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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #40 on: 04/19/2012 09:10 pm »
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-073

COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW ROTATION

HOUSTON -- Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide
coverage of activities surrounding the upcoming International Space
Station crew rotation. Coverage will include departure of three crew
members now living aboard the space station. It also will include
pre-launch activities, launch and arrival of three new residents.

Beginning April 23, NASA TV video files will document Expedition 31
crew training activities with Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba of NASA
and Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin
of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, at the Gagarin
Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. NASA TV also will
broadcast the crew's news conference and ceremonial visit to Red
Square in Moscow on April 25.

NASA TV will broadcast the change of command ceremony aboard the
station at 2 p.m. CDT on April 25. Expedition 30 Commander Dan
Burbank of NASA will hand over command to Expedition 31 Commander
Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos.

On April 27, Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and
Anatoly Ivanishin will depart the station and Expedition 31 will
begin aboard the complex. The departing trio will return to Earth
aboard their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft, completing a
five-and-a-half-month mission.

Don Pettit of NASA, Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and
Kononenko, who have been on the station since late December 2011,
will remain aboard until July 1.

On May 14, Acaba, Padalka and Revin will launch in the Soyuz TMA-04M
spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will
arrive at the station on May 16 to join Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers
and return the crew size to six.

NASA TV's scheduled coverage includes (all times Central):

Monday, April 23
11 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew qualification training
simulation runs in Star City, Russia.

Tuesday, April 24
11 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew qualification training
simulation runs in Star City.

Wednesday, April 25
1 p.m - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew news conference in Star
City and visit to Red Square in Moscow.
2 p.m. - Live Expedition 30/31 change of command ceremony.

Thursday, April 26
11:45 p.m. - Live Soyuz TMA-22 crew farewell and hatch-closure
coverage (hatch closure scheduled at 12 a.m. on April 27).

Friday, April 27
3 a.m. - Live Soyuz TMA-22 undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at
3:18 a.m.)
5:30 a.m. - Live Soyuz TMA-22 deorbit burn and landing coverage
(deorbit burn scheduled at 5:49 a.m., landing scheduled at 6:45
a.m.).
8 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-22 landing and post-landing
activities.
6 p.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-22 landing and post-landing
activities, including an interview with Burbank and the return of
Shkaplerov and Ivanishin to Chkalovsky Airfield near Star City.

Wednesday, May 2
11 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew departure activities
for Baikonur, Kazakhstan from Star City.

Thursday, May 10
11 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew activities in Baikonur.


Friday, May 11
11 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew activities in Baikonur.


Sunday, May 13
12 p.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M rocket mating and rollout to
the launch pad in Baikonur.

Monday, May 14
11 a.m. - Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M final pre-launch crew news
conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur.
9 p.m. - Live Soyuz TMA-04M launch coverage (launch scheduled at 10:01
p.m.), including pre-launch activities and launch replays.

Tuesday, May 15
12 a.m. - Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M pre-launch and launch video
b-roll and post-launch interviews.

Wednesday, May 16
11:00 p.m. - Live Soyuz TMA-04M docking coverage (docking scheduled at
11:38 p.m.), followed by the post-docking news conference from
Mission Control in Korolev, Russia.

Thursday, May 17
2:00 a.m. - Live Soyuz TMA-04M hatch opening and welcoming ceremony
(ceremony scheduled at 2:35 a.m.)
4 a.m. - Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M docking, hatch opening and
welcoming ceremony

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #41 on: 04/23/2012 07:53 am »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #42 on: 04/23/2012 07:55 am »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #43 on: 04/24/2012 08:05 pm »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #44 on: 04/24/2012 08:08 pm »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #45 on: 04/25/2012 06:44 am »
Video of Final Exams (day 2)


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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #46 on: 04/25/2012 03:53 pm »
Video of Final Exams (day 2)


The woman in the group of the officals looks like Shannon Walker.
If this is correct, does she work as Director of Operations, Russia?

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #47 on: 05/01/2012 07:41 am »
According to http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/flightdata/calendar.html, the launch is planned at 03:01:23 UTC on May 15th.

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #48 on: 05/02/2012 08:46 pm »
Prime and back-up crews arrivd at Baikonour.

http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19034

Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #49 on: 05/03/2012 06:55 am »
Crew departure ceremony video
Also see: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=1419 for info and pictures




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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #50 on: 05/04/2012 07:20 am »
The Soyuz TMA-4M crew has settled down in the usual pre-launch routine, with a fit check on May 3, and the flag-raising ceremony on May 4.

See pages: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=1424
and http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=1428

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #51 on: 05/06/2012 11:18 am »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #52 on: 05/06/2012 11:20 am »
May 5, 2012.

Fuelled SC Soyuz TMA-04M was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-04M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.

Soyuz TMA-04M transport manned vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss31/photo_05-05.html
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #53 on: 05/07/2012 06:04 am »
Roscosmos video of Baikonur arrival, flag-raising ceremony, and fit check #1.

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #54 on: 05/08/2012 02:30 pm »
May 6, 2012.
A transfer compartment was docked with SC Soyuz TMA-04M

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss31/photo_05-06.html

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #55 on: 05/08/2012 02:36 pm »
May 8, 2012.
Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-04M and payload shroud roll were performed

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss31/photo_05-08.html

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #56 on: 05/08/2012 07:21 pm »
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-083

NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH

HOUSTON -- The next residents of the International Space Station are
making final preparations for a May 14 launch and NASA Television
will provide live coverage of launch and docking.

This week, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and his two Russian
crewmates, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei
Revin, are completing their training, undergoing Soyuz spacecraft fit
checks and taking part in traditional ceremonies. Video file
documentation of the final preparations will be broadcast starting
May 10.

Live NASA TV coverage of the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft launch from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan begins at 9 p.m. CDT on May 14 (May
15, Baikonur time), with launch scheduled for 10:01 p.m.

The trio will arrive at the station May 16, joining Expedition 31
Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Flight
Engineer Don Pettit of NASA and Flight Engineer André Kuipers of the
European Space Agency, who have been aboard since December 2011.
Padalka, Acaba and Revin will transition to the Expedition 32 crew in
July and return to Earth in mid-September.

NASA TV's scheduled coverage is as follows (all times Central):

Thursday, May 10
11 a.m. -- Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M crew activities in
Baikonur.

Friday, May 11
11 a.m. -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M crew activities in Baikonur.

Sunday, May 13
11 a.m. -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M rocket mating and rollout to
the Baikonur launch pad.

Monday, May 14
11 a.m. -- Video file of the Soyuz TMA-04M final pre-launch crew news
conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur.
9 p.m. -- Soyuz TMA-04M launch coverage (launch scheduled at 10:01
p.m.), including video of the crew's pre-launch activities and launch
replays.

Tuesday, May 15
12 a.m. -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M pre-launch, launch video and
post-launch interviews.

Wednesday, May 16
11 p.m. -- Soyuz TMA-04M docking coverage (docking scheduled at 11:38
p.m.) followed by a post-docking news conference from Mission Control
in Korolev, Russia.

Thursday, May 17
2 a.m. -- Soyuz TMA-04M hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch
opening scheduled at 2:20 a.m.).
4 a.m. -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M docking, hatch opening and
welcoming ceremony.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


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

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #57 on: 05/08/2012 08:57 pm »
In this picture of Soyuz TMA-04M, we can clearly see the new light system.
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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #58 on: 05/09/2012 04:40 pm »
In this picture of Soyuz TMA-04M, we can clearly see the new light system.

Is this the object to the left (at 9 o' clock position)? If so, what is the purpose of this new light?


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Re: Soyuz TMA-04M launch - May 15, 2012
« Reply #59 on: 05/09/2012 09:37 pm »
Is this the object to the left (at 9 o' clock position)?

Yes.

If so, what is the purpose of this new light?

To replace the previous СМИ-4 light system, which is used during rendez-vous maneuvers.
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