Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport capsule descended into Kazakhstan early Sept. 23, returning two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut back to Earth .
A multistep solicitation seeks proposals from academia, industry and government agencies, for 2-3 awards valued at up to $4 million for health concerns.
Russia's MS-28 Progress resupply mission is on course for an automated docking with the ISS early Aug. 17 following an Aug. 15 launch atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket.
NASA will postpone the launch of its next crew to the ISS to allow more time to review the ongoing Boeing CST-100 Starliner mission at the orbital outpost.
The resupply capsule contains materials for scientific investigations into the bio-manufacturing of human organs in space for human transplant on Earth, among other experiments.