https://tass.ru/kosmos/9919071Google translate:QuoteMOSCOW, November 5. / TASS /. The crew of the next expedition, which will leave for the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2021, will perform two spacewalks to work with the European manipulator ERA of the Nauka module, said Valery, control instructor of the Russian Cosmonaut Training Center (CTC) for extreme training. Nesmeyanov."The actions of the cosmonauts on the outer surface of the International Space Station will be associated with the integration of the Nauka module into the Russian segment of the station. Both exits are directly aimed at working with the European manipulator ERA [European Robotic Arm], which will need to be transferred from the transport position to the working position." his words are quoted in a message posted on the CPC website on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 5. / TASS /. The crew of the next expedition, which will leave for the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2021, will perform two spacewalks to work with the European manipulator ERA of the Nauka module, said Valery, control instructor of the Russian Cosmonaut Training Center (CTC) for extreme training. Nesmeyanov."The actions of the cosmonauts on the outer surface of the International Space Station will be associated with the integration of the Nauka module into the Russian segment of the station. Both exits are directly aimed at working with the European manipulator ERA [European Robotic Arm], which will need to be transferred from the transport position to the working position." his words are quoted in a message posted on the CPC website on Thursday.
VKD-49/50 (Novitsky, Dubrov) - connecting cables between Zvezda and Nauka;VKD-51/52 (Novitsky / Dubrov) - preparation of the ERA manipulator.
NASA and SpaceX Target Dec. 2 for Next Resupply LaunchWhile SpaceX continues preparations for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program, the company also is getting ready for the agency’s next cargo resupply mission to the orbiting laboratory.SpaceX’s 21st resupply mission for NASA, its first under the second-generation Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contract, will be the first resupply mission to use the upgraded version of the Dragon spacecraft. The flight will bring science and supplies to the newly expanded Expedition 64 crew beginning with liftoff on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA and SpaceX currently are targeting no earlier than 12:50 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 2, for the CRS-21 launch, pending Eastern Range acceptance and successful preparations and an on-time liftoff of Crew-1, also from Launch Complex 39A.The science to be delivered on this mission includes a study aimed at better understanding heart disease to support development of treatments for patients on Earth, research into how microbes can be used for biomining on asteroids, and a tool being tested for quick and accurate blood analysis in microgravity. The first commercially owned and operated airlock on the space station, the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock, will arrive in the unpressurized trunk of the Dragon spacecraft. Bishop will provide a variety of capabilities to the orbiting laboratory, including CubeSat deployment and support of external payloads.
DULLES, Va. – Nov. 11, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded two additional missions by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services contract-2 (CRS-2) with launches occurring in 2023. Northrop Grumman will deliver a combined total of approximately 16,500 lbs. of cargo to the International Space Station during these missions.
"The next correction of the orbit of the International Space Station is scheduled for November 12, 2020," the state corporation said.As it was specified in Roskosmos, the maneuver will be performed using the engines of the Progress MS-14 transport cargo vehicle docked to the Zvezda module assembly compartment. They will be turned on at 22:50 Moscow time and will work for 363.5 seconds. As a result, the average height of the station's orbit should increase by about 1.2 km and amount to 419.4 km above the Earth's surface.
Nov. 15, Sunday3:15 p.m. – Coverage of the launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 Mission on the “Resilience” Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi). Launch scheduled at 7:27 p.m. EST; coverage will be continuous through docking and hatch opening) - Kennedy Space Center/ Hawthorne, Calif./Johnson Space Center (All Channels)9:30 p.m. – NASA/ SpaceX Crew-1 postlaunch news conference (time is subject to change) (All Channels)November 16, Monday11 p.m. - Docking of the SpaceX “Resilience” Crew Dragon and the Crew-1 Crew to the International Space Station - Hawthorne, Calif./Johnson Space Center (All Channels)
Atlas V to Launch Starliner• Rocket: Atlas V• Mission: Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, Orbital Flight Test• Launch Date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2019• Launch Time: Targeted for 6:36 a.m. EST• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Asked about Starliner's OFT-2 flight, Steve Stich of NASA says software remains the pacing item. Earliest they would fly would be 1Q 2021. Does not sound like that time frame is at all solid, however.
twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1326266914465837061Quote NASA Commercial Crew program manager Steve Stich says the Boeing Starliner OFT-2 launch will not happen until the first quarter of 2021 at the earliest, with the "pacing item" being "getting the software ready to go." $BAhttps://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1326267195987533825Quote NASA and Boeing most recently said Starliner OFT-2 was targeting no earlier than December for launch.
NASA Commercial Crew program manager Steve Stich says the Boeing Starliner OFT-2 launch will not happen until the first quarter of 2021 at the earliest, with the "pacing item" being "getting the software ready to go." $BA
NASA and Boeing most recently said Starliner OFT-2 was targeting no earlier than December for launch.
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-oftQuoteAtlas V to Launch Starliner• Rocket: Atlas V• Mission: Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, Orbital Flight Test• Launch Date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2019• Launch Time: Targeted for 6:36 a.m. EST• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will head to the International Space Station for a six-month science mission in the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A. Crew-1 is the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the space station following the spacecraft system’s official human rating certification.
Representatives of the Ramon Foundation headed by Ran Livne, together with President Reuven Rivlin revealed on Monday the identity of Israel's 2nd astronaut. He is 62-year-old Eytan Stibbe, a former fighter pilot, and a close friend and colleague of Israel's first astronaut, the late Ilan Ramon.Stibbe is expected to blast off at the end of 2021 on a historic scientific mission to the International Space Station, and thereby create an opportunity for breakthroughs in dozens of Israeli technologies and scientific experiments in space.
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi arrived at the International Space Station Monday, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience docked to the complex a 11:01 p.m. EST over Idaho.
The commander of the long-term expedition ISS-64, cosmonaut of Roskosmos Sergei Ryzhikov and flight engineer of ISS-64, cosmonaut of Roscosmos Sergei Kud-Sverchkov began the 47th planned spacewalk (EVA-47). They will have to perform a number of works on the installation of equipment on the outer surface of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.For both astronauts, this is their first experience outside the International Space Station. The first opening of the exit hatch of the Poisk docking bay took place at 18:12:28 Moscow time. Before the start of the main work outside the station, the cosmonauts checked the functioning of the lock system and exit through the hatch, which had not been opened for about 11 years. The hatch was reopened at 18:55 Moscow time.
