2024NET Q2 - Crew Dragon launch [AX-4: TBD, TBD, TBD, hungarian astronaut]Late - Crew Dragon launch [AX-5: TBD, TBD, TBD, hungarian astronaut] (or Early 2025)
Training of two Belarusians for a space flight to the ISS began at the CTCToday Marina Vasilevskaya and Anastasia Lenkova are presented to the leadership and specialists of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Their training program includes the study of the systems of the Russian segment of the station and the manned spacecraft, training in actions in the event of an emergency landing on the water surface and in a wooded and swampy area in winter.Oleg Kononenko announced the decision of the Interdepartmental Commission, which determined the composition of the main and backup crew of the 21st visiting expedition: in addition to Marina Vasilevskaya, the main crew includes cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and astronaut Tracey Dyson. Understudies - Anastasia Lenkova, Ivan Vagner and Donald Pettit.🗓 Start - March 13, 2024, the expedition should last 12 days.
JAXAきぼう利用ネットワークn@JAXA_KiboriyoOn July 19, 2023, following two CubeSats were successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) "Kibo".◆BIRDS-4S (Maya-5, Maya-6)
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589The Maya-5 and Maya-6 satellites, 1U cubesats from the U Phillipines Diliman, launched to ISS on CRS-28, were deployed from the J-SSOD-26 package on the Kibo robot arm at 0700 UTC Jul 19.
QuoteAug. 17 Falcon 9 • Crew 7Launch time: Approx. 7 a.m. EDT (1100 UTC)Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FloridaUpdated: July 24https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Aug. 17 Falcon 9 • Crew 7Launch time: Approx. 7 a.m. EDT (1100 UTC)Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FloridaUpdated: July 24
Tuesday, August 228:45 p.m. – Launch coverage of the ISS Progress 85 cargo craft to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch scheduled for 9:08 p.m.Thursday, August 2411 p.m. – Coverage of the rendezvous and docking of the ISS Progress 85 cargo craft to the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled for 11:49 p.m.
NASA Crew-7 news briefing [July 25]:Crew-7 launch: 17 August 10:56 UTC = 6:56 am EDTCrew-7 docking: 18 August ~06:45 UTCCrew-6 undocking: 25 August
Today's Crew-7 press briefing:NG-20 will the first human spaceflight support launch from Canaveral SLC-40, launch December 2023.
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT COMMENT NG-19 Launch 214:00:31:12.000 0.0 421.8 411.7COMMENT (0.0) (227.7) (222.3)COMMENT COMMENT NG-19_Arrival 216:09:54:37.000 0.0 421.6 411.2COMMENT (0.0) (227.7) (222.0)COMMENT COMMENT =============================================================================
MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was adjusted to create ballistic conditions for the launch of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft and the return of the Soyuz MS-23 spaceship to Earth, Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos announced on Thursday."Today the orbit of the International Space Station was adjusted to provide for the launch of the Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft and the landing of the Soyuz MS-23," the federal space agency said in a statement.The launch of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft is scheduled for September 15, Roscosmos said.According to preliminary data, "the station’s average orbital altitude was raised by 790 meters to 417.1 km." The maneuver was conducted with the help of the thrusters of the Progress MS-22 resupply ship. The thrusters were switched on at 3:02 p.m. Moscow time for 301.9 seconds, the space agency specified.Currently, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin who is also a TASS special reporter in space and Andrey Fedyayev, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi are working aboard the orbital outpost.
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 5:23 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The adjusted date allows additional time for launch site processing at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available at 3:49 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.
https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1683886557340610591QuoteNASA's Joel Montalbano said the agency's current expectation is that Dream Chaser's debut flight to the ISS will take place during the first half of 2024; but acknowledged that potential delays to the Vulcan rocket and spacecraft may require further adjustments to the right.
NASA's Joel Montalbano said the agency's current expectation is that Dream Chaser's debut flight to the ISS will take place during the first half of 2024; but acknowledged that potential delays to the Vulcan rocket and spacecraft may require further adjustments to the right.
COMMENT | EVENT | TIG | ORB | DV | HA | HP |COMMENT | | GMT | | M/S | KM | KM |COMMENT | | | | (F/S) | (NM) | (NM) |COMMENT =============================================================================COMMENT COMMENT GMT223 Cygnus Reboos 223:14:40:00.000 1.5 421.0 409.9COMMENT (4.9) (227.3) (221.3)COMMENT COMMENT =============================================================================
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsAntares/Cygnus NG-19: LIFTOFF! At 8:31:14pm EDT (0031 UTC)
The target launch date for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station now is 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25. Additional time was required for teams to complete pad readiness after SpaceX’s recent Falcon Heavy mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The adjustment also takes advantage of consecutive launch opportunities and deconflicts the station’s cargo spacecraft traffic schedule.NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aboard the company’s Dragon spacecraft.Crew-7 is scheduled to dock to the orbiting laboratory about 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. If needed, Crew-7 has additional launch opportunities on Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27.
.@NASA and @Axiom_Space have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the @Space_Station, targeted to launch no earlier than August 2024 from @NASAKennedy in Florida. More: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-axiom-space-for-another-private-space-mission-in-2024
At 5:52 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Mission control in Houston will actively command the arm to rotate Cygnus to its installation orientation and then to guide it in for installation on the station’s Unity module Earth-facing port.NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s installation beginning at 7:30 a.m.The Cygnus spacecraft launched Tuesday, Aug. 1, on the company’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 8:31 p.m. This is Northrop Grumman’s 19th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft is carrying a supply of over 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
At the time of the announcement of Ax-3, NASA and Axiom Space said that mission was planned for as soon as November 2023. However, in a speech at the ISS Research and Development Conference Aug. 1, Dana Weigel, NASA ISS deputy program manager, said the mission was now scheduled for early 2024. The agency tweeted Aug. 2 that a revised launch date of no earlier than January 2024 “allows for teams to collaborate on the integration of the mission’s scientific research priorities.”Neither NASA nor Axiom Space have announced who will fly on either Ax-3 or Ax-4. NASA regulations require private astronaut missions be commanded by former NASA astronauts with flight experience, leaving three seats available for paying customers. In January, Michael Suffredini, chief executive of Axiom, said he expected government-sponsored astronauts to be most of the customers of Ax-3 and Ax-4.Axiom is using the private astronaut missions to gain experience ahead of installing its first commercial modules on the station as soon as late 2025. Those modules will form the core of a standalone space station the company plans to establish by the time the ISS is retired.
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsCygnus NG-19: With the Cygnus spacecraft properly aligned with the Unity module's Earth-facing port, motorized bolts were driven home to lock the cargo ship in place at 8:28am EDT (1228 UTC); after leak checks, hatches will be opened in about 4 hours
