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Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor are set to return to Earth in their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Dec. 20, 2018.
Beginning Dec. 20, 2018; will transition to Expedition 59 in March 2019
Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
| Commander
Anne McClain, NASA
| Flight Engineer
David Saint-Jacques, CSA
| Flight Engineer
Launched: Dec. 3, 2018, aboard Soyuz MS-11
Expected landing: June 25, 2019
Expedition 58 was originally going to include Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague. However, during their ascent into orbit Oct. 11, 2018, in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft, their carrier rocket experienced a failure. They failed to reach orbit and did not join with Expedition 57 and thus Expedition 58.
Because of the recent Soyuz MS-10 launch abort, this date of this activity is under review and will likely be postponed. Astronauts are slated to venture outside the International Space Station to continue the replacement of the outpost's batteries that started in early 2017.
Because of the recent Soyuz MS-10 launch abort, this date of this activity is under review and will likely be postponed. Astronauts are slated to venture outside the International Space Station to continue the replacement of the outpost's batteries that started in early 2017.
After spending about a month docked to the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will be loaded with equipment to return to Earth before being unberthed. It is then expected to drift away from the outpost over the next several hours before performing a deorbit burn and re-entering the atmosphere to splash down the Pacific Ocean for recovery.
For the better part of a decade, NASA and its commercial partners have been working toward re-establishing the United States’ domestic human spaceflight launch capability. Using its Crew Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX plans on testing its vehicle via the unpiloted Demo-1 flight to the International Space Station on a two-week mission.
Progress MS-09 arrived at the ISS in July 2018 and docked to the Pirs module after just 2.5 orbits of Earth. It is expected to undock with the module on Dec. 23, 2018, and spend an additional month free-flying around the planet for ground teams to conduct engineering tests. The exact departure time has yet to be announced.
After a planned two-week mission docked to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s unpiloted test flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, the vehicle is expected to undock and return to Earth via a parachute-assisted splashdown in the ocean.
Once Northrup Grumman's NG-10 Cgynus spacecraft is firmly attached the the outpost, it is expected to remain there until February 2019 before being loaded with trash and unneeded equipment and unberthed. It will eventually be deorbited and burn up upon re-entry over the Pacific Ocean.
Soyuz MS-12 is set to launch three people to the International Space Station: Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin as well as NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch. They will link up with the outpost and join the already-aboard Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA astronaut Anne McClain as part of Expedition 59.
Beginning March 2019; will transition to Expedition 60 on June 25, 2019
Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
| Commander
Anne McClain, NASA
| Flight Engineer
David Saint-Jacques, CSA
| Flight Engineer
Launched: Dec. 3, 2018, aboard Soyuz MS-11
Expected landing: June 25, 2019
Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Nick Hague, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Christina Koch, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launching: Feb 28, 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-12
Expected landing: Oct. 3, 2019
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.
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. Landing is planned for July 8, 2019. Upon their departure, Expedition 60 will begin.
Beginning June 25, 2019; will transition to Expedition 61 on Oct. 3, 2019
Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
| Commander
Nick Hague, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Christina Koch, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launching: Feb 28, 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-12
Expected landing: Oct. 3, 2019
Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Andrew Morgan, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Luca Parmitano, ESA
| Flight Engineer
Launching: July 6, 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-13
Expected landing: Feb. 6, 2020
After spending seven months in space, the crew of Soyuz MS-12—Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch—are set to return to Earth. Upon their undocking, Expedition 60 will end and Expedition 61 will begin.
Roscosmos is planning a spacewalk, dubbed Russian EVA-45a, in part to investigate the recent microcrack discovered on the orbital module of Soyuz MS-09. During the outing, two cosmonauts are expected to egress from the Pirs module and make their way to the Soyuz to peel back the thermal covering around the hole, which was sealed in late August by the crew of Expedition 56.
Following its Florida launch and a subsequent two-day trek to the International Space Station, SpaceX's CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft is set to rendezvous with the complex before being captured and berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module. It is expected to remain attached for about a month.
SpaceX is set to launch its CRS-16 Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff will be atop a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. After a two-day rendezvous profile, the vehicle is expected to bring several thousand kilograms of supplies and experiments to the outpost.
Three new crew members are planning to launch to the International Space Station in Soyuz MS-11: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA astronaut Anne McClain. They are expected to remain in orbit until June 2019.
After launching from Wallops Island, Virginia, Northrup Grumman's NG-10 Cgynus spacecraft is set to rendezvous with the International Space Station with some 3,500 kilograms of crew supplies, experiments and hardware. It is expected to be captured and berthed to the Unity module and remain there until late February 2019.
Two days after launch, Progress MS-10 is expected rendezvous and dock with the aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda module.
Docking is currently expected to take place at 19:29 UTC Nov. 18. It is expected to carry with it some 2,500 kilograms of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 57 crew.
Northrup Grumman plans to send the NG-10 Cygnus resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station in November 2018. It is expected to launch atop an Antares 230 rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, and carry some 3,500 kilograms of crew supplies, experiments and hardware. Once in orbit, the freighter is expected to take several days to arrive at the ISS.
Progress MS-10 is expected to be the first Soyuz launch to send payload to the International Space Station since the Oct. 11, 2018, Soyuz MS-10 launch abort. The date of liftoff could shift pending the results of an ongoing investigation into the cause of the recent failure.
Japan's Kounotori 7 cargo spacecraft is set to depart from the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2018, after about six weeks attached to the outpost's Harmony module. The craft delivered some 6,000 kilograms of equipment, supplies and experiments to the outpost, including new lithium-ion batteries.
Soyuz MS-10 is scheduled to launch two members of the Expedition 57 crew to the International Space Station: Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague. Liftoff at Baikonur Cosmodrome is expected at about 8:40 UTC Oct 11, 2018, with a docking to the Poisk module some four orbits later at 14:44 UTC.
Beginning Oct. 4, 2018; will transition to Expedition 58 on Dec. 13, 2018
Alexander Gerst, ESA
| Commander
Sergey Prokopyev, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Serena Aunon-Chancellor, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launched: June 6, 2018, aboard Soyuz MS-09
Expected landing: Dec. 13, 2018
Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Nick Hague, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launching: Oct. 11, 2018, aboard Soyuz MS-10
Expected landing: April 16, 2019
Soyuz MS-08 with its three-person crew—Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold—is expected to return to Earth in early October 2018. They will land on the Kazakh Steppe, only several hundred kilometers from where they launched back in March 2018.
Following a successful launch, the Japanese-built Kounotori 7 spacecraft is expected to take several days to rendezvous with the International Space Station. The autonomous spacecraft is manifested with 6,200 kilograms of cargo, including lithium-ion batteries that will be used to replace some of the outpost's existing nickel-hydrogen batteries.
The Japanese-built Kounotori 7 spacecraft is expected to send about 6,200 kilograms of science experiments, crew supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The vehicle will also bring six large lithium-ion batteries to continue the replacement of the outpost's existing nickel-hydrogen batteries on the station's 110-meter-long truss.
Russia's Progress MS-08 cargo freighter, which has been attached to the International Space Station since February 2018, is set to undock with thousands of kilograms of unneeded equipment and trash. It is expected to remain in orbit on its own until late-August before performing a deorbit burn over the southern Pacific Ocean.
Russian cosmonauts and Expedition 56 flight engineers Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station via the Pirs airlock on the Russian Orbital Segment.
The spacewalk is currently expected to start at about 11:58 a.m. EDT (16:05 UTC) Aug. 15, 2018 when the hatch to the Pirs module is opened. During the outing, the pair will release a number of small satellites, retrieve materials science samples from the Zvezda service module and install the Icarus experiment, according to NASA.
After about a month attached to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, SpaceX's CRS-15 Dragon capsule is expected to be unberthed by the robotic Canadarm2. After moving safely away from the ISS, the spacecraft should reenter Earth's atmosphere, splashing down via parachute west of Baja California.
After being recovered by SpaceX personnel at sea, the capsule will be transported to the Port of Los Angeles where time-sensitive cargo is expected to be removed. The spacecraft should then be taken to the company's Texas facility to finish unloading the rest of its contents, which will then be sent to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
After nearly two months attached to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, Northrup Grumman's (formerly Orbital ATK) OA-9 Cygnus spacecraft is set to be unberthed by the robotic Canadarm2.
After safely moving away from the ISS, the spacecraft is set to fly independently for several days before performing a de-orbit burn to burn up over the southern Pacific Ocean.
Launch: 5:51 p.m. EDT (21:51 GMT) July 9, 2018
Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
This Russian Progress cargo ship will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome to deliver several thousand kilograms of supplies to the International Space Station. Docking is expected to take place about four orbits, some six hours, later. The spacecraft will mate with Pirs.
On July 2, 2018, after a three-day rendezvous profile, SpaceX's 15th Dragon resupply mission under the Commercial Resupply Services contract is expected to arrive at the International Space Station. It is expected to send some 2,410 kilograms of pressurized cargo inside the capsule and about 900 kilograms of unpressurized equipment in the spacecraft's trunk section.
Capture by the robotic Canadarm2 is expected around 7 a.m. EDT (11:00 GMT) with berthing to the Earth-facing port of Harmony expected around 9 a.m. EDT (13:00 GMT).
Launch: 5:42 a.m. EDT (09:41 GMT) June 29, 2018
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
SpaceX targeting June 29, 2018, for the launch of its 15th operational cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract. It is expected to utilize a previously-flown first stage booster as well as a reused Dragon pressure vessel.
CRS-15 is expected to send some 2,410 kilograms of pressurized cargo inside the capsule and about 900 kilograms of unpressurized equipment in the spacecraft's trunk section. After launch, the spacecraft will take about two days to rendezvous and berth with the outpost.
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold are scheduled to perform their third spacewalk during the Expedition 55/56 increment. They are expected to run cables on the exterior of the outpost and install high-definition cameras on the forward end of Harmony in preparation for upcoming commercial crew flights, among other tasks.
The two veteran spacewalkers will leave the Quest airlock for a 6.5 hour excursion at about 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 GMT) June 14, 2018.
After a two-day trek to the ISS, Soyuz MS-09 with Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor is scheduled to autonomously dock with the station's Rassvet module at about 9:07 a.m. EDT (13:07 GMT) June 8, 2018.
After several hours of leak checks, the Soyuz trio will open the hatches between the two spacecraft and join Expedition 56 crew members Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, and Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA to bring the ISS crew compliment to six.
Soyuz MS-09 is scheduled to launch three members of the Expedition 56 crew to the International Space Station. They include Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:12 a.m. EDT (11:12 GMT) June 6, 2018.
They will arrive at the ISS two days later. The spacecraft is expected to dock with the Rassvet module.
Soyuz MS-07 is scheduled undock from the International Space Station and land in Kazakhstan. Coming back to Earth are Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Norishige Kanai.
Undocking from the Rassvet module is anticipated to be at about 5:16 a.m. EDT (09:16 GMT) June 3, 2018. Landing will take place several hours later at around 8:40 a.m. EDT (12:40 GMT).
Launch window: TBD May 20, 2018
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia
Orbital ATK will launch the OA-9 Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station. It will rendezvous with the outpost several days later to bring supplies and experiments to the Expedition 55 crew.
After about one month attached to the ISS, SpaceX's CRS-14 Dragon capsule will be unberthed. After several hours of moving away from the complex, the capsule will perform a de-orbit burn and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.
Launch window: 4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 GMT) April 2, 2018
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
SpaceX will launch its 14th Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station to deliver 2,760 kilograms of pressurized and 550 kilograms of unpressurized cargo to the Expedition 55 crew.
After launch, the spacecraft will take about two days to rendezvous and berth with the outpost.
Just a week after docking, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold will go on a spacewalk to install wireless antennas on the International Space Station's Tranquility module, according to NASA, and replace cameras on the P1 truss segment.
The two veteran spacewalkers will leave the Quest airlock for a 6.5 hour excursion on March 29, 2018.
Some 5.5 months after its Oct. 14, 2017, launch, Progress MS-07 will be commanded to undock from the Pirs module, de-orbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere. Onboard will be trash and unneeded equipment.
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