posted 07-18-2020 08:16 AM               

2017 saw four Soyuz MS missions launch which rotated four ISS crews. During 2017, we saw Russia reduce their ISS presence and we saw Peggy Whitson set a new U.S. career time in space record.

Personally, I really like the photo for the ISS-54 card. The crew is spending some relaxing time watching Star Wars. Here are the cards:

#417 ISS Expedition 51

#418 Soyuz MS-04

#419 ISS Expedition 52

#420 Soyuz MS-05

#421 ISS Expedition 53

#422 Soyuz MS-06

#423 ISS Expedition 54

#424 Soyuz MS-07

posted 09-13-2020 08:23 AM               

2018 saw four separate ISS expeditions including the first space mission commanded by a German. The Soyuz MS was launched four times in support of these expeditions but only made it safely to orbit three times. In addition, SpaceShipTwo made its first suborbital flight in 2018.

Here is 2018:

Personally, I love the "drum" on the ISS-55 card.

#425 ISS Expedition 55

#426 Soyuz MS-08

#427 ISS Expedition 56

#428 Soyuz MS-09

#429 ISS Expedition 57

#430 Soyuz MS-10

#431 Soyuz MS-11

#432 SpaceShipTwo Unity VP-03

#433 ISS Expedition 58

posted 09-17-2020 04:21 PM               

So, without further ado, here are the remaining cards:

#434 SpaceShipTwo Unity VF-01

#435 Soyuz MS-12

#436 ISS Expedition 59

#437 ISS Expedition 60

#438 Soyuz MS-13

#439 IDA-3

#440 Soyuz MS-15

#441 ISS Expedition 61

#442 ISS Expedition 62

So, that gets up to today. Shortly after the currently flying Soyuz MS-16 lands, I will post the next three cards. Those cards will be the following:

• #443 Soyuz MS-16
  
• #444 ISS Expedition 63
  
• #445 SpaceX DM-2

posted 10-22-2020 11:13 AM               

#443 Soyuz MS-16

#444 ISS Expedition 63

#445 SpaceX DM-2

posted 04-18-2021 09:18 AM               

#446 Soyuz MS-17

#447 ISS Expedition 64

posted 05-10-2021 05:39 PM               

#448 SpaceX Crew-1

#449 Nanoracks Bishop Airlock

posted 12-15-2021 11:09 AM               

With the rise of commercial suborbital tourist flights, I have decided to only include those human flights up to the first operational flight. So, for SpaceShipTwo and the Blue Origin flights, I won't be making cards for each one.

Here are the cards to get us up to date. The first one is an updated card for the Pirs Module.

#275 Pirs (update)

#450 Soyuz MS-18

#451 ISS Expedition 65

#452 SpaceX Crew-2

#453 Tianhe Core Module

#454 SpaceShipTwo Flight 21

#455 Shenzhou 12

#456 SpaceShip Two Flight 22

#457 Blue Origin NS-16

#458 Nauka Module

#459 Inspiration4

posted 12-15-2021 12:09 PM               

Not to be picky or give you more work, but what about Soyuz MS-19 and MS-20? Will you include them later? (After the holidays, of course!) I also think NS-18 and NS-19 should also be considered because of William Shatner and Laura Shepard Churchley as noteworthy passengers, but that's just my 2-cents.

posted 12-15-2021 01:42 PM               

• 460 Soyuz MS-19 (10/5/2021)
  
• 461 Shenzhou-13 (10/15/2021)
  
• 462 ISS-66 (10/17/2021)
  
• 463 Prichal (11/25/2021)
  
• 464 SpaceX Crew-3 (11/11/2021)
  
• 465 Soyuz MS-20 (12/8/2021)

I had given some thought about NS-17 and NS-18 for the reasons mentioned above, but I sort of wonder where to stop it. I suspect we will see more and more of these flights in greater frequency as we move forward (from other companies as well.

posted 12-15-2021 03:11 PM               

1. You could follow what the FAA is doing, and only create cards for the flights that were awarded civilian astronaut wings (in other words, Unity 22, NS-16, NS-18 and NS-19); or

2. You could stop, as you have, after the first human flight of each vehicle but then issue a special card each year which summarizes all of the flights of that year (e.g. number of people flown, notable passengers, notable records set, etc.); think of it like a chaser card.