Kounotori HTV-9 was launched on May 20, 2020 carrying 6 new lithium-ion batteries to the ISS. These batteries will upgrade the S6 truss power channels from their original nickel hydrogen batteries.
Launch Site: Tanegashima, Japan
Launch Vehicle: HII-B rocket (last flight)
The Exposed pallet from HTV-9 was extracted by Canadarm 2 and attached to the MBS/POA.
Departure: On Aug 18, 2020 the old Exposed pallet 8 with old batteries was placed back in the unpressurized compartment of HTV-9 for disposal during re-entry. The HTV-9 pallet with old batteries was jettisoned from the station by the Canadarm2 into space on March 11, 2021.
Soyuz MS-18 was launched on April 9, 2021 celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin spaceflight.
Crew Expedition 64-65: Oleg Novitsky (Roscosmos), Pyotr Dubrov (Roscosmos) and Mark T. Vande Hei (NASA)
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome
ISS docking: Rassvet module on April 9, 2021
Vehicle: Soyuz name Yu. A. Gagarin
1:100 Scale Model
This capsule was formerly known as CST-100 (Crew Space Transportation-100), manufactured by Boeing in participation with NASA’s Commercial Crew Development Program.
Boeing’s Orbital Flight Tes-1 Starliner was launched on Dec 20 , 2019 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41, Florida, but due to a software problem that incorrectly kept the mission’s time, it reached a late orbital insertion consuming too much fuel and could not dock to the International Space Station as it was planned.
This was the first uncrewed orbital test flight of Starliner and it landed in New Mexico two days after launch. After the successful landing, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams named the capsule “Calypso” after the Research vessel from Jacques Costeau.
This is a 1:96 papermodel part kit #1 that also includes the 1:100 docking version of Starliner that can dock to the ISS model. Kit #2 consists of the Atlas V rocket with the Aeroskirt adapter for the Centaur stage of the AXM Atlas V papermodel.
Kounotori HTV-8 was launched on Sep 24, 2019 carrying 6 new lithium-ion batteries to the ISS. These batteries will upgrade the P6 truss power channels from their original nickel hydrogen batteries.
Launch Site: Tanegashima, Japan
Launch Vehicle: HII-B rocket
The Exposed pallet from HTV-8 was extracted by Canadarm 2 and attached to the MBS/POA.
Departure: The Exposed pallet 7 with old batteries that has been held by the Japanese Remote Arm was handed over to the Canadarm 2 in order to be placed in the Unpressurized Logistics carrier of HTV-8 to be discarded during re-entry.
