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SpaceX expects to perform an in-space propellant transfer demonstration using two docked Starships in 2025—a critical milestone that will allow SpaceX to refuel their Starship HLS vehicle for an uncrewed lunar landing demonstration in the following year. [10]
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).
SpaceX Crew-10 is planned to be the tenth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 17th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will transport four crew members – NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov – to the International Space Station (ISS). [3]
Soyuz MS-27 is a planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in April 2025 to the International Space Station. The mission will transport three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky , along with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim .
Russia has stated that it plans to pull out of the ISS program after 2025. [76] However, Russian modules will provide orbital station-keeping until 2028. [73] The US planned in 2009 to deorbit the ISS in 2016. [74] But on 30 September 2015, Boeing's contract with NASA as prime contractor for the ISS was extended to 30 September 2020.
1 October 2005 03:54 Soyuz TMA-7: 8 April 2006 23:48 Soyuz TMA-7: 189.01 13: Pavel Vinogradov Jeffrey Williams: 30 March 2006 02:30 Soyuz TMA-8: 28 September 2006 01:13 Soyuz TMA-8: 182.65 Thomas Reiter: 4 July 2006 18:38 STS-121: Transferred to Expedition 14 14: Mikhail Tyurin Michael López-Alegría: 18 September 2006 04:09 Soyuz TMA-9: 21 ...
The other spacecraft — the Japanese HTV, the SpaceX Dragon (under CRS phase 1) and the Northrop Grumman [1] Cygnus — rendezvous with the station before being grappled using Canadarm2 and berthed at the nadir port of the Harmony or Unity module for one to two months. Progress, Cygnus and ATV can remain docked for up to six months.
Expedition 14 was the 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Michael López-Alegría , and flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006, 04:09 UTC, aboard Soyuz TMA-9 .