Astrophilatelist

Russian Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft undocked from ISS.

Skyflyer — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:17:17 GMT

On September 23, 2024 at 08:36 UTC, the Russian “Soyuz MS-25” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 71 – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub as well as US astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson.

US Crew Dragon “Resilience” (Polaris Dawn mission) spacecraft splashed down.

Skyflyer — Fri, 29 May 2026 07:42:34 GMT

On September 15, 2024 at 07:36 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Resilience” (Polaris Dawn mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Dry Tortugas, USA. The spacecraft delivered to Earth 4 members of the Private mission by SpaceX - spacecraft commander Jared Isaacman (USA); pilot, Scott Poteet (USA); mission specialist 1, Sarah Gillis (USA); mission specialist 2, Anna Menon (USA). They spent in space 4 days, 22 hours and 13 minutes.

Russian “Soyuz MS-26” spacecraft docked to the ISS.

Skyflyer — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:56:13 GMT

On September 11, 2024 at 19:32 UTC, the Russian "Soyuz MS-26” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered 3 members of Expedition 71/72 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner as well as US astronaut Donald Pettit. The new comers joined current ISS Expedition 71 members – Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Alexander Grebenkin, Barry Wilmore, Sunita Williams. The 12 crew members will work together till September 23. After a “handover,” Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald Pettit will replace Kononenko, Chub and Caldwell-Dyson, who plan to return to Earth aboard the “Soyuz MS-25” on September 23.

Russia launched Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:22:47 GMT

On September 11, 2024 at 16:23 UTC the Russian “Soyuz MS-26” 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 Aleksey Ovchinin (center); flight-engineer 1, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner (right); flight-engineer 2, US astronaut Donald Pettit (left).

The launch was performed from Launch Site 31 (Baykonur Cosmodrome Site 31). The “Soyuz MS-26” space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station in about 3 hours after the launch. Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald Pettit will join current ISS expedition members Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Aleksander Grebenkin.

Polaris Dawn crew performed spacewalk.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:03:39 GMT

On September 12, 2024 Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis performed the first commercial spacewalk ever (1 hour and 46 minutes). They stepped out of the Crew Dragon one after the other for about 20 minutes. They remain secured via foot straps that are attached to a kind of ladder at the other end. In contrast to external missions on the ISS space station, they are not supplied with breathing air via a backpack, but via a hose from the spacecraft.

Scott Poteet and Anna Menon remained in the depressurized capsule and made an IVA.

US launched Crew Dragon (Polaris Dawn mission) spacecraft.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:51:39 GMT

On September 10, 2024 at 09:23 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” (Polaris Dawn mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier. Polaris Dawn was a private crewed spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman.

The spacecraft’s crew consists of 4 members – spacecraft commander Jared Isaacman (USA); pilot, Scott Poteet (USA); mission specialist 1, Sarah Gillis (USA); mission specialist 2, Anna Menon. It’s the 14^th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It’s the 3^rd space flight of Crew Dragon “Resilience”.

CST-100 Boe-CFT Starliner Calypso returned to Earth from the ISS.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:14:39 GMT

On September 7, 2024 at 04:01 UTC, the uncrewed landing capsule of CST-100 Boe-CFT Starliner Calypso (Spacecraft 3) landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, USA.

CST-100 Boe-CFT Starliner Calypso undocked from the ISS.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:09:09 GMT

On September 6, 2024 at 22:04 UTC, CST-100 Boe-CFT Starliner Calypso undocked from the “Harmony” module of the ISS to return to Earth in uncrewed regime.

Russian “Progress MS-28” spacecraft docked to Space Station.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:59:27 GMT

On August 17, 2024 at 05:53 UTC, the Russian “Progress MS-28” 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.

Russia launched “Progress MS-28” spacecraft to Space Station.

Skyflyer — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:54:22 GMT

On August 15, 2024 at 03:20 UTC, the “Progress MS-28” unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was orbited by the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier.