Change of Command
ISS Expedition 69-70 Change of Command Ceremony
International Space Station International Space Station Expedition 69
ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, Expedition 69 commander, will hand over the International Space Station command to ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen who will become commander of Expedition 70.
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International Space Station
Low Earth Orbit Government Founded: Nov. 20, 1998 Mass: 419.7T Volume: 931 m³
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Status - Active
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added …
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-24
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-24 carried two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in K…
Firefly Alpha
FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThird flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 7-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
NROL-107 (Silent Barker)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified space situational awareness (SSA) payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Long March 6A
Yaogan 40
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing" purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-14
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
SpaceShipTwo
Galactic 03
Spaceport America - Air launch to Suborbital flightThird commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
H-IIA 202
XRISM & SLIM
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 - Tanegashima Space Center, JapanX-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), formerly the X-Ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM), is a replacement for the Hitomi satellite that …
Long March 4C
Yaogan 33-03
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 33-03 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purpose.
Ceres-1S
4x Tianqi
DeFu-15002 mobile launch platform - Sea Launch4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.
