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Launch Date
4/19/1975
Launch Site
GTsP-4 LC107/2
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Launch Vehicle
Kosmos 11K65M (R-14 Family)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that astronaut Makoto Suwa will stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for an extended period around 2027.
NASA stated that it is evaluating options, including an earlier end to Crew-11's mission, due to a medical situation on the station.
Astronaut Kimiya Yui of JAXA requested a private medical conference with a flight surgeon on the ISS.
Voyager's involvement in HUNCH reinforces its mission-management capabilities, ensuring continuity from current ISS operations to future commercial space stations.
The change of command ceremony for the International Space Station (ISS) was completed on January 12, 2026.
The landing followed an unscheduled departure from the International Space Station (ISS) due to a health problem of one astronaut.
As of November 24, 2023, Roscosmos stated that the Progress MS-25 spacecraft was scheduled to launch to the ISS in December 2023 as part of the 86th supply mission program.
As of August 12, 2025, Agile Space Industries announced a contract to provide DS250 bipropellant thrusters for The Exploration Company's Nyx reusable spacecraft for an upcoming ISS supply run in 2028.
The document located at https://www.mext.go.jp/kaigisiryo/content/230125-mxt_uchukai01-000027105_4.pdf from JAXA on January 25, 2023 includes a schedule showing an autonomous docking technology demonstration to the ISS in fiscal year 2024.
Planetary Resources had a contract with NanoRacks, via a Space Act Agreement with NASA, to release the A3 from the ISS Kibo airlock.
NanoRacks announced deployers accommodating 6U and 12U CubeSats for ISS deployment, with the 12U configuration first planned for launch in early 2017.
Surrey Satellite Technology US, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and NanoRacks collaborated on the FeatherCraft platform, a 100-kilogram-class satellite platform optimized for deployment from the ISS.
As of November 23, 2022, the ESA exploration budget includes funding for ISS operations, the EL3 lunar cargo lander, and ExoMars, with an expectation of NASA contributions to the ExoMars launcher, braking engine, and radioisotope heating units.
On August 26, 2025, The Exploration Company's Nyx Earth capsule received Phase 1 ISS safety approval from the Joint NASA and ESA Visiting Vehicle Safety Review Panel.
JAXA TODAY No.08 was published in April 2014 and included features on the Epsilon Launch Vehicle, JAXA's first ten years, Koichi Wakata as Japan's first ISS commander, and other JAXA activities.
Kam Ghaffarian is a co-founder of Axiom Space and is the founder of SGT (a NASA contractor responsible for ISS operations and astronaut training).
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was described as the newest of the identified ISS resupply options.
Identified options to meet ISS delivery requirements included the Russian Federal Space Agency's Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV).
As of August 21, 2020, JAXA's HTV-X web page listed HTV-X ISS mooring period capability as up to 6 months.
Dream Chaser Demo-1 (SSC Demo-1) was planned as the first flight of Sierra Space's robotic resupply spacecraft Dream Chaser to the ISS under NASA's CRS-2 contract.