Starliner Crew Flight Test launch
Boeing is scheduled to launch its first crewed Starliner spacecraft for a two-week-long stay aboard the International Space Station to test the vessel’s systems.
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Boeing is scheduled to launch its first crewed Starliner spacecraft for a two-week-long stay aboard the International Space Station to test the vessel’s systems.
About a day after launch, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts are expected to reach the International Space Station and dock with the Harmony module.
After about six months at the International Space Station, Russia’s Progress MS-25 spacecraft is slated to undock from the outpost before performing a deorbit burn for a destructive atmospheric reentry over the South Pacific Ocean.
At the conclusion of a roughly weeklong stay, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts are expected to undock from the International Space Station to return to Earth.
Northrop Grumman’s NG-20 Cygnus resupply spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station with trash and unneeded equipment after spending several months at the outpost.
After six months in space, the four Crew-8 flyers are set to return to Earth in their Crew Dragon spacecraft.
After about six months at the International Space Station, Russia’s Progress MS-26 spacecraft is slated to undock from the outpost before performing a deorbit burn for a destructive atmospheric reentry over the South Pacific Ocean.
Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft is set to return to Earth after being docked to the International Space Station for about six months.
Beginning September 2024; transitioning to Expedition 73 in March 2025
After about a month docked to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s CRS-30 Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to undock and return to Earth, splashing down in the waters of the coast of Florida.
Beginning March 2024; transitioning to Expedition 72 in October 2024
At the conclusion of a planned six-month stay, three people will return to Earth in Soyuz MS-24.
Two days after launch, Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft and its three occupants are set to dock with the International Space Station.
Russia is set to launch three people to the International Space Station in Soyuz MS-25 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
About a day after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-30 Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to dock with the International Space Station.
SpaceX is set to launch its CRS-30 cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS-30 will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 with more than 2,700 kilograms of supplies and science experiments to the ISS, including fresh fruit and vegetables for the seven-person Expedition 70 crew.
After roughly six months aboard the International Space Station, Crew-7 and its four-person crew are expected to return to Earth, splashing down in the ocean off the coast of Florida.
Roughly a day after launch, the Crew-8 mission is expected to dock with the International Space Station with four new crew members.
SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission is set to send four people to the International Space Station for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.
After about six months at the International Space Station, the autonomous Progress MS-24 cargo spacecraft will be commanded to undock from the outpost with thousands of kilograms of trash and unneeded equipment bound for a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean.
At the conclusion of a two-week mission, the four people of the Axiom-3 mission are slated to return to Earth, splashing down in the waters off the coast of Florida.
About two days after launch, the NG-20 Cygnus spacecraft is expected to rendezvous with the International Space Station to be captured by the outpost’s robotic arm for berthing to the Unity module.
Northrop Grumman’s NG-20 Cygnus resupply spacecraft is set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Aboard will be several thousand kilograms of cargo bound for the International Space Station’s Expedition 70 crew.
About a day after launch, the Axiom-3 Dragon spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station with Axiom Space’s third private mission to the outpost.
SpaceX will fly Axiom Space’s third private spaceflight to the International Space Station. Axiom-3 will include four astronauts from four different countries.
After several months berthed to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s NG-19 Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to depart the outpost with trash and other unneeded equipment.
After several weeks docked to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s CRS-29 cargo Dragon is expected to depart the outpost and return to Earth, splashing down in the waters off the coast of Florida.
Two days after launch, Russia’s Progress MS-25 cargo spacecraft is expected to dock to the Earth-facing port of the Prichal module.
Russia is scheduled to launch the autonomous Progress MS-25 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. It is expected to carry several thousand kilograms of cargo and consumables.
About a day after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-29 Dragon resupply spacecraft is expected to dock to the forward-facing port of the Harmony module on the International Space Station.
SpaceX’s CRS-29 Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to fly to the International Space Station with several thousand kilograms of crew supplies, hardware and experiments for the Expedition 70 crew.
Beginning September 2023; transitioning to Expedition 71 in March 2024
Soyuz MS-23 is scheduled to return two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut, the three of which will have been in space for a year.
After being attached to the International Space Station for about six months, Progress MS-23 is set to undock from the outpost with trash and unneeded equipment. It will perform a destructive reentry in Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean.
After about six months aboard the International Space Station, the four-person Crew-6 Dragon crew is expected to return to Earth.
About a day after launch, the Crew-7 astronauts and cosmonaut are expected to reach the International Space Station for their six-month stay.
Four people are scheduled to launch in SpaceX’s Crew-7 Dragon spacecraft to travel to the International Space Station for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Progress MS-24 is expected to dock to the aft end of the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module about two days after launch.
Russia will launch its autonomous Progress MS-24 spacecraft to the International Space Station to resupply the outpost’s Expedition 69 crew.
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