On September 27, 2023 at 11:17 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-23” landing capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, 148 km at the southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 69 – Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin as well as US astronaut Francisco Rubio. They spent in space 370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes. Seven other ISS crew members – Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa, Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Loral O'Hara remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 70 crew. The undocking of Soyuz MS-23 marked the end of Expedition 69 and the start of Expedition 70.

On September 27, 2023 at 07:54 UTC, the Russian “Soyuz MS-23” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 69 – Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin as well as US astronaut Francisco Rubio.

On September 15, 2023 at 18:53 UTC, the Russian "Soyuz MS-24” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered 3 members of Expedition 69/70 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub as well as US astronaut Loral O'Hara. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 69 members – Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa and Konstantin Borisov. The 10 crew members will work together till September 27. After a “handover,” Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Loral O'Hara will replace Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio, who plan to return to Earth aboard the “Soyuz MS-23” on September 27.

On September 15, 2023 at 15:44 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-24” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center); flight-engineer 1, Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub (right); flight-engineer 2, US astronaut Loral O'Hara (left).

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On September 12, 2023 at 02:13 UTC, the Chinese “Tianzhou-5” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

On September 11, 2023 at 08:46 UTC the Chinese “Tianzhou-5” unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the forward docking port of “Tianhe” core module (Chinese Tiangong Space Station).

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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