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If you can drag yourself out of bed early on Christmas Day, theres a chance to see Father Christmas heading home after delivering his presents or more accurately, the International Space Station flying over London.

They look the same and depending on the age of your kids, choose which of the two explanations you will prefer to use.

To spot the space station/Santa flying over London, what you want to do is find a nice place with a decent view of the sky a park, or anywhere above the local street lighting level will do.

Try to get used to the dark sky and not look at other bright lights.

Look to the west, and then around 6:52am, you may spot a single bright star appearing in the sky, and moving fast towards you. It might take a bit of effort to spot it, but once you have, it becomes very obvious in the sky as it races over London.

In the centre a solitary bright star flying over London Christmas Day 2020

The reason that you can see the space station at this time of the morning as the rising sun is still low enough to leave the sky in near darkness, but the space station is high enough to already be reflecting the sunlight making it glow like a small star in the sky.

The flypast lasts a couple of minutes. Then you can head home for a well-earned mug of hot chocolate.

Theres also a flypast on Christmas Eve at 7:38am if the weather forecast for Christmas Day is going to be cloudy, and you can always say that its Santas doing a practice run over London.

Flypast data from N2YO.

Note the ISS will be visible from MOST of England on the flypasts, and the flypast lasts a couple of minutes, so the times are as above, give or take 10-20 seconds. As the space station is so high up, itll be pretty much directly overhead for anyone in the southeast, but if you are north of London, you may need to look a tiny bit to the south of the sky above.

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On August 15, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India's plans to launch its first human space mission, Gaganyaan, by 2022. But, last year, the COVID-19 pandemic derailed the initial goals of a timely launch of uncrewed and crewed spaceflights under the mission. Now, as we eagerly await the launch, here's an update on what to expect from the mission and the future of India in the space frontier.

Last week, Union Space Minister Jitendra Singh, during the Rajya Sabha meeting, stated that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the final crewed mission in 2023. The first two stages, i.e. the test vehicle and the uncrewed mission, will carry Vyommitra, a spacefaring humanoid robot developed by ISRO.

The minister confirmed that the first uncrewed space flight as part of India's Rs 9,023 crore human spaceflight mission 'Gaganyaan' is slated for the second half of 2022.

Additionally, the Venus mission, L-1 Aditya solar and Chandrayaan-3 missions are also estimated for launch in 2022-2023. Singh also confirmed that Chandrayaan-3 is in the advanced stage of realisation. All the Propulsion Module and Rover Module systems have been realised, integrated, and tested. In the Lander Module, most of the systems have been realised, and tests are underway.

All the identified tests will be completed before the launch of Chandrayaan-3, he said.

Chandrayaan-3 is targeted to be launched in the second quarter of the financial year 2022-2023.

Moreover, the union space minister also set a timeline for Indias first-ever space station. He announced that by 2030, we would, possibly, be able to set up a space station, which would be unique of its kind.

A space station is a habitable artificial satellite in the Earths lower orbit. At present, only the International Space Stationa collaborative project of the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canadaand the recently launched Tiangong Space Station of China are operational.

Though the COVID restrictions delayed the main programme, the preparations have begun vigorously, including aeromedical training and flying practice for astronauts. An astronaut training facility is also being established in Bengaluru. Even the ground qualification tests of human-rated launch vehicle propulsion stages have progressed successfully.

"The configuration and design of ground infrastructure have been completed, and modifications needed are being implemented. The MoU, contracts and Implementation arrangement (IA) related activities with both national and international agencies are progressing well," Singh said.

To keep the buzz going, ISRO recently sponsored 500 young minds to assemble Gaganyaan's functional rocket model to create a Guinness World Record. More than 500 industries are reportedly involved in the overall Gaganyaan mission.

The objective of the Gaganyaan programme is to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit (LEO) onboard an Indian rocket and bring them back to earth safely.

The final stage of the mission will send three astronauts into the low-earth orbit of 300-400 km to stay for a week. If successful, Gaganyaan will make India the world's fourth country, after the USA, China and the Soviet Union (now Russia), to successfully place a human in space.

(With inputs from IANS and the Times of India)

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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is the Time person of the year for 2021, the magazine announced on Monday (Dec. 13).

"Person of the Year is a marker of influence, and few individuals have had more influence than Musk on life on Earth, and potentially life off Earth, too," Time editor in chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal said in a statement. "In 2021, Musk emerged not just as the worlds richest person but also as perhaps the richest example of a massive shift in our society."

That shift includes "the continuing decline of traditional institutions in favor of individuals; government dysfunction that has delivered more power and responsibility to business; and chasms of wealth and opportunity," Felsenthal said.

World's tallest rocket: SpaceX stacks Starship atop massive booster for 1st time

Some notable achievements by Musk and SpaceX this year include safely landing a prototype of the company's huge Starship Mars rocket during a high-altitude test flight; maintaining crewed access to the International Space Station from the U.S. via SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket; and successfully launching four civilians on a charity-focused orbital spaceflight known as Inspiration4 (a mission backed by another billionaire, Jared Isaacman.)

Musk was even a guest on Saturday Night Live, which included the requisite Dogecoin jokes. Musk is a huge fan of the cryptocurrency, and is even (reportedly) starting to accept missions paid for in Dogecoin.

Musk is still keeping his interplanetary settlement dreams alive with Starship and is now framing his goal of reaching the Red Planet as a solution to some of Earth's problems, such as global warming. That's a position that is in itself controversial among some, according to Vox, but Musk has been laser-focused on Mars since SpaceX's foundation nearly 20 years ago.

"The goal overall has been to make life multiplanetary and enable humanity to become a spacefaring civilization," Musk said in an interview with Time. "The next really big thing is to build a self-sustaining city on Mars and bring the animals and creatures of Earth there, sort of like a futuristic Noah's ark. Well bring more than two, though it's a little weird if theres only two."

Musk's interview with Time also gives some suggested milestones for his various long-term space missions, including going around the moon "maybe as soon as 2023." He also said he'll "be surprised" if SpaceX doesn't achieve a human Mars landing in five years, and he gave more clarification on recent reports that SpaceX could go bankrupt due to a production crisis on its new Raptor engine for Starship.

"Worst case situation ... bankruptcy is not out of the question, not that it's likely," Musk said in the interview with Time. "We cannot lose our edge or get complacent."

You can read the full cover story at Time at this link.

Musk's selection as Time's person of the year won't be universally lauded. The billionaire entrepreneur has been criticized for such actions as re-opening a Tesla factory (Musk is also CEO of Tesla) against public health guidance during the pandemic and making rude comments about an individual who helped rescue a set of boys trapped in a cave, while Musk's proposed submarine solution was set aside.

And SpaceX's Starlink satellite megaconstellation, while expanding internet access in rural areas, also has been criticized for interfering with astronomical observations due to the number and brightness of the spacecraft.

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NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Kayla Barron are pictured in front of the International Space Stations Advanced Plant Habitat.

Space biology led the research schedule for the seven-member Expedition 66 crew aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The orbiting labs three guests also spent their day on a variety of Russian space experiments.

NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Kayla Barron partnered up throughout the day replacing components inside the Advanced Plant Habitat. Three-time station resident Thomas Marshburn of NASA prepared the Mouse Habitat Unit for upcoming rodent research.

Flight Engineer Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) collected his blood sample and analyzed it using the Bio-Analyzer. At the end of the day, he joined Marshburn for retina scans conducted by NASA Flight Engineer Raja Chari using specialized imaging hardware with support from doctors on the ground.

Station commander and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov worked on a pair of studies exploring how weightlessness affects the cardiovascular system and microbes then charged batteries inside the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship. Roscosmos Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov continued servicing and photographing bacteria samples for the Microvir space virus investigation.

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, commander of the 11-day Soyuz MS-20 mission, serviced samples for a Russian microbiology study and had an Earth photography session. The two spaceflight participants from Japan, Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, contributed to a study that explores how space affects the circulatory system.

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China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts are all set to present a science lesson live from the orbiting Tiangong space station on Thursday.

Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu will begin the class at 2:40 am EST (0740 GMT, 3:40 pm Beijing time) on Thursday (Dec. 9) from inside the Tianhe module, the core (and currently only module) of the Tiangong station. You can watch the live science lesson (in Mandarin) in the window above, courtesy of China's CCTV news outlet. on YouTube.

Related: The latest news about China's space program

The class will feature topics including life and work aboard the Tianhe space station module, the behavior of biological cells, how astronauts move in microgravity, water surface tension experiments and more, according to CMSA, China's human spaceflight agency.

The lesson will be part of a series known as "Tiangong Class," taking the name for the Chinese space station (meaning "heavenly palace"), as China looks to utilize its new orbital outpost for inspiring interest in space and science domestically and for international prestige.

Wang Yaping, on her first trip to space in 2013, delivered a science class to 60 million school children while aboard the Tiangong 1 space lab.

Thursdays class will be streamed live by Chinese media, and will also likely be streamed by the English language CGTN Youtube channel

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The Ohio State University is the lead university partner of a multimillion dollar NASA-funded effort to develop a new generation of commercially based, human-occupied space stations.

Ohio State research and innovation will support the Starlab commercial space station. Starlab is led by Nanoracks, a commercial space company dedicated to providing commercial access to space. Starlabs partner organizations include Voyager Space (majority shareholder in Nanoracks), Lockheed Martin, Ohio-based Zin Technologies, the Universities Space Research Association and the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation.

Nanoracks has been awarded a $160 million Space Act Agreement by NASA to design and deploy theStarlabcommercial space station, which will host the space-based George Washington Carver (GWC) Science Park as part of the agencys Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development program. Starlab supports NASAs initiative to stimulate the commercial space economy and provide science and crew capabilities prior to the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS).

Starlab is an opportunity for transformational leadership and partnership with the commercial space sector in cutting-edge research, across a wide range of domains, said President Kristina M. Johnson.It builds on Ohio States strengths in industry research and leverages our existing research capabilities to support NASAs priorities for the development and commercialization of low-Earth orbit. It is incredibly exciting for Ohio State to have this opportunity to engage in transformational leadership and partnership with the commercial space sector while building on and leveraging our strengths in industry research.

Starlab and the GWC Science Park will focus on a range of research areas, including biology, plant and agricultural science, physical science and materials research. Researchers will have an opportunity to advance in-space and terrestrial agriculture; materials and manufacturing for spaceflight; artificial intelligence; and space-based remote sensing.

Ohio States strengths and expertise across these domain areas, as well as its role as a leading land-grant research university, make it an excellent choice to serve Starlab as the lead university partner in this exciting program, said Grace Wang, executive vice president for the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge.

The focus on in-space and terrestrial agriculture is a unique feature of the effort and showcases Ohio States strengths in interdisciplinary research.

The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences is excited to host and operate the ground-based control lab for agricultural research aboard theStarlab/GWC Science Park and assist in advancing in-space and terrestrial agriculture, said Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Dean of CFAES CathannA. Kress. Agriculture is entering a digitalrevolution this partnershipdemonstratesour commitment to advancing controlled environment agricultureand affirms we are poised to lead the way.

Spaceflight is simply one of the most compelling contexts in which to pursue a wide range of cutting-edge research activities, from AI and robotics to materials and microbiology, said Ayanna Howard, dean of the College of Engineering. Combining Ohio State engineering and research capabilities with those from collaborators around the globe, especially at the intersections of disciplines, will help bring forth an exciting future of activities in low-Earth orbit.

As the lead university partner, Ohio State will:

This collaboration will help the state of Ohio build further upon our long heritage of advancing the future of spaceflight, continuing in the tradition of John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, said John M. Horack, Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy and lead researcher for the Starlab collaboration. One can perhaps think of Starlab and the GWC Science Park as integrating many of the strengths of Ohio States research infrastructure and campus to the location of low-Earth orbit.

Ohio State is positioned to receive significant funding to start up university operations. Research work is expected to involve the College of Engineering, CFAES and the College of Arts and Sciences, along with key research centers, faculty, staff and students.

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Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with a TV producer and a Russian cosmonaut. The trio lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and successfully docked at the orbiting outpost almost six hours later.

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ExpeditionPatchCrewArrivalDepartureDuration(days)DateFlightDateFlightExpedition 1 William Shepherd Sergei Krikalev Yuri Gidzenko31 October 2000,07:52 UTCSoyuz TM-3121 March 200107:33 UTCSTS-102141Expedition 2 Yury Usachov James S. Voss Susan Helms8 March 200111:42 UTCSTS-10222 August 200119:24 UTCSTS-105167.28Expedition 3 Frank L. Culbertson Jr. Mikhail Tyurin Vladimir Dezhurov10 August 200121:10 UTCSTS-10517 December 200117:56 UTCSTS-108128.86Expedition 4 Yury Onufriyenko Carl E. Walz Daniel W. Bursch5 December 200122:19 UTCSTS-10819 June 200209:57 UTCSTS-111195.82Expedition 5 Valery Korzun Sergei Treshchov Peggy Whitson5 June 200221:22 UTCSTS-1117 December 200219:37 UTCSTS-113184.93Expedition 6 Ken Bowersox Donald Pettit Nikolai Budarin24 November 200200:49 UTCSTS-1134 May 200302:04 UTCSoyuz TMA-1161.05Expedition 7 Yuri Malenchenko Ed Lu26 April 200303:53 UTCSoyuz TMA-228 October 200302:40 UTCSoyuz TMA-2184.93Expedition 8 Michael Foale Aleksandr Kaleri18 October 200305:38 UTCSoyuz TMA-330 April 200400:11 UTCSoyuz TMA-3194.77Expedition 9 Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke19 April 200403:19 UTCSoyuz TMA-424 October 200400:32 UTCSoyuz TMA-4185.66Expedition 10 Leroy Chiao Salizhan Sharipov24 October 200403:06 UTCSoyuz TMA-524 April 200522:08 UTCSoyuz TMA-5192.79Expedition 11 Sergei Krikalev John L. Phillips15 April 200500:46 UTCSoyuz TMA-611 October 200501:09 UTCSoyuz TMA-6179.02Expedition 12 William S. McArthur Valeri Tokarev1 October 200503:54 UTCSoyuz TMA-78 April 200623:48 UTCSoyuz TMA-7189.01Expedition 13 Pavel Vinogradov Jeffrey Williams30 March 200602:30 UTCSoyuz TMA-828 September 200601:13 UTCSoyuz TMA-8182.65 Thomas Reiter4 July 200618:38 UTCSTS-121Transferred to Expedition 14Expedition 14 Michael Lpez-Alegra Mikhail Tyurin18 September 200604:09 UTCSoyuz TMA-921 April 200712:31 UTCSoyuz TMA-9215.35 Thomas ReiterTransferred from Expedition 1321 December 200622:32 UTCSTS-116171.16 Sunita Williams10 December 200601:47 UTCSTS-116Transferred to Expedition 15Expedition 15 Fyodor Yurchikhin Oleg Kotov7 April 200717:31 UTCSoyuz TMA-1021 October 200710:36 UTCSoyuz TMA-10196.71 Sunita WilliamsTransferred from Expedition 1422 June 200719:49 UTCSTS-117194.75 Clayton Anderson8 June 200723:38 UTCSTS-117Transferred to Expedition 16Expedition 16 Peggy Whitson Yuri Malenchenko10 October 200713:22 UTCSoyuz TMA-1119 April 200808:30 UTCSoyuz TMA-11191.80 Clayton AndersonTransferred from Expedition 157 November 200718:01 UTCSTS-120151.77 Daniel M. Tani23 October 200715:38 UTCSTS-12020 February 200814:07 UTCSTS-122119.94 Lopold Eyharts7 February 200819:45 UTCSTS-12227 March 200806:28 UTCSTS-12348.55 Garrett Reisman11 March 200806:28 UTCSTS-123Transferred to Expedition 17Expedition 17 Sergey Volkov Oleg Kononenko8 April 200811:16 UTCSoyuz TMA-1224 October 200803:37 UTCSoyuz TMA-12198.68 Garrett ReismanTransferred from Expedition 1614 June 200815:16 UTCSTS-12495.37 Gregory Chamitoff31 May 200821:02 UTCSTS-124Transferred to Expedition 18Expedition 18 Michael Fincke Yury Lonchakov12 October 200807:01 UTCSoyuz TMA-138 April 200907:16 UTCSoyuz TMA-13178.01 Gregory ChamitoffTransferred from Expedition 1730 November 200821:25 UTCSTS-126183.02 Sandra Magnus15 November 200800:55 UTCSTS-12628 March 200919:13 UTCSTS-119133.76 Koichi Wakata15 March 200923:43 UTCSTS-119Transferred to Expedition 19Expedition 19 Gennady Padalka Michael Barratt26 March 200911:49 UTCSoyuz TMA-14Transferred to Expedition 20 Koichi WakataTransferred from Expedition 18Expedition 20 Gennady Padalka Michael BarrattTransferred from Expedition 1911 October 200904:32 UTCSoyuz TMA-14198.70 Koichi Wakata31 July 200914:48 UTCSTS-127144.62 Timothy Kopra15 July 200922:03 UTCSTS-12712 September 200900:53 UTCSTS-12858.12 Frank De Winne Roman Romanenko Robert Thirsk27 May 200910:34 UTCSoyuz TMA-15Transferred to Expedition 21 Nicole Stott29 August 200903:59 UTCSTS-128Expedition 21 Frank De Winne Roman Romanenko Robert ThirskTransferred from Expedition 201 December 200907:16 UTCSoyuz TMA-15187.86 Nicole Stott27 November 200914:44 UTCSTS-12990.45 Jeffrey Williams Maksim Surayev30 September 200907:14 UTCSoyuz TMA-16Transferred to Expedition 22Expedition 22 Jeffrey Williams Maksim SurayevTransferred from Expedition 2118 March 201011:24 UTCSoyuz TMA-16169.04 Oleg Kotov Timothy Creamer Soichi Noguchi20 December 200921:52 UTCSoyuz TMA-17Transferred to Expedition 23Expedition 23 Oleg Kotov Timothy Creamer Soichi NoguchiTransferred from Expedition 222 June 201003:25 UTCSoyuz TMA-17163.23 Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Kornienko Tracy Caldwell Dyson2 April 201004:05 UTCSoyuz TMA-18Transferred to Expedition 24Expedition 24 Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Kornienko Tracy Caldwell DysonTransferred from Expedition 2325 September 201005:23 UTCSoyuz TMA-18176.05 Douglas H. Wheelock Shannon Walker Fyodor Yurchikhin15 June 201021:35 UTCSoyuz TMA-19Transferred to Expedition 25Expedition 25 Douglas H. Wheelock Shannon Walker Fyodor YurchikhinTransferred from Expedition 2426 November 201004:46 UTCSoyuz TMA-19163.30 Scott Kelly Aleksandr Kaleri Oleg Skripochka7 October 201023:10 UTCSoyuz TMA-01MTransferred to Expedition 26Expedition 26 Scott Kelly Aleksandr Kaleri Oleg SkripochkaTransferred from Expedition 2516 March 201107:54 UTCSoyuz TMA-01M159.36 Dmitri Kondratyev Catherine Coleman Paolo Nespoli15 December 201019:09 UTCSoyuz TMA-20Transferred to Expedition 27Expedition 27 Dmitri Kondratyev Catherine Coleman Paolo NespoliTransferred from Expedition 2624 May 201102:27 UTCSoyuz TMA-20160.10 Andrei Borisenko Aleksandr Samokutyayev Ronald J. Garan Jr.4 April 201122:18 UTCSoyuz TMA-21Transferred to Expedition 28Expedition 28 Andrei Borisenko Aleksandr Samokutyayev Ronald J. Garan Jr.Transferred from Expedition 2716 September 201100:38 UTCSoyuz TMA-21164.10 Michael E. Fossum Sergey Volkov Satoshi Furukawa7 June 201120:12 UTCSoyuz TMA-02MTransferred to Expedition 29Expedition 29 Michael E. Fossum Sergey Volkov Satoshi FurukawaTransferred from Expedition 2822 November 201102:26 UTCSoyuz TMA-02M167.26 Daniel C. Burbank Anton Shkaplerov Anatoli Ivanishin14 November 201104:14 UTCSoyuz TMA-22Transferred to Expedition 30Expedition 30 Daniel C. Burbank Anton Shkaplerov Anatoli IvanishinTransferred from Expedition 2927 April 201211:45 UTCSoyuz TMA-22165.31 Oleg Kononenko Donald Pettit Andr Kuipers21 December 201113:16 UTCSoyuz TMA-03MTransferred to Expedition 31Expedition 31 Oleg Kononenko Donald Pettit Andr KuipersTransferred from Expedition 301 July 201208:14 UTCSoyuz TMA-03M192.83 Gennady Padalka Sergei Revin Joseph M. Acaba15 May 201203:01 UTCSoyuz TMA-04MTransferred to Expedition 32Expedition 32 Gennady Padalka Sergei Revin Joseph M. AcabaTransferred from Expedition 3117 September 201202:53 UTCSoyuz TMA-04M124.99 Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko Hoshide15 July 201202:40 UTCSoyuz TMA-05MTransferred to Expedition 33Expedition 33 Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko HoshideTransferred from Expedition 3219 November 201201:56 UTCSoyuz TMA-05M126.97 Kevin A. Ford Oleg Novitsky Evgeny Tarelkin23 October 201210:51 UTCSoyuz TMA-06MTransferred to Expedition 34Expedition 34 Kevin A. Ford Oleg Novitsky Evgeny TarelkinTransferred from Expedition 3315 March 201303:06 UTCSoyuz TMA-06M143.18 Chris Hadfield Roman Romanenko Thomas Marshburn19 December 201211:12 UTCSoyuz TMA-07MTransferred to Expedition 35Expedition 35 Chris Hadfield Roman Romanenko Thomas MarshburnTransferred from Expedition 3414 May 201303:31 UTCSoyuz TMA-07M145.64 Pavel Vinogradov Alexander Misurkin Christopher Cassidy28 March 201320:43 UTCSoyuz TMA-08MTransferred to Expedition 36Expedition 36 Pavel Vinogradov Alexander Misurkin Christopher CassidyTransferred from Expedition 3511 September 201302:58 UTCSoyuz TMA-08M166.25 Fyodor Yurchikhin Karen Nyberg Luca Parmitano28 May 201320:31 UTCSoyuz TMA-09MTransferred to Expedition 37Expedition 37 Fyodor Yurchikhin Karen Nyberg Luca ParmitanoTransferred from Expedition 3611 November 201302:49 UTCSoyuz TMA-09M166.25 Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins25 September 201320:58 UTCSoyuz TMA-10MTransferred to Expedition 38Expedition 38 Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. HopkinsTransferred from Expedition 3711 March 201403:24 UTCSoyuz TMA-10M166.25 Koichi Wakata Mikhail Tyurin Richard Mastracchio6 November 201304:14 UTCSoyuz TMA-11MTransferred to Expedition 39Expedition 39 Koichi Wakata Mikhail Tyurin Richard MastracchioTransferred from Expedition 3814 May 201401:58 UTCSoyuz TMA-11M187.91 Aleksandr Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Steven Swanson25 March 201421:17 UTCSoyuz TMA-12MTransferred to Expedition 40Expedition 40 Steven Swanson Aleksandr Skvortsov Oleg ArtemyevTransferred from Expedition 3911 September 201402:23 UTCSoyuz TMA-12M169.20 Gregory R. Wiseman Maksim Surayev Alexander Gerst28 May 201419:57 UTCSoyuz TMA-13MTransferred to Expedition 41Expedition 41 Maksim Surayev Gregory R. Wiseman Alexander GerstTransferred from Expedition 4010 November 201403:58 UTCSoyuz TMA-13M165.33 Aleksandr Samokutyayev Yelena Serova Barry E. Wilmore25 September 201420:25 UTCSoyuz TMA-14MTransferred to Expedition 42Expedition 42 Barry E. Wilmore Aleksandr Samokutyayev Yelena SerovaTransferred from Expedition 4112 March 201502:07 UTCSoyuz TMA-14M167.25 Anton Shkaplerov Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts23 November 201421:01 UTCSoyuz TMA-15MTransferred to Expedition 43Expedition 43 Terry W. Virts Anton Shkaplerov Samantha CristoforettiTransferred from Expedition 4211 June 201513:44 UTC[1][2]Soyuz TMA-15M199.70 Gennady Padalka27 March 201519:42 UTCSoyuz TMA-16MTransferred to Expedition 44 Mikhail Kornienko Scott KellyTransferred to Expeditions 44, 45 and 46one year mission Expedition 44 Gennady PadalkaTransferred from Expedition 4312 September 201500:51 UTC[3]Soyuz TMA-16M169 Mikhail Kornienko Scott KellyTransferred to Expedition 45 and 46one year mission Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren22 July 201521:02 UTC[4]Soyuz TMA-17MTransferred to Expedition 45Expedition 45 Scott Kelly Mikhail KornienkoTransferred from Expedition 44Transferred to Expedition 46one year mission Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren11 December 201513:12 UTCSoyuz TMA-17M141.66 Sergey Volkov2 September 201504:37 UTCSoyuz TMA-18MTransferred to Expedition 46Expedition 46 Scott Kelly Mikhail KornienkoTransferred from Expedition 452 March 201604:25:27 UTCSoyuz TMA-18M340 [note 1][5] Sergey Volkov181 [note 2] Yuri Malenchenko Tim Peake Timothy Kopra15 December 201511:03 UTCSoyuz TMA-19MTransferred to Expedition 47Expedition 47 Timothy Kopra Tim Peake Yuri MalenchenkoTransferred from Expedition 4618 June 201609:15 UTC[6]Soyuz TMA-19M185.91 Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams18 March 201621:26:38 UTCSoyuz TMA-20MTransferred to Expedition 48Expedition 48 Jeffrey Williams Oleg Skripochka Aleksey OvchininTransferred from Expedition 477 September 201601:13 UTC[7]Soyuz TMA-20M172[8] Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi Kathleen Rubins7 July 201601:36 UTC[9]Soyuz MS-01Transferred to Expedition 49Expedition 49 Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi Kathleen RubinsTransferred from Expedition 4830 October 201603:58 UTC[10]Soyuz MS-01115 Shane Kimbrough Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov19 October 201608:05 UTC[11]Soyuz MS-02Transferred to Expedition 50Expedition 50 Shane Kimbrough Andrei Borisenko Sergey RyzhikovTransferred from Expedition 4910 April 201711:20 UTCSoyuz MS-02173 Peggy Whitson Oleg Novitskiy Thomas Pesquet17 November 201620:17 UTCSoyuz MS-03Transferred to Expedition 51Expedition 51 Oleg Novitsky Thomas PesquetTransferred from Expedition 502 June 201714:10 UTCSoyuz MS-03196.72 Peggy WhitsonTransferred to Expedition 52 Fyodor Yurchikhin Jack D. Fischer20 April 201707:13 UTCSoyuz MS-04Expedition 52 Fyodor Yurchikhin Jack D. FischerTransferred from Expedition 513 September 201701:22 UTCSoyuz MS-04[12]135.3 Peggy Whitson289.1 [note 3][13] Randolph Bresnik Paolo Nespoli Sergey Ryazansky28 July 201715:41 UTCSoyuz MS-05Transferred to Expedition 53Expedition 53 Randolph Bresnik Paolo Nespoli Sergey RyazanskyTransferred from Expedition 5214 December 201708:38 UTC[14]Soyuz MS-05139 Alexander Misurkin Mark T. Vande Hei Joseph M. Acaba12 September 201721:17 UTCSoyuz MS-06Transferred to Expedition 54Expedition 54 Alexander Misurkin Mark T. Vande Hei Joseph M. AcabaTransferred from Expedition 5328 February 201802:31 UTCSoyuz MS-06168 Anton Shkaplerov Scott D. Tingle Norishige Kanai17 December 201707:21 UTCSoyuz MS-07Transferred to Expedition 55Expedition 55 Anton Shkaplerov Scott D. Tingle Norishige KanaiTransferred from Expedition 543 June 201812:39 UTCSoyuz MS-07168 Andrew J. Feustel Oleg Artemyev Richard R. Arnold21 March 201817:44 UTC[15]Soyuz MS-08Transferred to Expedition 56Expedition 56 Andrew J. Feustel Oleg Artemyev Richard R. ArnoldTransferred from Expedition 554 October 201811:44:45 UTC[16]Soyuz MS-08196 Alexander Gerst Sergey Prokopyev Serena Aun-Chancellor6 June 201811:12 UTCSoyuz MS-09Transferred to Expedition 57Expedition 57 Alexander Gerst Sergey Prokopyev Serena Aun-ChancellorTransferred from Expedition 5620 December 201805:02 UTCSoyuz MS-09197 Oleg Kononenko David Saint-Jacques Anne McClain3 December 201811:31 UTCSoyuz MS-11Transferred to Expedition 58Expedition 58 Oleg Kononenko David Saint-Jacques Anne McClainTransferred from Expedition 57Transferred to Expedition 59Expedition 59 Oleg Kononenko David Saint-Jacques Anne McClainTransferred from Expedition 5825 June 201902:47:50 UTC[17]Soyuz MS-11203 Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague Christina KochMarch 14, 201919:14 UTCSoyuz MS-12Transferred to Expedition 60Expedition 60 Aleksey Ovchinin Nick HagueTransferred from Expedition 593 October 201910:59 UTC[18]Soyuz MS-12202 Christina KochTransferred to Expedition 61 Aleksandr Skvortsov Luca Parmitano Andrew R. Morgan20 July 201916:28:21 UTC[19]Soyuz MS-13Expedition 61 Luca Parmitano Aleksandr SkvortsovTransferred from Expedition 606 February 202005:50 UTCSoyuz MS-13200 Christina Koch328 Andrew R. MorganTransferred to Expedition 62 Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir25 September 201913:57:43 UTC[20]Soyuz MS-15Expedition 62 Oleg Skripochka Jessica MeirTransferred from Expedition 6117 April 202005:16 UTC[21]Soyuz MS-15205 Andrew R. Morgan272 Christopher Cassidy Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan Vagner9 April 202008:05 UTC[22]Soyuz MS-16Transferred to Expedition 63Expedition 63 Christopher Cassidy Anatoli Ivanishin Ivan VagnerTransferred from Expedition 6221 October 2020,23:32 UTC[23]Soyuz MS-16195 Doug Hurley Bob Behnken[24]30 May 2020,19:22:45 UTC[25]SpaceXCrew Dragon Demo-22 August 2020,18:48:06 UTC[26][27][28]SpaceXCrew Dragon Demo-264[29] Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Kathleen Rubins14 October 2020,05:45:04 UTC[30][31]Soyuz MS-17Transferred to Expedition 64Expedition 64 Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Kathleen RubinsTransferred from Expedition 63[32][33]17 April 2021,04:55 UTC[34]Soyuz MS-17185 Michael Hopkins Victor Glover Soichi Noguchi Shannon Walker16 November 2020,00:27:17 UTC[35]SpaceX Crew-1Transferred to Expedition 65[36] Oleg Novitsky Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei9 April 2021,07:42:41 UTC[37]Soyuz MS-18Expedition 65 Shannon Walker Michael Hopkins Victor Glover Soichi NoguchiTransferred from Expedition 64[36]2 May 2021 06:56:33 UTCSpaceX Crew-1167 Oleg Novitsky17 October 202101:14:05 UTCSoyuz MS-18190 Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande HeiTransferred to Expedition 66 Akihiko Hoshide Shane Kimbrough K. Megan McArthur[note 4] Thomas Pesquet[note 5]23 April 202109:49:02 UTCSpaceX Crew-2 Anton Shkaplerov5 October 202108:55:02 UTCSoyuz MS-19

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project of five space agencies: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian Federation), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan), the Canadian Space Agency (Canada) and the European Space Agency (Europe). It is serviced primarily by the Soyuz, Progress spacecraft units and possible private missions in near future. Last Space Shuttle mission that serviced the Space Station ended in July 2011 (Atlantis, STS-135). The ISS is expected to remain in operation until at least 2020, and potentially to 2028.

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NASAs auditing body, the Office of Audits, has produced a report detailing the agencys commitment to replacing the International Space Station (ISS) with one or more commercial space stations once the orbiting lab is retired. Despite still being scheduled for 2024, all indications are that the ISSs operational life will be extended to 2030, which is when the agency is assuming itll be able to hand off human occupation of an on-orbit science facility to a private company.

This audit basically details the current costs of maintenance and operation of the ISS, and also explains why it thinks that there will still be an essential need for a research facility that can provide a test bed for prolonged human exposure to space, as well as for development and demonstration of tech key to helping people explore deep space, including the establishment of a more permanent presence on the moon and exploration of Mars.

The conclusion is that NASA hopes to see a commercial station operation by 2028 in order to give a period of two years of overlap before the anticipated retirement and de-orbiting of the ISS. That timeline presents clear risks, however, in part because of limited market demand, inadequate funding, unreliable costs estimates and still-evolving requirements.

The good news is that recently a lot of companies seem to be interested in pursuing the development of commercial orbital destinations. A partnership between Nanoracks, its parent company Voyager Space,and Lockheed Martin aims to produce one by 2027. Blue Origin hopes to launch its Orbital Reef station with Sierra Space and Boeing by 2030 at the latest, while Axiom is already progressing with its plan to send up modules that will attach to the ISS before separating and self-orbiting as its own station by 2028.

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