Jonathan McDowell @planet4589The Cygnus NG-20 cargo ship was unberthed from the Unity module at 0800 UTC Jul 12 and released into orbit at 1101 UTC; it is expected to be deorbited over the Pacific on Jul 13.
Mario Billiani 🚀 @_starbase_#NG20 reentry is scheduled around 15:55 UTC according to @NASA PAO. It also carries the STP-H5 experiment package with it, attached to its hull.https://calendar.google.com/calendar/[email protected]
CYGNUS NG-20CYGNUS NG-20 is no longer on orbitCYGNUS NG-20 is classified as: ISS NORAD ID: 58898Int'l Code: 2024-021ALaunch date: January 30, 2024Source: United States (US)Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)Decay date: 2024-07-13
Northrop Grumman @northropgrummanIt’s not goodbye – it’s see you later. 👋 NG-20 has left the @Space_station , but we’ll be back when NG-21 launches soon! 🚀 http://ms.spr.ly/6012lOPIC
EVA is missing from upcoming events:https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv/#.V9B_0DXTt1o
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9WhenNo Earlier Than August 18, 2024
As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station and conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all.Launching aboard the Dragon spacecraft, NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, Pilot Nick Hague, and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov, will join Expedition 71 and 72 crew members no earlier than August. They will arrive to the space station for a short duration handover with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission.
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustNASA announced at the Crew-9 briefing that Crew-10 is now scheduled to launch next February, with Starliner-1 moving to next August to give more time for reviews after the CFT mission.
According to NK-Forum August 15 06:19 Moscow time= 03:19 UTC
Saturday, August 311:10 a.m.—Launch coverage of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-21 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Launch scheduled for 11:28 a.m. Stream on NASA TV, the NASA TV Media Channel, and NASA+Monday, August 52:30 a.m.—Coverage of the rendezvous and capture of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-21 cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station. Capture is scheduled for approx. 3:55 a.m. Stream on NASA TV, the NASA TV Media Channel, and NASA+5:30 a.m.—Installation coverage of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-21 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Stream on NASA TV, the NASA TV Media Channel, and NASA+
Hungary has finalized an agreement with Axiom Space to launch its recently-selected astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the commercial space transportation company’s upcoming AX-4 mission.In 2021, Hungary created the Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) initiative with the aim of sending its second astronaut into space after Bertalan Farkas, who became the first in 1980 aboard Soyuz 36.The country signed an initial memorandum of understanding with Axiom Space in July 2022 and a spaceflight framework agreement in September 2023. With this latest announcement, the contract appears to have now been finalized.The finalization of the agreement between Hungary and Axiom was revealed in a 23 July Hungarian Telegraphic Agency (MTI) interview with Orsolya Ferencz, ministerial commissioner for space research at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.While the launch date of AX-4 is still to be finalized, NASA has stated that it will occur no earlier than October 2024. However, the recent Falcon 9 failure and the extended Boeing Starliner test mission could affect this.
Jeff Foust @jeff_foustBoryung's Jay Kim, speaking at the #ASCEND conference this morning Las Vegas, mentions his firm's Humans in Space project will fly student artwork to the ISS on the Ax-4 mission "next year." (NASA said Friday Ax-4 was planned for as soon as November.)
Today, the orbit of the International Space Station was adjusted to support the launch of the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft and the landing of the Soyuz MS-25, scheduled for September 2024.The engines of the Progress MS-26 cargo spacecraft, docked to the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS, started at 12:51 Moscow time and, according to preliminary data from the Mission Control Center of the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), worked for 1233.3 seconds, producing an impulse of 1.78 m/s.As a result, the average altitude of the station's orbit increased by 3.1 km and reached 418.1 km.During the entire flight of the ISS, 362 corrections to the altitude of its orbit were made, 205 of which were made using the engines of the Progress spacecraft.The launch of the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle is scheduled for September 11. The main crew of the 72nd long-term expedition to the ISS includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. The return to Earth of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with the crew of the 71st long-term expedition — Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson — is scheduled for September 23.
At the Crew-9 mission overview press conference, it was mentioned that this will be after the Soyuz rotation in September. That should put launch in the second half of the month.
