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Here is JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata's personal patch for Expedition 38/39 mission:
« Last Edit: 03/11/2014 12:05 pm by anik »
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #1 on: 08/14/2013 08:04 am »
Report #M13-130

Media Invited to Meet Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Next Station

NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and two crewmates who are scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in November will conduct a news conference and be available for news interviews and social media opportunities Wednesday, Aug. 28, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and veteran cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, make up space station Expedition 38.

Their crew news conference will air live on NASA Television at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT). Journalists attending in person will receive priority. Those wishing to participate by telephone should call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p.m.  Questions by phone and social media will be taken as time permits.

Following the interactive news conference, interview opportunities are available in person, by phone or through the Internet. To reserve an interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact Johnson's newsroom by 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26.

Media interested in attending these activities in person must request credentials by 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26. The deadline for international journalists is 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19.

Mastracchio grew up in Waterbury, Conn., and graduated from the University of Connecticut. He holds master's degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Mastracchio worked as an engineer in the space industry before joining NASA in 1990 as an engineer in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate. Selected as an astronaut in 1996, he is a veteran of three spaceflights.

This will be Wakata's fourth flight into space and second long-duration mission on the station. In March 2014, he will become the first Japanese commander of the space station. The mission marks Tyurin's third long-duration stay on the space station.

Mastracchio has been sharing his mission training and preparations via Twitter. He's encouraged followers to join his training via the "Ride with Rick" monthly trivia question series. Winners will have their photos sent to space and photographed in orbit with Mastracchio.
The trio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6. They are scheduled to return to Earth in May 2014.

For Mastracchio's full biography, visit:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html

To see training and mission posts from Mastracchio on Twitter, follow:

@AstroRM

For more information regarding "Ride with Rick" Twitter trivia program, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/XWoP2c

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crews, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station
Jacques :-)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #2 on: 08/17/2013 05:38 pm »
Here is official crew portrait approved on August 14th, 2013.
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #4 on: 09/14/2013 10:52 am »

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #5 on: 09/21/2013 07:07 am »
On one of the photos of the Soyuz TMA-10M encapsulation, I noted the fairing on the right; this is probably the one to be used for the Soyuz TMA-11M launch and dedicated to the Soichi Olympics.

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #6 on: 09/21/2013 11:42 am »
Here is closer look at this rocket ;)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #7 on: 09/21/2013 01:01 pm »
Here is another look at the same fairing

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #8 on: 09/21/2013 01:23 pm »
Behind it is fairing for Progress M-21M. It's launch scheduled at 3:52 p.m. ET. on November 25. It's docking with ISS is scheduled at 5:32 p.m. ET on November 29 after 4 days e.g a long rendezvous Progress profile!   
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #9 on: 10/15/2013 02:41 am »
Here are some photos from Expedition 38/39 prime & back-up crews exams at Star City.
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #10 on: 10/15/2013 02:44 am »
more to come
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #11 on: 10/15/2013 02:46 am »
the last part ;)
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #12 on: 10/15/2013 02:56 am »
http://t.co/fzpPJDdKKT

Rick Mastracchio ‏@AstroRM 12 Oct,

Prime and backup crew watching a space disaster movie just a few weeks before heading into space.
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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #13 on: 10/18/2013 09:29 pm »
Expedition 38/39 - Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8526

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #14 on: 10/22/2013 05:18 pm »
Expedition 38/39 - Crew News Conference at Star City Russia
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8531

« Last Edit: 10/22/2013 05:19 pm by John44 »

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #15 on: 10/22/2013 05:24 pm »
http://t.co/fzpPJDdKKT

Rick Mastracchio ‏@AstroRM 12 Oct,

Prime and backup crew watching a space disaster movie just a few weeks before heading into space.
Ah perfect training so they know what to expect when Hollywood knocks on ISS MCBs door saying that they need to borrow the ISS for a few months to conduct a Hollywood experiment. :)

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #17 on: 10/28/2013 08:58 pm »
Expedition 38/39 - Crew Departure from Star City, Russia for Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8539


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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #18 on: 11/01/2013 07:38 pm »
Expedition 38/39 - Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8549

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Re: Expedition 38 thread (November 11, 2013 - May 2014 )
« Reply #19 on: 11/04/2013 09:42 am »
The JAXA HAS RELEASED SEVERAL VERY DETAILED PRESS KITS ON ASTRONAUT WAKATA  EXPEDITION 38/39 MISSION.
NASA WILL NOT EVEN RELEASE PRESS KITS ANYMORE SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN ONE DETAILED PLACE.
HOWEVER JAXA PRESS KITS ARE ALL PDF  IN JAPANESE.
ANYONE ON HERE HAVE ANY IDEAS HOW  TO CONVERT A 200 PAGE PDF IN JAPANESE TO ENGLISH??

          http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/wakata/iss2_press/

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