Expedition 24 crew landed onboard the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko spent six month aboard the International Space Station.
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Space Shuttle Discovery rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A on September 21, 2010. Discovery will lift off on November 1, 2010, for its STS-133 mission. STS-133 will be the 35th station flight.
The data recorded by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lunar Orbiter Altimeter (LOLA) has revealed that the moon was bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its youth. Also, the surface of the moon proves to be much more complex than previously thought.
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Progress 39 resupply vehicle automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station on Sunday, September 12, 2010, using the Kurs automated rendezvous system.
The cargo spacecraft brings to the station propellant, oxygen, water, spare parts, experiment hardware, and other supplies.
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The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18 (H-IIA F18) with the satellite “MICHIBIKI” onboard was launched on September 11, 2010, from the Tanegashima Space Center. MICHIBIKI is the first satellite in the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). The quasi-zenith satellites will provide a high accuracy satellite positioning service.
On September 10, 2010, a Soyuz-U launch vehicle liffted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome carrying a Progress M-07M cargo spacecraft. The Progress spacecraft, dubbed ISS Progress 39, will deliver propellant, oxygen, water, and other supplies to the Expedition 24 crew members. Docking with the station is scheduled for Sunday, September 12, 2010.
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