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Two astronauts are expected to venture outside the International Space Station to replace a battery charge/discharge unit, which failed over the weekend of Oct. 11. The astronauts charged with this spacewalk are NASA’s Christina Koch and Jessica Meir. It will be the first all-female spacewalk.
Two astronauts are expected to venture outside the International Space Station to perform the third of five planned spacewalks to replace aging batteries on the P6 truss segment.
Two astronauts are expected to venture outside the International Space Station to perform the fourth of five planned spacewalks to replace aging batteries on the P6 truss segment.
After roughly a month attached to the International Space Station, Kounotori 8 is expected to be filled with trash and unneeded equipment before being unberthed and eventually deorbited for disposal over the Pacific Ocean.
The NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft is set to be the 12th flight by Northrop Grumman’s cargo resupply spacecraft to service the International Space Station. It will also be the first performed under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract.
Once NG-12 Cygnus launches into space, it is expected to take two days to rendezvous with the International Space Station. When close enough, the outpost’s crew will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the freighter in order for it to be berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.
After being attached to the International Space Station for five months, the Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to undock and perform a de-orbit burn to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean.
SpaceX’s CRS-19 Dragon mission is expected to fly to the International Space Station with some 4,200 kilograms of cargo bound for the orbiting outpost.
Two days after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-19 Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station where it will be captured and berthed by the Canadarm2 robotic arm.
After about two months attached to the International Space Station, the NG-12 Cygnus is slated to be unberthed and released from the outpost to perform a secondary free-flight mission. Once that mission is completed, it will be commanded to perform a de-orbit burn to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean for disposal.
After years of development, Boeing is set to launch its first CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. This test mission will be uncrewed and launch to the International Space Station atop an Atlas V N22 rocket.
Following its two-week docked mission to the International Space Station, the Starliner Orbital Flight Test spacecraft will undock from the outpost and perform a deorbit burn to land in the Western United States.
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 is expected to be the second flight test of the company’s first human-rated spacecraft. Unlike Demo-1 in March 2019, Demo-2 will have two astronauts aboard: NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. This flight’s launch date is dependent on a number of factors ranging from the outcome and results of the Demo-1 mission, an in-flight abort test and other items needed before the vehicle is dubbed ready for humans.
Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka are expected to perform a spacewalk in early 2020 on the Russian side of the International Space Station.
After spending about a month at the International Space Station, SpaceX’s CRS-19 Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to be unberthed and released. It will the perform a de-orbit burn to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near the West Coast of the United States.
Soyuz MS-13 is scheduled to undock with three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 61 crew — Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov, NASA astronaut Christina Koch and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano.
Two NASA astronauts are expected to venture outside the International Space Station to perform the second of five planned spacewalks to replace aging batteries on the P6 truss segment.
NASA astronauts Drew Morgan and Christina Koch are expected to venture outside the International Space Station to perform the first of five planned spacewalks to replace aging batteries on the P6 truss segment.
Beginning Oct. 3, 2019; expected to transition to Expedition 62 on Feb. 6, 2020
Luca Parmitano, ESA
| Commander
Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Christina Koch*, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launched: July 20, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-13
Expected landing: Feb. 6, 2020
Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Drew Morgan**, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Jessica Meir, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launching: Sept. 25, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-15
Expected landing: April 1, 2020
* Koch flew into space March 14, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-12 and should land with the Soyuz MS-13 crew in February 2020.
** Morgan flew into space July 20, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-13 and should land with the Soyuz MS-15 crew in April 2020.
After spending seven months in space, the crew of Soyuz MS-12—Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronauts Nick Hague as well as Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri (who launched via Soyuz MS-15—are set to return to Earth. Upon their undocking, Expedition 60 will end and Expedition 61 will begin.
Following a successful launch, Kounotori 8 is expected to spend several days catching up with the International Space Station in order to rendezvous and berth with the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module.
Launching in Soyuz MS-15 on Sept. 25, 2019, three people are set to fly from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Aboard will be Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri.
The eighth Japanese cargo ship bound for the International Space Station, Kounotori 8, launched into orbit at 16:05 UTC Sept. 24, 2019, from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.
Following several weeks docked to the Zvezda module, the uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft is slated to undocking, perform a de-orbit burn and land in Kazakhstan.
After a roughly one-month stay attached to the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module, SpaceX’s CRS-18 Dragon is slated to be unberthed and de-orbited for a splashdown and recovery in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Baja California.
After launching atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 is expected to take two days to reach the ISS before autonomously docking with the Poisk module.
Soyuz MS-14 is slated to be a rare uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft. It is expected to launch atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket, testing modifications of the launch abort system’s integration to the rocket. Crewed Soyuz spacecraft typically launch on the Soyuz-FG rocket, which is being phased out.
Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to install International Docking Adapter-3 during a spacewalk. It is expected to involve Nick Hague and Drew Morgan. IDA-3 was brought to the ISS via the CRS-18 Dragon cargo mission. It is located in the spacecraft’s trunk section and is expected to be removed via the robotic Canadarm2 by mid-August.
Once at the International Space Station, the NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft is expected to spend about three months attached before departing with thousands of kilograms of trash for eventual burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.
In mid-summer, Russia is slated to send its Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. It is expected to arrive at the outpost within about two orbits to dock with the Pirs module on the Earth-facing side of the station.
After about four months docked to the Pirs module, Progress MS-11 is expected to leave the International Space Station. Following its departure, it is expected to eventually perform a deorbit burn and perform a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean.
Following launch and a roughly two-day rendezvous, SpaceX’s CRS-18 Dragon capsule is expected to arrive at the International Space Station to begin an approximately one-month stay attached to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module.
SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services Dragon mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch mid-summer atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. It’s main cargo is a second international docking adapter for the outpost.
Launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in July 2019, Soyuz MS-13 is expected to bring three more people to the International Space Station: Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan.
Beginning June 24, 2019; will transition to Expedition 61 on Oct. 3, 2019
Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
| Commander
Nick Hague, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Christina Koch*, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launched: March 14, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-12
Expected landing: Oct. 3, 2019
Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Drew Morgan**, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Luca Parmitano, ESA
| Flight Engineer
Launching: July 20, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-13
Expected landing: Feb. 6, 2020
* Koch is expected to stay aboard the ISS for an additional four months. She flew into space March 14, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-12 and should land with the Soyuz MS-13 crew in February 2020.
** Morgan is also expected to stay aboard the ISS for an additional month. He is slated to fly to the outpost on July 6, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-13 and should land with the Soyuz MS-15 crew in March 2020.
Using their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA astronaut Anne McClain are expected to return to Earth. Upon their departure, Expedition 60 will begin.
Following a launch and docking in October 2018, Progress MS-10 planned to depart from the outpost on Feb. 4, 2019. After leaving, the unpiloted spacecraft is expected to remain in orbit flying independently of the ISS until late March 2019.
After about a month attached to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon is expected to be unberthed and released. After several hours drifting away from the outpost, it should perform a deorbit burn and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Following a successful launch atop a Falcon 9 from Florida, SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon is expected to rendezvous with the International Space Station. Following a capture and berthing, the vehicle’s hatch will be opened and the cargo unloaded by the outpost’s crew.
SpaceX is contracted with NASA to send a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station to deliver thousands of kilograms of cargo. Liftoff atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 is expected in spring 2019.
Following its launch, Northrop Grumman’s NG-11 Cygnus is expected to take several days to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station. It is set to be attached to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.
Northrop Grumman is expect to fly its first International Space Station resupply mission of 2019 in the spring with the launch of the NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft. It will lift off atop an Antares 230 rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, and is expected to rendezvous and berth with the outpost several days later.
Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques of NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, respectively, are venturing outside the International Space Station to perform maintenance on the outpost in a 6.5-hour spacewalk.
Russia launched Progress MS-11 atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to send supplies to the International Space Station. Following a successful orbital insertion, the autonomous cargo vehicle is scheduled to reach the station in just over three hours before autonomously docking with the Pirs module.
Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch (both NASA astronauts), are set to venture outside the International Space Station to finish work to replace batteries on the outpost’s P4 Truss segment.
Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nick Hague (both NASA astronauts), are set to venture outside the International Space Station to begin work to replace batteries on the outpost’s P4 Truss segment.
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