“It’s pretty early to speculate on when the flight might end up,” said Steve Stich, NASA commercial crew program manager. “When we get to a point where we understand the cause and the fixes, we will work hard to find that slot and get the vehicle flown as soon as we can.”The launch of OFT-2, they acknowledged, could slip into 2022, or more than two years after the original, flawed OFT mission. “It’s probably too early to say whether it’s this year or not,” Vollmer said. “If we could fly this year, it would be fantastic.”
Sept. 2, Thursday11 a.m. – Coverage of International Space Station Expedition 65 Russian spacewalk #49 to begin outfitting the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (Novitskiy and Dubrov; spacewalk scheduled to begin at 11:35 a.m. EDT; will last around 6 hours, 50 minutes) (All Channels)Sept. 8, Wednesday11 a.m. – Coverage of International Space Station Expedition 65 Russian spacewalk #50 to continue outfitting the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (Novitskiy and Dubrov; spacewalk scheduled to begin at 11:40 a.m. EDT; will last around 5 hours) (All Channels)
19.08.2021 07:17News Release.The International Space Station's orbit correction has been postponed to a standby date of August 21, 2021. The station's orbit parameters after the correction maneuver and its exact timing are currently being calculated.https://www.roscosmos.ru/32232/
ISS orbit altitude correction has taken placeIn order to form ballistic conditions, before the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport vehicle and the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 descent vehicle, another correction of the orbital altitude of the International Space Station was carried out. According to preliminary data, after the maneuver, the average height is now 420.91 km above the Earth's surface.Today, August 21, 2021, at 07:04 Moscow time, a command was issued and the engines of the Zvezda service module of the ISS Russian segment were turned on. Two corrective motors worked in normal mode for 50 seconds, and the impulse value was 0.71 m / s. According to the updated information of specialists of the ballistic and navigation support service of the Flight Control Center of TsNIIMash (part of the State Corporation Roscosmos), the orbit parameters of the International Space Station were: Orbital period - 92.93 minutes; orbital inclination - 51.66 degrees; minimum orbital altitude - 420.56 km; the maximum orbital altitude is 437.09 km.The maneuver was carried out by the engines of the Zvezda service module rather than the Progress MS-17 transport cargo vehicle in order to more efficiently use the fuel, since the space truck is currently docked to the Poisk Small Research Module of the ISS Russian Segment.
Aug. 24, Tuesday7 a.m. – Coverage of U.S. spacewalk #77 at the International Space Station to install a bracket on the Port 4 Truss for the next IROSA Solar Array (Hoshide and Vande Hei; spacewalk scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT and last almost 7 hours) (All Channels)
KUBINKA (Moscow region), 23 Aug - RIA Novosti. Two space tourists can go to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft after 2023, the signing of an agreement is being prepared, Sergei Savelyev, Deputy Director General of the State Corporation Roscosmos for International Cooperation, told RIA Novosti.“We have commercial customers, I think we will announce them in the fall. And there are serious intentions,” he said. Saveliev said that they plan to introduce tourists during the Astronautical Congress in the UAE in October."Now we are going out with them to sign documents," he said.Tourists will be able to fly into space after 2023. Prior to this, the ships of "Roskosmos" are scheduled. At the end of 2021 and in 2023, tourists who have placed an order through the American operator Space Adventures will fly to the Soyuz.New candidates are negotiating directly with the Russian side, Saveliev said.He did not name the citizens of which country expressed a desire to go into space, but clarified that these were not Russians. "Russian millionaires are not yet ripe," he said.
The U.S. spacewalk outside the International Space Station originally planned for Tuesday, Aug. 24 with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide has been postponed due to a minor medical issue involving Vande Hei. This issue is not a medical emergency. The spacewalk is not time-sensitive and crew members are continuing to move forward with other station work and activities. Teams are assessing the next available opportunity to conduct the spacewalk following the SpaceX CRS-23 cargo resupply launch planned for Aug. 28 and upcoming Russian spacewalks.
MOSCOW, 24 Aug - RIA Novosti. Roskosmos, at the request of NASA, postponed the exits of Russian cosmonauts from the International Space Station into outer space from September 2 and 8 to September 3 and 9, the press service of the state corporation reported. "The extravehicular activities of Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrov, previously planned for September 2 and 8, 2021, have been postponed to September 3 and 9. The decision was made at the request of the American partners in the International Space Station program," Roscosmos Telegram said in a statement.
Sept. 12, Sunday7 a.m. – Coverage of International Space Station Expedition 65 U.S. spacewalk 77 (Hoshide and Pesquet; spacewalk scheduled to begin around 8:30 a.m. EDT; expected to last around 6 ½ hours) (All Channels)
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |=============================================================================COMMENT SPX23 Launch 240:07:37:22.000 0.0 425.6 415.7COMMENT (0.0) (229.8) (224.5)COMMENT COMMENT SPX23 Docking 241:15:00:00.000 0.0 426.0 415.7COMMENT (0.0) (230.0) (224.4)=============================================================================
SpaceX @SpaceXStanding down from today’s launch due to weather; next launch opportunity is Sunday, August 29 at 3:14 a.m. ET
An Australian-designed and -built experimental spacecraft, CUAVA-1, will be launched aboard a Space-X Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on 28 August.The mission is the lead project of the Australian Research Council Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles and their Applications (CUAVA).CUAVA-1’s four experimental payloads will give scientists and research students insights from near-Earth orbit during its 12-month mission.The spacecraft will first be carried to the International Space Station before being released into an independent orbit later this year.Another Australian CubeSat, Binar-1, will be carried into space on the same flight.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/CRS-23: LIFTOFF! At 3:14:49am EDT (07:14 UTC)
September 12 - spacewalk (ISS U.S. EVA-77) from Quest airlock (install a bracket on the P4 Truss for the 4A Channel Power System IROSA preparation) [Hoshide, Pesquet]NET September - spacewalk (ISS U.S. EVA-78) from Quest airlock (install third iRosa on the P4 Truss for the 4A Channel Power System iRosa prepatation)
International Space Station @Space_StationConfirmed contact and capture of the @SpaceX #Dragon cargo vehicle at 10:30am ET this morning while traveling over western Australia. http://nasa.gov/live
