Meet David Saint-Jacques!On December 20, 2018, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques will fly to the International Space Station on his first mission. During his assignment, he will conduct a series of scientific experiments, robotics tasks and test new technologies.
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' official poster for Expedition 58/592018-06-20 – This poster was designed for CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques’ mission to the International Space Station. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)
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September 20, 2018.Oleg Kononenko: Training at "RSC Energia" in preparation for his fourth flight to the ISS. He tested simulators simulating the operation of onboard devices, in particular, the communication system, which will be used on board the ISS in the future. The cosmonaut has studied the new photographic equipment which will allow to make more qualitative photo and video shooting from an orbit, and has fixed skills on cleaning of a matrix of a camera-this procedure should be regularly carried out with the technics which for a long can be on Station…..
https://ria.ru/space/20181015/1530702032.htmlGoogle translate:QuotePossible change of orbital plansAccording to the agency interlocutor, the transfer of the launch of the next Progress MS-10 cargo ship to mid-November is being discussed. Initially, the launch was planned for October 31, but until the causes of the accident were clarified, all launches of the Soyuz-FG missiles were suspended.The next manned ship, on the contrary, can be sent to the station earlier than the originally planned date in order not to preserve the station: the launch of the Soyuz MS-11 was scheduled for December 20, and the return of the crew now docked to the Soyuz MS-09 station is for several days earlier.
Possible change of orbital plansAccording to the agency interlocutor, the transfer of the launch of the next Progress MS-10 cargo ship to mid-November is being discussed. Initially, the launch was planned for October 31, but until the causes of the accident were clarified, all launches of the Soyuz-FG missiles were suspended.The next manned ship, on the contrary, can be sent to the station earlier than the originally planned date in order not to preserve the station: the launch of the Soyuz MS-11 was scheduled for December 20, and the return of the crew now docked to the Soyuz MS-09 station is for several days earlier.
Soyuz MS-11 – December 3:https://ria.ru/space/20181021/1531133300.html
The first manned mission to the International Space Station since a Russian rocket failed to launch earlier this month may take off on Dec. 3, space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday.