Updates ISS UPDATES

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Cygnus arrives at the station with supplies and experiments: https://blogs.nasa.gov/ng-crs-17/

Press release: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-science-cargo-to-international-space-station

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502452438925815812

 

[Kyle]

Having Vande Hei return on Axiom-1 would make the most sense to me. You'd have to bump one of the Axiom crew off to another flight (Ax-2 probably). Nobody would be happy with the situation, but it beats the alternative.

 

[GLS]

Having Vande Hei return on Axiom-1 would make the most sense to me. You'd have to bump one of the Axiom crew off to another flight (Ax-2 probably). Nobody would be happy with the situation, but it beats the alternative.

I think there is space for more seats in Dragon, so there might not be a need to bump anyone.

 

[Arvil]

Imagine if the Dragon was not yet available, Hei may have been stranded sorta like Sergei Krikalev in 1991.

 

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The first all-private mission to the ISS, Ax-1, delays to 8 April 2022.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510787746977226756

 

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Ax-1 docked to the ISS, kickstarting a new era of space tourism!

 

[MaxBuzz]

spacewalk to prepare the ERA manipulator

 

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SpaceX Crew-4

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519223525374013440

 

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Crew Dragon Freedom docked to the ISS. Read more: NASA astronauts enter space station in latest SpaceX flight

I like what a news editor has said about SpaceX's human space program:

The Elon Musk-owned company has become NASA's space taxi, with astronauts having arrived at the space station in one of the fastest flights yet.

 

[MaxBuzz]

VKD-53

 

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SpaceX capsule splashes down, bringing 4 astronauts home from 6-month mission

I will update my post concerning Indian-origin space travellers.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1545113517346398209

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1547220950730555392

 

[MaxBuzz]

spacewalk (by the way, the satellite to be launched was created by Kursk University)

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1550149292303712256

 

[MaxBuzz]

spacewalk (by the way, the satellite to be launched was created by Kursk University)

Kursk forever

 

[clipper]

From international to national: Russia to leave ISS project after 2024

Moscow will continue to fulfill its obligations for now and send crews to the ISS

tass.com

After 2024 seems to be the keyword here, so it could be a while after for all we know.

 

[Ajaja]

Bon voyage

https://twitter.com/x/status/1551958919140048898

 

[MaxBuzz]

Bon voyage

"Exit" is a simplified name for a complex procedure that no one will notice even after 2028
even the agreement with NASA/Elon Musk on cross-flights goes far beyond 2024