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Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« on: 12/12/2014 11:45 am »
Press Release
N°45-2014

Paris, 12 December 2014


Call for Media: Space Station year-long mission

The partner agencies supporting the International Space Station will hold a press conference on 18 December to preview the upcoming year-long expedition and to discuss the future of the international laboratory. 

Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos will arrive on the Station in March 2015 to begin a year's stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. This will be the longest time astronauts have spent on the Station on a single mission.
European Astronaut Corps at full speed

During their time aboard, they will work alongside three ESA astronauts: Samantha Cristoforetti, already on the Station; Andreas Mogensen, who will arrive in September 2015; and Timothy Peake, whose launch is scheduled for December 2015.

The briefing will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France and will include participants from Station partner agencies and UNESCO. Questions will be taken during the briefing and via phone lines from partner locations. 

Press conference participants will include:
-- Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut and crewmember,
-- Mikhail Kornienko, Roscosmos cosmonaut and crewmember,
-- Andreas Mogensen, ESA astronaut and visiting crew flight engineer, 
-- Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency chief astronaut,
-- Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut,
-- UNESCO representative.

The conference will begin at 16:00 CET (15:00 GMT). Registration will open at 15:30 CET at: UNESCO, 125 Avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris. 

For media wishing to attend the conference in person, or participate please dial the following number: +33 1 45 68 01 01. 

The deadline to request credentials is by 16 December. For more information about media accreditation, please contact Nicola Firth ([email protected]). 

For webstreaming video visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear 

To stay connected with ESA astronauts, visit: http://astronauts.esa.int/
« Last Edit: 05/27/2015 01:20 pm by jacqmans »
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #1 on: 12/12/2014 11:48 am »

December 11, 2014

Space Station Partners Hold Paris News Conference to Discuss Yearlong Mission

NASA and its International Space Station partners will hold a news conference in Paris at 10 a.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 18, to discuss the upcoming one-year expedition on the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's website will carry the briefing live.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly will launch to the space station in March 2015 to begin a yearlong stay aboard the orbiting laboratory -- the longest single space mission ever undertaken by an American. He will be joined by Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on this one-year mission.

Thursday’s briefing will take place at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris and will include participants from NASA, its international partner space agencies, and UNESCO. During the briefing, questions will be taken from media in attendance and on the phone from participating partner locations.

The briefing participants will be:
-- Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut and one-year mission crew member
-- Mikhail Kornienko, Roscosmos cosmonaut and one-year mission crew member
-- Andreas Mogensen, European Space Agency astronaut and visiting crew flight engineer
-- Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency chief astronaut
-- Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut

For those attending in person, the deadline to request credentials is Tuesday, Dec. 16. For more information about media accreditation, contact Nicola Firth ([email protected]). Reporters attending at partner locations should contact those centers' newsrooms for specific deadlines.

U.S. media may participate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston or by phone. Reporters must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than noon CST Wednesday, Dec. 17, to request approval. Approved media will be notified that afternoon and those participating by phone will need to call the Johnson newsroom at least 15 minutes before the start of the Thursday briefing. Media will not be able to connect once the briefing begins.

The public also may ask questions via social media by using the hashtag #askNASA.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For NASA TV satellite coordinates, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-tv-on-satellite-amc-18c/

For more information about the one-year mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Follow Scott Kelly and the station on Twitter at:

http://www.twitter.com/stationcdrkelly


and

http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #2 on: 12/12/2014 12:15 pm »
Referncing the patch on Mr Kelly's right shoulder, is that a single mission patch, or 3 single mission patches overlayed on one another?

I zoomed in to attemp to view, but it ended up pielated and could read it.
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #3 on: 12/18/2014 03:21 pm »
From the press conference...(thanks to a friend)
« Last Edit: 12/18/2014 03:21 pm by jacqmans »
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #4 on: 12/18/2014 05:13 pm »
One-Year Expedition Crew News Conference at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9214

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #5 on: 12/29/2014 02:36 pm »
Not specific to the current ISS crew, but an interesting read:

5,200 Days in Space - The Atlantic
If we don't continuously lower the cost to access space, how are we ever going to afford to expand humanity out into space?

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #6 on: 01/08/2015 06:09 am »
January 7, 2015


NASA Previews Yearlong Space Station Mission in Jan. 15 Briefing

   
NASA will hold two briefings Thursday, Jan. 15 at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, to preview the upcoming Expedition 43 mission aboard the International Space Station and the launch of the crew embarking on a yearlong mission. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast the briefings live.

At noon EST, an International Space Station Program and Science Overview briefing will cover mission priorities and objectives, which include hundreds of research experiments, numerous spacewalks and international and commercial cargo deliveries to the complex.

The briefing participants are:
•Michael Suffredini, International Space Station program manager
•Emily Nelson, International Space Station expedition flight director
•Julie Robinson, International Space Station program scientist
•Steve Gilmore, lead flight surgeon for Scott Kelly

At 2 p.m., NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will discuss their upcoming mission. B-roll video of the crew’s training will air at 1:30 p.m.

The trio is set to launch to the space station aboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft March 27. Padalka will return to Earth in September while Kelly and Kornienko will remain onboard until March 2016.

Kelly and Kornienko are embarking on a first-ever yearlong mission to the station. The valuable scientific data collected will provide insight into how the human body responds to longer durations in space, supporting the next generation of space exploration.

Following the news conference, interview opportunities are available with the crew members in person, by phone or through Internet videoconferencing. To reserve an interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12.

To participate in the news conferences from a NASA center, U.S. media must call that center's public affairs office by 5 p.m. local time Wednesday, Jan 14. To participate by phone, media must call the Johnson newsroom 15 minutes before each briefing. Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using the hashtag #askNASA.

An additional opportunity with Scott Kelly and his twin brother, former astronaut Mark Kelly, will be available the following week. Scientists plan to compare medical data from the twin brothers to compare the results of Kelly’s extended mission. The twins will be available from 6-7:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 20, for both in-person and live satellite television interviews.

To participate, reporters must contact Seth Marcantel at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston at 281-792-7515 or by email at [email protected] no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16.

The live satellite interviews will air on NASA TV's Media Channel #103 and the agency’s website. Technical information is available online at:


http://go.nasa.gov/1iK8Dqn

Scott Kelly is sharing his mission preparation and journey to space on Twitter. Follow along at:

http://www.twitter.com/StationCDRKelly


For Kelly's full biography, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/SbcMZD

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


http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

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

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

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #7 on: 01/08/2015 07:07 am »
ISS-43 poster

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #8 on: 01/15/2015 07:30 am »

January 14, 2015



Astronaut Twins Available for Interviews about Yearlong Space Station Mission, Health Study


NASA will host an opportunity for media to conduct in-person interviews with astronaut Scott Kelly and his twin brother, former astronaut Mark Kelly, Monday, Jan. 19.

The twins will be available for in-person interviews from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. EST at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The opportunity previously had been planned for Tuesday, Jan. 20, but was changed due to a scheduling conflict.

Scott and his Russian colleague, cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, embark March 27 on the first-ever yearlong mission to the International Space Station. Mark, who flew four space shuttle missions and commanded the final flight of space shuttle Endeavour, will participate in biomedical studies on the ground while his twin is aboard the orbiting laboratory.

The valuable scientific data collected will provide insight into how the human body responds to longer durations in space, supporting the next generation of space exploration. In addition to a full suite of investigations to be conducted during the mission, scientists plan to compare medical data from the twins to better understand the results gleaned from Scott’s extended mission.

To participate in the interviews, reporters must contact Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters at 281-483-5111 or [email protected] no later than 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15.


More information about the International Space Station and its crews is available at:


http://www.nasa.gov/station

Scott Kelly is sharing his mission preparation and journey to space on Twitter at:


http://www.twitter.com/StationCDRKelly


For Scott Kelly's full biography, visit:


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


For Mark Kelly’s full NASA biography, visit:


http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kellyme.html
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #9 on: 01/15/2015 09:02 pm »
Expedition 43/46 - (One-Year Crew) Mission Overview and Science Briefing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9247

Expedition 43/46 - Video B-Roll of One-Year Crew Training.
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9248

Expedition 43/46 - (One Year Crew) News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9249

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #10 on: 01/27/2015 08:27 am »
Referencing the patch on Mr Kelly's right shoulder, is that a single mission patch, or 3 single mission patches overlayed on one another?

I zoomed in to attempt to view, but it ended up pixelated and could not read it.

It's three separate patches overlaying each other. The topmost is the Soyuz TMA-01M patch that was for the ride to and from the station for Expedition-25/26. The middle patch is for ISS Expedition-25 and the bottom patch is for ISS Expedition-26.

There are two other patches that could be there, but Captain Kelly elected to omit, those being STS-103 & STS-118.

On the right chest you see the patch for the upcoming ISS Expedition-43.

On the left chest, at the top, is the NASA meatball logo, below that are US Naval aviator wings with an astronaut logo, below that is a Mach 25 patch that shuttle astronauts get after their first flight, and hidden below that is a 100 Days patch that ISS astronauts get after their first mission.

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #11 on: 02/04/2015 06:46 am »
https://www.facebook.com/ISS/posts/931243896908542

Today, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly completed his final round of underwater training in preparation for his one-year mission to the International Space Station. Astronauts train in a 6.2 million gallon pool, NASA's Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, to simulate microgravity.

Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #12 on: 02/04/2015 02:05 pm »
Now, here is a question in re Scott Kelly:

Do you think that NASA's selection of their first one-year crewman was at all impacted by the fact that Scott has a twin brother who has also spent significant time on orbit?

My thinking is that they have two individuals who are as closely similar, in biological and genetic terms, as it's possible to get, and thus any effects observed in Scott during or after his year on orbit could be contrasted and compared to his brother.  This is an opportunity not presented by anyone else in the astronaut corps at this time.  (Earlier astronauts have had identical twins -- for example, Charlie Duke, whose identical twin Bill really startled some people when visiting the MOCR during Apollo 16's flight -- but none had both members of the set flying in space.)

This would imply that NASA has some continuing relationship with Mark Kelly for physiological testing.  Seeing as Mark has retired from NASA, is there any standard post-career agreement between astronauts and NASA for the former to make themselves available for follow-up medical testing?

I can recall comments made by Jim Lovell after Apollo 8 that the medics told him, after the flight, that they wanted to set up a continuing testing schedule to assess the impact of the cislunar radiation environment on the human body.  When asked how long this schedule would last, he was told, basically, "for the rest of your life."  I sort of doubt that Lovell has to show up for NASA physicals every year at this point, but if this was in fact the case, does that argue for Mark Kelly being volunteered for guinea pig duty due to his brother's flight activities?

It just seems that the selection, for the one-year mission, of the only active-duty astronaut with a twin brother who was also an astronaut may not be coincidental...
-Doug  (With my shield, not yet upon it)

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #13 on: 02/04/2015 02:58 pm »
You need to keep up. That probably is exactly why NASA picked the twins. They do have an agreement with both Mark and Scott that allows NASA to follow them both during the mission and post mission for medical tests and psychological testing.

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #14 on: 02/06/2015 01:12 am »
Hey Doug,

About Kelly and the value of his being an identical twin - the answer is a firm no.  The requirements were (apparently - there was no official announcement) interest, prior long-term stay at ISS, prior experience as ISS Commander, arm-qualified, EVA-qualified, and able to spend another year on-orbit without violating NASA's  radiation exposure limits.  My back-of-the envelope scribbling suggested there were only a few NASA astronauts who met all of the criteria.   I think I came up with Kelly, Fincke, and Jeffrey Williams as the only possible candidates - and Fincke is involved in Commercial Crew.  So Kelly was prime and Williams his backup. 

The person who got screwed in all of this was Whitson, who resigned as Chief Astro in order to be considered for the year-long mission, but was DQ'ed b/c of the length of her prior stay at ISS (the radiation limits are tighter for female astronauts).  Reading between the likes, her candidacy was based on the assumption that NASA would relax the standards, but they did not. 

The twin study came after Kelly's selection was announced.

B.
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #15 on: 02/06/2015 01:32 am »
The person who got screwed in all of this was Whitson, who resigned as Chief Astro in order to be considered for the year-long mission, but was DQ'ed b/c of the length of her prior stay at ISS (the radiation limits are tighter for female astronauts).  Reading between the likes, her candidacy was based on the assumption that NASA would relax the standards, but they did not.

Whitson will still fly as a part of Expedition 50/51 but it will only be a six month stay.

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #16 on: 02/06/2015 02:30 am »
I see Spacefacts.de has Whitson on 50, but NASA's web page only has assignments out to 48 -- has there been any sign that she has been selected - frequent flyer miles between Houston and GCTC?  Although a 6-month stay makes sense in that it would keep her below the rad limit (it's not quite days on-orbit, as the exposure varies with the solar cycle).
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #17 on: 02/06/2015 02:57 am »
I see Spacefacts.de has Whitson on 50, but NASA's web page only has assignments out to 48 -- has there been any sign that she has been selected - frequent flyer miles between Houston and GCTC?  Although a 6-month stay makes sense in that it would keep her below the rad limit (it's not quite days on-orbit, as the exposure varies with the solar cycle).
According to the GCTC website she is FE EC50 and CDR EC51.

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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
« Reply #18 on: 03/04/2015 01:25 pm »
March 3, 2015

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Available for Interviews before One-Year Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who is making final preparations for his launch this month to spend a year living and working on the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 5:30 to 7 a.m. EDT Monday, March 9.

Kelly will participate from Moscow as he completes the final weeks of his training. The interviews will be preceded at 5 a.m. by a video on NASA Television highlighting his mission training and previous spaceflights.

To schedule an interview, reporters should contact Seth Marcantel at 281-792-7515 no later than 2 p.m. Friday, March 6. Media participating in the live shots must tune to NTV-3. Satellite tuning information is available at:

http://go.nasa.gov/1pOWUhR

Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will spend a year on the space station to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Data from the expedition will be used to determine whether there are ways to further reduce the risks on future long-duration missions to an asteroid and eventually Mars.

The crew will support several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard the orbiting laboratory. Data and samples will be collected throughout the year from a series of studies involving Scott and his twin brother, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. The studies will compare data from the genetically identical Kelly brothers to identify any subtle changes caused by spaceflight.

Kelly, Kornienko and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, also of Roscosmos, will launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 3:42 p.m. EDT on March 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three will join Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos. Kelly and Kornienko will remain aboard the space station until March 2016.

Kelly was born in Orange, New Jersey, and earned degrees from the State University of New York Maritime College and the University of Tennessee. Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain, has accumulated more than 8,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft. He was selected as an astronaut in 1996 and piloted space shuttle Discovery during the STS-103 mission in 1999 and served as commander for the STS-118 mission in 2007. He went on to serve as Expedition 26 commander for his first long-duration space station mission in 2010. He has spent nearly 180 days in space.

Kelly’s official biography is available at:

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

Follow Kelly on social media at:

https://twitter.com/stationcdrkelly

or

http://instagram.com/stationcdrkelly

For information about the one-year mission on the International Space Station, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/1zACDLM
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Re: Expedition-43 thread (March - June 2015)
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