Nauka,also known as the Multipurpose Laboratory Module-Upgrade or simply Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM),is a module of the International Space Station (ISS). The MLM-U is funded by Roscosmos. In the original ISS plans,Nauka was to use the location of the Docking and Storage Module (DSM). Later,the DSM was replaced by the Rassvet module and Nauka was moved from Zarya's nadir port to Zvezda's nadir port.
Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Air Force who logged over 700 hours of flight time and was awarded for bravery. He is currently serving as a Russian cosmonaut with Roscosmos and has participated in multiple expeditions,during which he has spent over 531 days in space.
Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov,lieutenant colonel of Russian Air Force,is a Russian cosmonaut,selected in 2006. He is a veteran of two long duration space flights to the ISS.
The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s. Zarya,the first ISS module,was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 Space Shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched,bringing Unity,the first of three node modules,and connecting it to Zarya. This bare 2-module core of the ISS remained uncrewed for the next one and a half years,until in July 2000 the Russian module Zvezda was launched by a Proton rocket,allowing a maximum crew of three astronauts or cosmonauts to be on the ISS permanently.
Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov is a Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of four spaceflights.
Mark Thomas Vande Hei is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut who has served as a flight Engineer for Expedition 53,54,64,65,and 66 on the International Space Station.
The Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex was a 2009–2017 proposed third-generation Russian modular space station for low Earth orbit. The concept was to use OPSEK to assemble components of crewed interplanetary spacecraft destined for the Moon,Mars,and possibly Saturn. The returning crew could also recover on the station before landing on Earth. Thus,OPSEK could form part of a future network of stations supporting crewed exploration of the Solar System.
Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin is a former Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to space was to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft as an Expedition 29 / Expedition 30 crew member,launching in November 2011 and returning in April 2012. Ivanishin was the Commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 49.
Prichal nodal module also known as Uzlovoy Module or UM is a Russian spacecraft which is part of the International Space Station (ISS). It was approved in 2011 and was launched on 24 November 2021,at 13:06:35 UTC,atop Progress M-UM,with operations beginning in 2022. Originally,the nodal module was intended to serve as the only permanent element of the future Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex (OPSEK),but those plans were scrapped in 2017.
Soyuz MS-10 was a crewed Soyuz MS spaceflight that aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 due to a failure of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle boosters. MS-10 was the 139th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It was intended to transport two members of the Expedition 57 crew to the International Space Station. A few minutes after liftoff,the craft went into contingency abort due to a booster failure and had to return to Earth. By the time the contingency abort was declared,the launch escape system (LES) tower had already been ejected and the capsule was pulled away from the rocket using the solid rocket jettison motors on the capsule fairing. Both crew members,Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague,were recovered in good health. The MS-10 flight abort was the first instance of a Russian crewed booster accident in 35 years,since Soyuz T-10-1 exploded on the launch pad in September 1983. On 1 November 2018,Russian scientists released a video recording of the mission.
This article documents notable spaceflight events during the year 2021. 2021 saw several spaceflight related records being set worldwide. This includes both the most orbital launch attempts and most successful orbital launches in a year. In addition,2021 saw records set in the number of humans in orbit at one time and the most humans in space at one time.
Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020. It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63/64 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and a Russian and American flight engineer.
Expedition 65 was the 65th long duration expedition to the International Space Station. The mission began on 17 April 2021,with the departure of Soyuz MS-17,and was initially commanded by NASA astronaut Shannon Walker serving as the third female ISS commander,who launched in November 2020 aboard SpaceX Crew-1 alongside NASA astronauts Michael S. Hopkins and Victor J. Glover,as well as JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. They were joined by the crew of Soyuz MS-18,which is made up of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov,as well as NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei.
Soyuz MS-19 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 5 October 2021,at 08:55:02 UTC. It was the 147th flight of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft. The launching crew consisted of Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov,Russian film director Klim Shipenko and Russian actress Yulia Peresild. Shipenko and Peresild spent about twelve days on the International Space Station before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-18,while filming a movie in space,Vyzov. The MS-18 flight launched two crew members of the Expedition 66. Without an American astronaut,this launch marked the first time in more than 21 years that a Soyuz crew only included Russian cosmonauts and travelers and the ship had to be upgraded to be piloted by a single person at launch. This is also the first mission to the ISS with an entirely Russian crew.
Pyotr Valerievich Dubrov is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012.
Progress MS-17,Russian production No. 446,identified by NASA as Progress 78P,was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 169th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
Progress M-UM,was a specially modified Progress M 11F615A55,Russian production No.303,developed by Roscosmos to deliver the Prichal module to the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched on 24 November 2021 at 13:06:35 UTC,along with a Progress M propulsion compartment and has the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Prichal. This was the 171st flight of a Progress spacecraft. It was the final flight of a Progress M and the first launch of a Progress spacecraft on a Soyuz 2.1b.
Progress MS-20,Russian production No.450,identified by NASA as Progress 81P,is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 173rd flight of a Progress spacecraft.
The Challenge,also known as Doctor's House Call,is an upcoming Russian space drama film co-written and directed by Klim Shipenko and partially filmed on the International Space Station. It stars Yulia Peresild,MilošBiković,and Vladimir Mashkov in the title role. The approximate budget of the film is 1.155 billion rubles for 2 weeks of filming.
Progress MS-21,Russian production No.451,identified by NASA as Progress 82P,is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 174th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
