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For the better part of a decade, NASA and its commercial partners have been working toward re-establishing the United States’ domestic human spaceflight launch capability. SpaceX is expected to perform the first major test flight for its Crew Dragon via the unpiloted Demo-1 flight to the International Space Station.
Derek Richardson
After spending about a month attached to the International Space Station, SpaceX's CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft will be loaded with equipment to return to Earth before being unberthed. It is then expected to drift away from the outpost over the next several hours before performing a deorbit burn and re-entering the atmosphere to splash down the Pacific Ocean for recovery.
Derek Richardson
Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor are set to return to Earth in their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Dec. 20, 2018.
Derek Richardson
Following a successful launch, the Japanese-built Kounotori 7 spacecraft is expected to take several days to rendezvous with the International Space Station. The autonomous spacecraft is manifested with 6,200 kilograms of cargo, including lithium-ion batteries that will be used to replace some of the outpost's existing nickel-hydrogen batteries.
Derek Richardson
The Japanese-built Kounotori 7 spacecraft is expected to send about 6,200 kilograms of science experiments, crew supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
Derek Richardson