American female-astronaut Mary Louise Cleave passed away on November 27, 2023. She was 76 years old. She performed 2 space flights.

On November 11, 2023 at 10:08 UTC, the private U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft, the "Dragon” SpX-29 (CRS-29 flight), was successfully docked to the International Space Station (Harmony forward docking port).

On November 10, 2023 at 01:28 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. US private company SpaceX launched its "Dragon” (CRS-29 flight also known as SpX-29) unmanned spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

American astronaut Frank Borman passed away on November 7, 2023. He was 95 years old. He performed 2 space flights. He was the commander of “Apollo-8”, the first mission to fly around the Moon.

On November 1, 2023 American astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara performed the spacewalk to replace one of twelve Trundle Bearing Assemblies on the port truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ). The EVA lasted 6 hours and 42 minutes. It was the 1^st spacewalk for both Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara.

American astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly passed away on October 31, 2023. He was 87 years old. He flew on “Apollo-16” and Space Shuttle STS-4 and STS-51C missions.

On October 31, 2023 at 00:11 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-16” landing capsule landed safely at the designated area of the Dongfeng landing site in the Gobi Desertin, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 Chinese cosmonauts – Jing Haipeng (景海鹏), Zhu Yangzhu (朱杨柱) and Gui Haichao (桂海潮). The cosmonauts spent in space 153 days, 22 hours and 40 minutes. The “Shenzhou-16” mission was the 11^th crewed spac ... Read more »

On October 30, 2023 at 12:37 UTC, the Chinese "Shenzhou-16” manned spacecraft undocked from the “Tiangong/Shenzhou-17” space complex to deliver to Earth the 3 cosmonauts – Jing Haipeng (景海鹏), Zhu Yangzhu (朱杨柱) and Gui Haichao (桂海潮). Three other crew members of the “Tiangong” space station – Chinese cosmonauts Tang Hongbo (汤洪波), Tang Shengjie ( ... Read more »

On Otober 26, 2023 at 09:46 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-17” manned spacecraft successfully completed the docking with the Chinese “Tianhe” core module of the “Tiangong” space station. The spacecraft delivered 3 Chinese cosmonauts to the station: Tang Hongbo (汤洪波), Tang Shengjie (唐胜杰), Jiang Xinlin (江新林). The new comers joined the current Tiangong expedition members – Jing Haipeng ( ... Read more »

On October 26, 2023 at 03:14 UTC the "Shenzhou-17” manned spacecraft was launched from Chinese Jiuquan Cosmodrome in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The space vehicle was orbited by the Chinese "Chang Zheng-2F” (Long March 2F) rocket-carrier.

The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Tang Hongbo (汤洪波) - center; Tang Shengjie ( ... Read more »