A SOYUZ CAPSULE CARRYING 3 CREW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN - A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia’s Oleg Novitsky, NASA's Loral O'Hara and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan at 12:17 p.m. Kazakh time (0717 GMT). More (Source: NBC New York - Apr 6)
WATCH LIVE AS RUSSIAN SOYUZ SPACECRAFT CARRYING 3 SPACEFLYERS DEPARTS THE ISS TONIGHT - A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and the first female Belarusian in space will leave the space station late tonight (April 5), and you can watch the action live. NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus will leave the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:54 p.m. EDT (0354 GMT on April 6), if all goes according to plan. Key events of the undocking and landing will be carried here on Space.com, via NASA Television. More (Source: Space.com - Apr 6)
SOUTH KOREA TO LAUNCH SECOND RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE - The second South Korean reconnaissance satellite will be launched on April 8, Azernews reports, citing Korean Defense Ministry. The satellite will be launched from the territory of the Space Center named after John F. Kennedy in Florida on April 7, local time, but at 08:17 Seoul time on April 8 (03:17 - Baku time, April 8). The spacecraft will be sent into orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, as well as the first South Korean reconnaissance satellite, which was launched on December 1. More (Source: AzerNews - Apr 6)
SPACEX LAUNCHING 21 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CALIFORNIA ON APRIL 6 - SpaceX is set to launch 21 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Saturday night (April 6) from California. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft — including six that can beam service directly to cell phones — is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, on California's central coast, Saturday during a four-hour window that opens at 10:25 p.m. EDT (7:25 p.m. local California time; 0225 GMT on April 7). More (Source: Space.com - Apr 6)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 23 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Friday morning to kick off a weekend that could see three missions for the company. The Starlink 6-47 mission lifted off at 5:12 a.m. EDT (0912 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), just minutes before moonrise over the Cape. The Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1069 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for a 14th time. It previously supported the launches of the CRS-24 and OneWeb-1 missions, along with nine Starlink flights. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 6)
RUSSIAN SPACE STATION: ROSCOSMOS APPROVES DESIGN FOR ORBITAL STATION AS ISS COLLABORATION NEARS END - Roscosmos, Russia’s state corporation responsible for space activities, has given the green light to the preliminary design of the country’s future space station paving the way to fulfill the country’s space ambitions. The design milestone for the future space station, achieved nearly a year after the first version of the design was completed, represents a crucial advancement in Russia’s plans for space exploration. More (Source: EurAsian Times - Apr 5)
CREW READIES FOR DEPARTURE WHILE HUMAN RESEARCH CONTINUES - Three International Space Station residents are in their final full day aboard the orbital outpost focusing their attention on Friday night’s departure. The rest of the Expedition 70 crew continued its human research activities ensuring crews remain healthy in space. NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is nearing the end of her spaceflight that began on Sept. 15, 2023. She is returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya aboard the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship. The trio will undock from the Rassvet module at 11:54 p.m. EDT on Friday and parachute to landing inside the Soyuz in Kazakhstan at 3:17 a.m. on Saturday (12:17 p.m. Kazakh time). More (Source: NASA - Apr 5)
ESA TO LAUNCH ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE IN JUNE - The European Space Agency said Thursday it will launch a satellite in June which will improve weather forecasting in the Arctic—a region highly exposed to the effects of global warming. The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) was designed over three years by European aerospace company OHB. More (Source: Phys.org - Apr 5)
WILL THE 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE BE VISIBLE FROM SPACE? - NASA astronauts and weather satellites will watch next week's solar eclipse from space. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), alongside at least one of the two Russian Soyuz crews on board right now, will experience a "very unique vantage point" when a total solar eclipse sweeps across Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, a senior NASA manager said during a livestreamed eclipse science briefing on March 26. More (Source: Space.com - Apr 4)
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