ISS with the help of "Progress" evaded space debrisOn Tuesday, October 25, 2022, the International Space Station, using the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft, avoided a collision with space debris.The engines of the spacecraft docked to the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS were turned on at 03:25 Moscow time and gave out an impulse of 0.5 m/s.As a result of the maneuver, the average height of the station's orbit increased by 880 m.
This evening, the International Space Station’s Progress 81 thrusters fired for 5 minutes, 5 seconds in a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) to provide the complex an extra measure of distance away from the predicted track of a fragment of Russian Cosmos 1408 debris.The thruster firing occurred at 8:25 p.m. EDT and the maneuver had no impact on station operations. Without the maneuver, it was predicted that the fragment could have passed within about three miles from the station.The PDAM increased the station’s altitude by 2/10 of a mile at apogee and 8/10 of a mile at perigee and left the station in an orbit of 264.3 x 255.4 statute miles.
KOROLEV /Moscow Region/, October 26. /TASS/. Russia’s Soyuz carrier rocket with the Progress MS-21 space freighter blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early on Wednesday, a TASS correspondent reported from the Mission Control Center.Rocket orbited the Progress MS-21 space freighter carrying equipment, food and New Year presents for cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The space freighter successfully separated from the upper stage of Soyuz-2-1a launched earlier. Its flight to the International Space Station (ISS) will be carried under the two-day scheme. Progress MS-21 is to dock with the Poisk research module of the Russian ISS segment at 05:50 Moscow time on October 28.The spacecraft is to deliver over 2,500 kilograms of cargo to the ISS, including 702 kilograms of fuel, 420 kilograms of water, 41 kilograms of nitrogen and around 1,357 kilograms of various equipment.
Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWebAccording to my sources, Russian spacewalks aboard #ISS to outfit the Nauka module are now scheduled for:November 25;December 6;December 21.DETAILS: https://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-fgb2-mlm-integration.html#eva
10 VKD-55 Nitrogen drainage from the RTOd radiator 2022 Nov. 17 (planned)11 VKD-56 (IC) RTOd radiator transfer 2022 Nov. 25 (planned)12 VKD-57 (IC) Science airlock, ShK, transfer 2022 Dec. 6 (planned)13 VKD-58 (IC) RTOd radiator deployment, coolant loading 2022 Dec. 21 (planned)14 VKD-59 (IC) Activation of the ShK airlock (planned)15 VKD-60 (IC) Installation of large payloads attachment platform (planned)
The debut of Japan’s new ISS cargo supply ship, HTV-X, has been delayed from January 2023 to January 2024. It will launch on Japan’s H3 rocket, which also has yet to make its debut.https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1585365132116635648
Feb. 16 • Soyuz • Progress 83PLaunch time: TBDLaunch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan...March • Antares • NG-19Launch time: TBDLaunch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia...May • Falcon 9 • Axiom Mission 2Launch time: TBDLaunch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch the Dragon CRS-26 resupply mission to the ISS on November 18 around 5:30 p.m. EST.
Turkey signs deal with U.S.' Axiom Space to launch first Turkish astronaut in 2023U.S.-based commercial aerospace company Axiom Space on Monday signed an agreement with Turkey to send the country’s first astronaut to space by 2023, pro-government Turkish Star newspaper reported on Monday.Turkey is set to cooperate with Axiom Space for the selection of the astronaut, who will travel in the country’s centennial year, the country’s Industry and Technology Minister, Mustafa Varank said on Twitter.
QuoteA Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch the Dragon CRS-26 resupply mission to the ISS on November 20 around 4:40 p.m. EST. https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html=21:40 UTCsame reported at https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?search=SpaceX
A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch the Dragon CRS-26 resupply mission to the ISS on November 20 around 4:40 p.m. EST.
ISS, October 31. Russian cosmonauts will spend about seven hours outside the International Space Station (ISS) during their spacewalk under the national space program scheduled for November 17, TASS special reporter, Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin said on Monday.Petelin and his teammate Sergey Prokopyev will spend six hours and 50 minutes in their extra-vehicular activity. Female cosmonaut Anna Kikina will render them support from aboard the orbital station. The cosmonauts are scheduled to open ISS hatches at 5:20 p.m. Moscow time on November 17, Petelin said.
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustIt’s EVA szn on the ISS, as described in this slide from the NAC meeting.