STS-133 will be the 35th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery will deliver and install the Permanent Multipurpose Module, the Express Logistics Carrier 4, and deliver critical spare parts to the station. The STS-133 crew consists of Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, and Tim Kopra.
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On October 20, 2010, a medium-lift Soyuz launch vehicle lifted off from Baikonur with six Globalstar second-generation satellites. Arianespace will deploy a total of 24 second-generation satellites for Globalstar. The improved version of Soyuz used for this mission will be introduced by Arianespace at the Kourou Spaceport in French Guyana next year.
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On October 14, 2010, a Proton-M launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Sirius XM-5 satellite. The satellite will be tested in a temporary location before moving to its permanent location in a geostationary orbit.
Soyuz TMA-01M docked to the Poisk module on the Zvezda Service Module on the Russian segment of the International Space Station on October 10, 2010.
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The Soyuz TMA-01 spacecraft carrying three Expedition 25 crew members lifted off on October 8, 2010, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 25 Commander Alexander Kaleri, NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly, and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka will join Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin, who have been in orbit since June.
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The launch vehicle Soyuz-FG and the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-01M are leaving the assembly and test facility. The assembled vehicle is moved to the launch facility \’Gagarin\’s Start\’ at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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