Moscow. March 29. INTERFAX.RU - Russian cosmonauts will perform three spacewalks from the International Space Station (ISS) in April and May this year, said NASA's ISS program manager Joel Montalbano."We have a number of spacewalks planned in April, two Russian spacewalks are planned, (...) then the Russians will have another spacewalk in early May," Montalbano said during a NASA call.He noted that American astronauts are also planning a spacewalk in April to prepare the station's truss for mounting a new pair of iROSA solar panels in the future and dismantling communications equipment that the administration plans to return to Earth.
https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1639266593564766211QuoteSome news: Dream Chaser’s debut is delayed until at least mid-December. This extends NASA’s reliance on Falcon 9 for crew *and* cargo. More critically, it also raises questions about Vulcan’s launch manifest and path to certification.https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/dream-chaser-is-delayed-again-raising-questions-about-vulcan-launch-plans/
Some news: Dream Chaser’s debut is delayed until at least mid-December. This extends NASA’s reliance on Falcon 9 for crew *and* cargo. More critically, it also raises questions about Vulcan’s launch manifest and path to certification.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter attached to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port fired its engines today for over 15 minutes today boosting the station’s orbit. The orbital reboost is the first of three that is positioning the orbiting lab for the upcoming launch and docking of the ISS Progress 84 cargo craft planned for late May. The maneuver also continues the certification process for using the Cygnus vehicle as an additional reboost capability.
May 6 • Antares • NG-19Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia...June 1 • Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 28Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida...Aug. 17 • Falcon 9 • Crew 7Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida...November • Falcon 9 • NG-20Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foustAxiom Space says they've set a launch date for the Ax-2 mission: 10:43 pm EDT May 8.
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustA launch on that May 8 opportunity sets up a docking with the ISS at 11:40 am EDT May 10, a ~37-hour transit.
Axiom Space @Axiom_SpaceALERT 🚨The #Ax2 mission is targeting no earlier than May 8 at 10:43 pm ET for the launch to the @Space_Station . Launching from @NASAKennedy , our multinational crew will fly on a @SpaceX Dragon to the station for their 12-day space mission.
Saturday, April 1510:45 a.m. – Undocking coverage of the SpaceX CRS-27 cargo craft from the International Space Station (release scheduled at 11:05 a.m.) – Johnson Space Center (all channels) Tuesday, April 189 p.m. – Coverage of Russian Spacewalk 56 at the International Space Station to move a radiator from the Rassvet Module and attach it to the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 9:30 p.m. and last approx. 6 hours and 40 minutes) – Johnson Space Center (all channels) Saturday, April 217 a.m. – Release coverage of the Northrop Grumman “SS Sally Ride” Cygnus cargo craft from the International Space Station (release is scheduled at 7:15 a.m.) – Johnson Space Center (all channels)...Tuesday, April 25TBD – Coverage of Russian Spacewalk 57 at the International Space Station to move an experiment airlock from the Rassvet Module and attach it to the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 5:40 p.m. and last approx. 6 hours) – Johnson Space Center (all channels) Friday, April 28TBD – Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 86 at the International Space Station to prepare cables for future ISS rollout solar array installations and retrieve S-band communications equipment from the ISS truss (spacewalk will last approx. 6 hours and 30 minutes) – Johnson Space Center (all channels) Thursday, May 42:45 p.m. - Coverage of Russian Spacewalk 58 at the International Space Station to deploy a radiator on the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module and attach mechanical, electrical and hydraulic connections (spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. and last approx. 6 hours and 10 minutes) – Johnson Space Center (all channels)
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsCRS-27: The CRS-27 cargo Dragon undocked from the International Space Station's forward port at 11:05am EDT (1505 UTC) as the two spacecraft were sailing 261 miles above the southern Indian Ocean; undocking kicks off a 5-hr 53-min return to Earth after a full month in space
Following commands from ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, Dragon will undock at 11:05 a.m. EDT from the forward port of the station’s Harmony module and fire its thrusters to move a safe distance away from the station.After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida on Saturday, April 15. NASA will not broadcast the splashdown, but updates will be posted on the agency’s space station blog.
