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ISS-64 mission
Space Engineering and Technology magazine |
 NewsRoscosmos cosmonauts completed their work in open space and returned to the ISS
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55th anniversary of the launch of Venera-3 interplanetary probeNovember 16, 2020 
On November 16, 1965, a four-stage launch vehicle Molniya-M lifted off from Baikonur launch site carrying an interplanetary probe Venera-3 towards Venus. Venera-3 became the world’s first man-made object to reach the surface of another planet. )
ISS orbit raised by 1.1 kmNovember 13, 2020
On November 12, 2020, in accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station, a scheduled correction of its orbit was performed. To this end, the thrusters of the cargo transportation spacecraft Progress MS-14, which is attached to the propulsion section of the Zvezda module, were automatically fired at 22:50 Moscow Time. )
“Nauka” module testing continuesNovember 3, 2020
At the testing facilities of the Baikonur launch site, specialists from affiliates of the State Corporation Roscosmos continue testing the new Nauka module for the International Space Station. Currently, out of the 754 checks that the module is supposed to pass prior to launch, 306 have been completed as per the daily schedule of factory checkout tests. )
20 years of the ISS flying in manned modeNovember 2, 2020
On November 2000 manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TM-31 docked with the Service Module Zvezda of the International Space Station (ISS). On that day, the international crew of the first expedition started their work in orbit, which ushered in 20 years of continuous operation of the ISS in manned mode. )
The crew of Soyuz MS-16 is back homeOctober 22, 2020
Crew members of the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-16, which undocked today from the International Space Station on October 22, 2020 at 02:32 Moscow Time, have successfully returned to Earth at 05:54:12 Moscow Time. All the operations associated with the descent from orbit and landing went normally. Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and the NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy feel well. )
50th anniversary of the launch of the lunar probe Zond 8October 20, 2020
On October 20, 1970, a heavy launch vehicle Proton-K lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the spacecraft 7K-1L No.14 towards the Moon. The successful launch of the spacecraft, which was given the post-launch name of Zond-8, completed our country’s unmanned program of developmental tests in preparation for a manned circumlunar mission. )
Anniversary turned Remembrance DayOctober 20, 2020
October 15 marks 65 years since the birth of Evgeny Anatolyevich Mikrin. )
First time it only took 3 hours: Soyuz MS-17 docked with ISSOctober 14, 2020
At 11:48:50 Moscow Time, just a little bit more than three hours after its lift-off, the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft completed a normal docking with the Rassvet module of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station. It was the world’s first docking with the ISS of a manned spacecraft that had completed just two orbits around Earth. In addition to this, a new record was established for flights to the International Space Station – the total time from Soyuz MS-17 to docking was 3 hours and 3 minutes. The previous record had been set by the cargo spacecraft Progress MS-15, which took 3 hours and 18 minutes. )
Soyuz MS-17 is launched to the ISSOctober 14, 2020
Today, on October 14, 2020 at 08:45 Moscow time launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a with Soyuz MS-17 manned transportation spacecraft was launched from Pad 31 of the Baikonur Launch Site. On the ninth minute of the flight the spacecraft normally separated from the third stage and entered a target near-earth orbit.
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