A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch four private astronauts on the Axiom-1 mission to the International Space Station on April 3 at 1:13pm EDT.
MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. Seven spacewalks are scheduled for the duration of the work on the ISS of the "Bauman crew" - Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev. This was announced by cosmonaut Artemyev during a conference at TASS, which was held online together with Roscosmos and the Cosmonaut Training Center."We will have seven exits. This is planned, we will be happy even if one takes place," the cosmonaut noted.According to Artemiev, one exit is planned with the Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the rest - with Denis Matveev. "In fact, all three of us are prepared for a spacewalk, it will depend on many reasons," he added.Artemiev also emphasized that only cosmonaut Korsakov is trained to work with the ERA manipulator. “I hope that I will become a space crane operator,” Korsakov joked in turn.
Three Baumanets in spaceOn Friday, March 18, 2022, at 18:55:18.451 Moscow time, the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the manned spacecraft S. P. Korolev "(Soyuz MS-21). After 529.2 seconds, the ship separated from the third stage of the carrier in the target orbit. For the first time since the existence of the International Space Station, the crew included three professional cosmonauts of Roscosmos - Oleg Artemiev, Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov.
Manned ship "S. P. Korolev” (Soyuz MS-21) with the crew of the 67th long-term expedition to the International Space Station at 22:12:06 Moscow time docked to the node module “Prichal” of the Russian segment of the ISS. This was the first docking of the ship to the new Russian module.The rendezvous was carried out according to a two-orbit scheme under the control of specialists from the Main Operational Group for Controlling the Russian Segment of the ISS (Rocket and Space Corporation Energia named after S.P. Korolev, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos). Now the crew is preparing to perform operations to open transfer hatches: checking the tightness of the ship's compartments, switching to combined power, equalizing pressure between the ship and the station, as well as removing and drying the Sokol KV-2 flight suits.Upon completion of the leak test of the joint between the spacecraft and the Prichal node module, it is planned to open the hatches at 00:20 Moscow time on March 19. After that, a newly arrived crew consisting of three Roscosmos cosmonauts - Oleg Artemiev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov - will go to the ISS. The live broadcast of this operation will be available from 23:50 Moscow time.
http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html [March 18]QuoteAnd another crew of four astronauts, NASA's Crew-4, will head to the ISS from pad 39A on April 19 around 6:30am EDT. Sunrise is 6:53am.= ~10:30 UTC
And another crew of four astronauts, NASA's Crew-4, will head to the ISS from pad 39A on April 19 around 6:30am EDT. Sunrise is 6:53am.
Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) began a spacewalk at 8:32 a.m. EDT to install hoses on a Radiator Beam Valve Module to support temperature regulation on the International Space Station.Chari, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is wearing a suit with red stripes. Maurer, designated extravehicular crewmember 2 (EV 2), is in an unmarked suit. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.Maurer and Chari’s primary task will be to install thermal system and electronics components on the outside of the space station.
The preliminary plan for the descent from orbit and landing of the descent vehicle on March 30, 2022:Operation Estimated time* Estimated time* (MSK) (UTC)Closing of transfer hatches between the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft 07:10-07:30 04:10-04:30 and the Rassvet module of the Russian segment of the International Space StationIssuing a command to undock the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft 10:19:30 07:19:30Disconnection of spacecraft and ISS (physical separation) 10:21:00 07:21:00Turning on the ship's propulsion system to issue a braking impulse 13:34:08 10:34:08Dividing the ship into compartments 14:02:04 11:02:04Entry of the spacecraft's descent module into the Earth's atmosphere 14:05:04 11:05:04Issuing a command to deploy the main parachute 14:13:36 11:13:36Descent vehicle landing 14:28:36 11:28:36Landing of the descent module of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is expected 147 km southeast (azimuth 110.7°) from the city of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan*Ballistic data are indicated as of 03/22/2022 and may be subject to revision
Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) concluded their spacewalk at 3:26 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 54 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation.Maurer and Chari completed their major objective for today to install hoses on a Radiator Beam Valve Module that routes ammonia through the station’s heat-rejecting radiators to keep systems at the proper temperature. The crew members also installed a power and data cable on the Columbus module’s Bartolomeo science platform, replaced an external camera on the station’s truss, and conducted other upgrades to station hardware. The pair deferred a few secondary tasks, such as torque resets and cable routing, to a future spacewalk.
JAXA Washington DC @jaxa_wdc·Two new CubeSats, IHI-SAT and KITSUNE, have successfully been deployed from KIBO, the Japanese experiment module at ISS, this week.
Mar 25, 2022NASA Orders Additional Cargo Flights to Space StationNASA has ordered 12 additional missions under its Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contracts to ensure continuous science and cargo delivery for the agency and its international partners to the International Space Station.The 12 additional missions ordered – six each to Northrop Grumman and SpaceX – will provide resupply services to the station through 2026.In 2016, NASA awarded three American companies CRS-2 contracts to resupply the International Space Station so crew members can continue to conduct science research and technology development that benefits people on Earth and supports human missions to the Moon and Mars.While the maximum potential value of all contracts is $14 billion, NASA orders missions as needed, and the total prices paid under the contract will depend on which mission types are ordered.On Oct. 16, 2020, NASA ordered two additional missions from Northrop Grumman, and three additional missions from SpaceX beyond the minimum guaranteed.With this action, a total of 32 missions have been ordered by the agency for cargo resupply missions under the CRS-2 contracts with 14 missions to Northrop Grumman, three missions to Sierra Nevada Corporation (now Sierra Space), and 15 missions to SpaceX.
ELaNa 459 Cubesat Missions Scheduled to be deployed ARKSat-1 – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. BeaverCube – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. CapSat-1 – The Weiss School, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. CLICK A – NASA’s Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. D3 – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla. JAGSAT – University of South Alabama, Mobile, Ala. petitSat – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
June 7 • Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 25Launch time: 1525 GMT (11:25 a.m. EDT)Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FloridaAug. 15 • Antares • NG-18Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, VirginiaSept. 1 • Falcon 9 • Crew 5Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
No Earlier Than: April 6, 2022Mission: Axiom-1 Mission to the International Space Station
A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch four private astronauts on the Axiom-1 mission to the International Space Station on April 6 at 12:05pm EDT.
30/03/2022 14:34SA spacecraft "Soyuz MS-19" softly landed in KazakhstanOn March 30, 2022 at 11:28:04 UTC (14:28:04 DMT), the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft made a soft landing 142 km southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan). Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Pyotr Dubrov and Mark Vande Hay returned to Earth.The duration of the flight of Dubrov and Vande Hay was 355 days, Shkaplerov - 176 days. A.Zh.
