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft docked to the ISS.
On May 29, 2013 at 02:10 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-09M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Rassvet” ("Daybreak”) module of the International Space Station in automatic regime just only about 5 hours and 39 minutes after the launch.
The Soyuz TMA-09M delivered three new members of Expedition 36 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Fjodor Yurchikhin, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and American astronaut Karen Nyberg.
The hatches between the spacecraft and the station were opened at 04:14 UTC. 
The new comers joined current ISS expedition members - Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin as well as American astronaut Chr
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Russia launched Soyuz TMA-09M manned spacecraft.
On May 28, 2013 at 20:31 UTC (on May 29 at 00:31 Moscow time) the Russian "Soyuz TMA-09M” 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 Fjodor Yurchikhin (center); flight-engineer, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano (right); flight-engineer, American astronaut Karen Nyberg (left).
The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station just after 4 orbits. 
Photo by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre.
Yurchikhin, Parmitano and Nyberg will join cur
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Russian Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft landed.
On May 14, 2013 at 02:31 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-07M” landing capsule landed safely at a distance of 146 kilometers to South-East from the city of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 35 – Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (center), Canadian astronaut Christopher Hadfield (left) and American astronaut Thomas Marshburn. 
Photo by NASA They spent in space 145 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes.
Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin as well as American astron
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