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Title: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Olaf on 05/14/2017 07:29 am
https://twitter.com/Astro_Sabot/status/863497298277535744 (https://twitter.com/Astro_Sabot/status/863497298277535744)
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Introducing the Soyuz MC-06 patch.  Looking forward to launching with this team!
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, September 2017
Post by: jacqmans on 07/03/2017 08:13 am
Mark T. Vande Hei‏ @Astro_Sabot · 2 jul. 


L-73. L-75's undock and descent sim had us safely in inflated suits because we sim'd being  in a leaking capsule.



 
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, September 2017
Post by: Joachim on 07/03/2017 08:59 am
Are the artworks of the prime and backup patches now availble?
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, September 2017
Post by: jacqmans on 07/17/2017 09:47 am
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, September 2017
Post by: jacqmans on 07/25/2017 06:22 am
金井 宣茂 Astro_Nemo‏ @Astro_Kanai



Soyuz MS-06 in the back
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, September 2017
Post by: SMS on 07/25/2017 10:13 pm
Spacecraft serial №734 as Soyuz MS-06
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 08/10/2017 06:55 am
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Olaf on 08/27/2017 07:51 am
https://twitter.com/Astro_Sabot/status/901702873184129025
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L-17- leaving Moscow for Baikonur. Feels strange doing this as a prime crew member.  Going to be a lot of firsts for me in the coming weeks!
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Artyom. on 08/27/2017 12:46 pm
The prime and the backup crewmembers of the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft  arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome - https://www.roscosmos.ru/23964/.

Tomorrow they will return to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: SMS on 08/31/2017 05:11 pm
Expedition 53 photo gallery:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/albums/72157685827348134
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:35 am
Soyuz МS-06 Сrews Began their Training at Baikonur Cosmodrome

August 28, 2017

Today, on August 28 the prime and backup crewmembers of transport manned spacecraft Soyuz МS-06 proceeded with their final training at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

This very day, a Technical Management meeting was held, where a decision was taken to fuel Soyuz MS-06 with propellant components and compressed gases.

ROSKOSMOS cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joseph ACABA (flight engineers, NASA) being members of the ISS-53/54 Expedition tried on their spacesuits Sokol-KV, and following the spacesuit leak test took their places in the vehicle. The crew tested the radio communication system, laser ranging system, got familiar with the onboard data files, studied the flight program and a list of cargo to be delivered to the ISS.

After training, the crews will return to Cosmonaut Training Center in the Star City to complete the training session and pass exams, and on September 6 they will return to Baikonur Cosmodrome for the final pre-flight training phase.
 
On Sunday, on August 27, Soyuz MS-06 prime and backup crewmembers arrived to Baikonur cosmodrome. The backup crew consists of cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and NASA astronauts Scott Tingle and Shannon Walker (flight engineers, NASA).

The launch of Soyuz MS-06 carrying the crew of the next long-duration tour to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled on September 13, 2017 from Launch site No.1 (Gagarin’s Launch Pad) of Baikonur cosmodrome.

https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/photo_08-28.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:37 am
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/photo_08-31.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:38 am
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/photo_09-01.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:40 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNgMWfO9pRE

https://youtu.be/r-zozNWUgKU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJ_7ftuR5g
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:40 am
https://youtu.be/KN0xkMw_ftw
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:40 am
https://youtu.be/Os3tqCLZrg8
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/02/2017 08:43 am
https://youtu.be/kNFPg7X8zMo
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/02/2017 10:59 am
Soyus MS 06 will be completed
https://www.roscosmos.ru/24002/
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: SMS on 09/04/2017 04:00 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmPNqX6XyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aY07QnmbtM
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/05/2017 01:32 pm
Final assembly
https://www.roscosmos.ru/24013/
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/05/2017 01:52 pm
planned launch time 21:17:02
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/06/2017 01:57 pm
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3920
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/06/2017 01:58 pm
Soyuz MS-06 prime and backup crews arrived to Baikonur

September 6, 2017

Today, on September 6, the prime and backup crews of manned spacecraft Soyuz МS-06 arrived at Baikonur cosmodrome after successful completion of the integrated examination trainings at Yu.A. Gagarin CTC.

The ISS-53/54 Expedition crew consists of Alexander MISURKIN (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and astronauts Mark VANDE HEI and Joseph ACABA (flight engineers, NASA). Their backups are cosmonaut Anton SHKAPLEROV (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and NASA astronauts Скотт ТИНГЛScott TINGLE and Shannon WALKER (flight engineers, NASA).

The crew commanders reported about their readiness for the final prosessing phase.

The launch of Soyuz MS-06 carrying the crew of the next long-duration tour to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for September 13, 2017 at 00:17 Moscow time from Launch site No.1 (Gagarin’s Launch Pad) of Baikonur cosmodrome.

According to the Russian applied scientific research program 62 experiments are supposed to be performed during the ISS-53/54 Expedition in various areas, namely biology, biotechnology, geophysics, technology and medicine. Sixty of them have been started during the previous increments, two experiments “Physical and chemical processes and materials in space conditions” i.e. “Diffusion flame” and “Electric flame” are new ones.

The expedition objectives are to perform operations with Russian and US logistics vehicles, EVA operations, maintain the station functionality, conduct onboard imagery of the history of events on the ISS Russian Segment (RS) and commemorative activity operations. The planned duration of the flight is 177 days.

https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/photo_09-06.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/06/2017 02:04 pm
Joseph M. Acaba‏@AstroAcaba

Just landed in Baikonur. One step closer to @Space_Station

Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: SMS on 09/06/2017 07:02 pm
Expedition 53-54 Training and Prelaunch Activities Aug. 28 - Sept. 6

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Expedition 53-54 Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and their backups, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Scott Tingle and Shannon Walker of NASA conducted their first Soyuz vehicle fit check in the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Aug. 28 and final qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia Aug. 30 and 31. On September 1 both the prime and backup crews held a news conference and toured the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. They viewed historic space artifacts, and visited Red Square in Moscow for traditional ceremonies, including the laying of flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space icons are interred. The Expedition 53 crew participated in traditional ceremonies Sept. 6 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow. Afterward, they departed for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to complete training for launch of Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba Sept. 13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FEnuXVVL0Q
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: input~2 on 09/07/2017 08:36 am
J5274/17 -  RESTRICTED AREA ACT: UNR1236. GND - UNL, 12 2110-2145, 14 2025-2100, 12 SEP 21:10 2017 UNTIL 14 SEP 21:00 2017. CREATED: 06 SEP 02:33 2017
J5251/17 -  ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: B156 KUDEB - BOKIS G96  KUDEB - ADARO. SFC - UNL, 12 2110-2145, 14 2025-2100, 12 SEP 21:10 2017 UNTIL 14 SEP 21:00 2017. CREATED: 05 SEP 10:54 2017
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/07/2017 10:31 am
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Joseph M. Acaba‏Verified account @AstroAcaba 2h2 hours ago

@Astro_Sabot is happy with the status of our rocket. Roll out in a few days.

https://twitter.com/AstroAcaba/status/905715027218497536
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: SMS on 09/07/2017 05:16 pm
Oficial prime and backup crews photos from GCTC:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/roscosmos/albums/72157686287168643

Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/07/2017 07:38 pm
https://youtu.be/b4g8daHqNp4 (https://youtu.be/b4g8daHqNp4)
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/08/2017 06:06 am
September 07, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-103

NASA Television Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch

Two NASA astronauts are among the three crew members poised to launch for a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, and NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of their prelaunch activities, launch and their arrival on their orbital outpost.

Expedition 53-54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:17 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 12 (3:17 a.m. Baikonur time on Sept. 13) aboard the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft. Launch coverage will begin at 4:15 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. A full complement of video of the crew’s prelaunch activities in Baikonur will air on NASA TV in the days preceding launch.

After their launch, the trio will travel on a fast-track, six-hour path to the space station, where they are expected to dock at 10:57 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12. NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 10:15 p.m.

Hatches between the Soyuz and the space station will open at about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13. The arriving crew will be welcomed on board by Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of the ESA (European Space Agency). NASA TV coverage of the hatch opening and welcoming ceremonies will begin at 12 a.m. Sept. 13.

The crew members of Expedition 53-54 will continue work on hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard the International Space Station, humanity’s only permanently occupied microgravity laboratory.

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter at:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/08/2017 01:17 pm
A check inspection of the SC Soyuz MS-06 was performed

September 7, 2017

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz MS-06 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.

In the assembly/test building prime (Alexander MISURKIN (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and astronauts Mark VANDE HEI and Joseph ACABA (flight engineers, NASA)) and backup (Anton SHKAPLEROV (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and NASA astronauts Scott TINGLE and Shannon WALKER (flight engineers, NASA)) crews of the Soyuz MS-06 transportation manned spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration.

The launch of Soyuz MS-06 carrying the crew of the next long-duration tour to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for September 13, 2017 at 00:17 Moscow time from Launch site No.1 (Gagarin’s Launch Pad) of Baikonur cosmodrome.

https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/photo_09-07.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/08/2017 01:18 pm
https://youtu.be/vUVXu5PsDG4
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/08/2017 01:18 pm
https://youtu.be/eApcpxkhtdM
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: jacqmans on 09/08/2017 01:19 pm
https://youtu.be/AOj-Rc1gHUE
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/08/2017 01:31 pm
"Soyuz FG payload module with Soyuz МS-06 has been transported for final assembly"
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/photo_09-07_1.html
 
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: SMS on 09/08/2017 02:56 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8AaTHaZl6w
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Stan Black on 09/08/2017 03:16 pm
This is one of the rockets that was to be fitted with a videocamera. Is it that white object, on the transfer compartment, below the payload fairing?
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/photo_09-07_1.html
https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/gallery/big/24044/4904691973.jpg
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17286.msg1708614#msg1708614
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: SMS on 09/08/2017 06:40 pm
https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/img/foto/2017/mks.53-54-1.jpg

https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/img/foto/2017/mks.53-54-2.jpg

Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Kansan52 on 09/08/2017 08:09 pm
Is he holding a model of Sputnik?
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: russianhalo117 on 09/09/2017 02:23 am
This is one of the rockets that was to be fitted with a videocamera. Is it that white object, on the transfer compartment, below the payload fairing?
https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/photo_09-07_1.html
https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/gallery/big/24044/4904691973.jpg
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=17286.msg1708614#msg1708614
The red object is the camera the white object i would have to double check its function, but is likely the lower connection interface for the pads upper umbilical mast.
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Steven Pietrobon on 09/09/2017 07:28 am
Is he holding a model of Sputnik?

Yes, for the 60th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: A12 on 09/09/2017 07:40 am
Is he holding a model of Sputnik?

Yes, for the 60th anniversary of Sputnik 1.

Too short antennas.
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/10/2017 08:09 am
Today the carrier rocket with the spaceship was transported to launchpad 1.
https://www.roscosmos.ru/24046/
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/10/2017 11:06 am
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Soyuz rocket rolls out to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kaz. for the launch of @Astro_Sabot @AstroAcaba & Misurkin: flic.kr/s/aHsm3Qbdjj

https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/906810587698679808 (https://twitter.com/nasahqphoto/status/906810587698679808)

Just a selection of NASA's photos attached
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/10/2017 11:19 am
Today, 10 September, the "Soyuz-FG" medium-class launcher with a transport manned ship  "Soyuz MC-06" has been placed in a vertical position on the "Gagarin Launch Complex-1" at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

https://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss53/photo_09-10.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/10/2017 11:26 am
Launch time:
21:17:02 p.m. UTC on Sept. 12
05:17:02 p.m. EDT on Sept. 12
00:17:02 Moscow Time on Sept. 13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBx4C-UC4JQ
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/10/2017 11:41 am
The next crews:

http://astronaut.ru/register/shedule.htm
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/10/2017 11:46 am
A lot of pics at:

http://spaceflight101.com/photos-soyuz-rocket-rolls-out-to-historic-baikonur-launch-pad/
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Joachim on 09/10/2017 12:04 pm
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/forum10/topic12565/?PAGEN_1=55
has a much better schedule.
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/10/2017 04:38 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06H50XKcqw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06H50XKcqw)

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Published on 10 Sep 2017
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft and its Soyuz booster were transported from the Integration Facility to the launch pad on a railcar Sept. 10 for final preparations before launch Sept. 13 to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-06 will carry Expedition 53-54 Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and flight engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA to the orbital complex for a five-and-a-half month mission. Also included are interviews at the launch pad with Joe Montalbano, Deputy ISS Program Manager and Sean Fuller, Director of Human Spaceflight Programs in Russia following the rocket's rollout.

This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library:  https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-NHQ_2017_0910_VF_E53-54%20Soyuz%20MS-06%20Rollout%20to%20the%20Launch%20Pad.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Endeavour126 on 09/10/2017 06:40 pm
Has Kanai been replaced by Walker?
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: ZachS09 on 09/10/2017 09:54 pm
Has Kanai been replaced by Walker?

No. Shannon Walker is only serving as backup for Joe Acaba.

If Norishige Kanai remained as backup, another Japanese astronaut or an ESA astronaut would've flown alongside Aleksandr Misurkin and Mark Vande Hei.
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/11/2017 12:58 pm
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Scott D. Tingle‏ Verified account @Astro_Maker 2m2 minutes ago

There it is!  The Soyuz MS-06 rocket on the launch pad, ready to bring my friends Sasha, @Astro_Sabot, and @AstroAcaba to @Space_Station.

https://twitter.com/Astro_Maker/status/907225896037228546
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Endeavour126 on 09/11/2017 11:23 pm
Has Kanai been replaced by Walker?

No. Shannon Walker is only serving as backup for Joe Acaba.

If Norishige Kanai remained as backup, another Japanese astronaut or an ESA astronaut would've flown alongside Aleksandr Misurkin and Mark Vande Hei.

It make sense. Thank you!
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/12/2017 05:42 am
"Crews of Soyuz MS-06 approved by the State Commission"
https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/photo_09-11.html
 
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/12/2017 05:48 am
planned launch details
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuz_mc06/start.htm
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: Alter Sachse on 09/12/2017 12:45 pm
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-06.html
Title: Re: Soyuz MS-06, Soyuz-FG September 12 2017 21:17 UTC
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 01:22 pm
Right now, Soyuz MS-06 and Soyuz FG activation...
Start of Final Countdown
(Crew wake up, about 30 minutes ago)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 01:25 pm
Moved for live coverage
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 01:28 pm
Article...

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/09/soyuz-ms-06-three-crewmembers-to-the-iss/

With sexy new L2 Soyuz renders by Nathan Koga.   8)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 01:35 pm
https://www.gismeteo.ru/weather-bajkonur-5173/
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 01:36 pm
At the launch pad, technicians are installing batteries in booster
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 01:38 pm
In about 1h30, crew departing from Cosmonaut Hotel
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 03:17 pm
Crew departs Cosmonaut hotel, now
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 03:24 pm
Mark T. Vande Hei‏: "Leaving for dinner.  Goodbye normal bed for half a year"

https://twitter.com/Astro_Sabot
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: jacqmans on 09/12/2017 03:26 pm
Mark T. Vande Hei‏@Astro_Sabot ·

Launch - 7.5 hours.  The docs are in the house.  Crew showers & sanitization done.  I'm pretty sure I've never been cleaner.  w @anilsamoil

Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 03:29 pm
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Soyuz?src=hash
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 03:34 pm
"Prior to fueling, teams remove the protective covers from the booster & core stage engines and the protective interstage cover"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Artyom. on 09/12/2017 03:41 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: A12 on 09/12/2017 03:58 pm
Was the bus shuttle renovated with a new livery?
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 03:58 pm
https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/907629898029821952

Already in use for some time...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:04 pm
"The Russian State Commission is convening at this time for their final pre-launch meeting to give a GO for tanking."
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:05 pm
According to the timeline, crew arrives at building 254, for medical checks and suit-up ops.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:19 pm
L-5  Propellant loading start (with 274 metric tons of Kerosene and Liquid Oxygen)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:26 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:44 pm
Crew dons their Sokol suits
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:45 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 04:48 pm
NASA TV coverage:

4 p.m., Tuesday, September 12 - ISS Expedition 53-54/Soyuz MS-06 Launch Coverage (Misurkin, Vande Hei, Acaba; includes video B-roll of the crew’s launch day pre-launch activities at 4:30 p.m. ET; launch scheduled at 5:17 p.m. ET) (Starts at 4:15 p.m.) (all channels)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 05:06 pm
Sokol Leak check
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 05:36 pm
in progress....
https://twitter.com/ISS101/with_replies
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 05:46 pm
Now, Crew reports to Delegations
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 05:52 pm
L-3h30, Hydrogen Peroxide H2O2 loading (for engine turbopumps)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:09 pm
no live yet
http://www.russian.space/306/
http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:14 pm
Crew walkout of Building 254 and board bus for the launch pad (30mn)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:15 pm
LIVE !!
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:18 pm
Tanking vehicles depart
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:28 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:33 pm
"now stands fully fueled - Kerosene is at flight level and Liquid Oxygen has entered replenish until late in the countdown."

https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/907673088824881152
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:45 pm
Crew arrives at Launch Site in few mn
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:47 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:49 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 06:50 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 06:50 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:51 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:53 pm
Venting....
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:54 pm
https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/907677917840330754
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:55 pm
Now, it's time to ingress in Soyuz spacecraft
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 06:56 pm
Reporters on the Launch pad
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:10 pm
L-2h10,  Internal Soyuz Hatch Closure
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:15 pm

Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:15 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:16 pm
L-2, Orbital Module BO Side Hatch Closure
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:18 pm
And then, Launch Shroud Close Outs
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:25 pm
"L-1 Hour 55 Min: Comprehensive Testing of the Entry Module is starting at this point in the count, including pressure decay checks."
https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/907685930651308032
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:26 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:26 pm
Opening the Pre-Launch Checklist
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:29 pm
Closeup
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:31 pm
Sokol Air Flow Initiation
Soyuz Spacecraft pressurization
Soyuz Systems Checks
Launcher Systems Checks
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:38 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:42 pm
1st view in descent module
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:44 pm
L-01h30 Internal Soyuz Hatch Pressure Checks and Communication System Activation
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:48 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:49 pm
Soon, Sokol Leak Check
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Targeteer on 09/12/2017 07:54 pm
audio between the crew and ground controllers is being passed on the ISS UStream feed
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:57 pm
L-1h20
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 07:59 pm
crew wave farewell before launching
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:01 pm
audio between the crew and ground controllers is being passed on the ISS UStream feed
If I correctly heard, "Altair" is the call sign ....
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:02 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:03 pm
"Soyuz leak checks declared complete & good.
Crew now verifying pre-programmed burn parameters for their first lap around Earth."
https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/907695676930318339
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:09 pm
Gloves don
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:11 pm
visor closed and pressurisation
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Req on 09/12/2017 08:12 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:14 pm
Pressure check already done...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Targeteer on 09/12/2017 08:15 pm
Sokol leak checks complete
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:18 pm
L-1h: Guidance System Activation and Launch Pad Evacuation
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Targeteer on 09/12/2017 08:19 pm
"MLM is supposed to launch next year"...  Chuckle, chuckle...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:21 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:22 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:23 pm
"Engineers are disconnecting the ventilation system from the launch shroud in preparation for Service Structure retraction."
https://twitter.com/ISS101/status/907700452313182210
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:24 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:26 pm
Some music fed through the comm loops
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:27 pm
MCC-M
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:28 pm
guidance system prep is in work. Recovery teams positioned along the Soyuz ascent path...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:31 pm
L-45 mn, Flight Computer Software Load
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:37 pm
Service Tower Retraction (Service Structure Halves)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 08:40 pm
The service structure is now being retracted.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 08:40 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:41 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 08:42 pm
Inside Soyuz MS-06...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:46 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:46 pm
Pre-Launch Crew Checklist Complete
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:48 pm
L-30mn, Launch Command Power Activation and SAS Launch Abort System Activation & switch to Automatic Mode
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 08:49 pm
Not as good as Nathan....
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:55 pm
Recovery helicopters & command aircraft are taking off in case of an abort in the vicinity to the launch site
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:56 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 08:59 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:00 pm
Coldplay in the Soyuz.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:02 pm
L-15mn,Sokol Checks complete
Launch Pad clear
Escape System in Auto Mode
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:02 pm
Service Structure Power System Deactivation
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:03 pm
L-14 mn, Soyuz Spacecraft to Autonomous Battery Power
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:05 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:06 pm
Crew Members Close Helmets & Initiate Suit Air
Soyuz FG Inertial Guidance System Activation
On-Board Recorders activated

Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:09 pm
Best Zero-G indicator ever....
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:10 pm
T-6mn, COUNTDOWN AUTO SEQUENCE
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:11 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:12 pm
Five minutes!
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:12 pm
T-5mn30   Launch Key Inserted in Launch Bunker
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 09:13 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:14 pm
RUN 1 Command
Ground & On-Board Telemetry Activation
Transfer to onboard Control
Commander Controls activated (Commander takes control of Soyuz)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:14 pm
Visors Closed and Air Flow Initiation
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 09:16 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:16 pm
Transfer to Internal Power
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:18 pm
LIFT OFF
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:18 pm
LAUNCH!
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 09:18 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:18 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:19 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 09:19 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Satori on 09/12/2017 09:19 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:20 pm
Staging.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:20 pm
boosters sep
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:22 pm
Staging. 2-3
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:22 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:26 pm
All nominal
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:27 pm
soyuz sep
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:27 pm
MCC-M take control
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/12/2017 09:28 pm
All antennas and arrays deployed. Job done!

Docking in six hours!
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:28 pm
Solar Panels and antennas deployed
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:31 pm
"Altaïr" is in orbit !
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:31 pm
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:33 pm
"Ready for manual control test"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:34 pm
SA and BO pressure check
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:35 pm
Unified Propulsion System commanded to pressurize,
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: eric z on 09/12/2017 09:35 pm
 Great launch, Great coverage, and Have a Great Flight, Guys! 8)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:37 pm
Soyuz has begun nulling out residual body rates, for a nominal attitude for SA power-generation & the 1st orbit-raising maneuver.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:40 pm
Launch pad now empty....
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:50 pm
On orbit 2: DV "Delta Velocity "-1 and 2 burn manoeuvers (already programmed into Soyuz computers )

Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Mapperuo on 09/12/2017 09:51 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqsq3nKhe5M
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:52 pm
on the 3rd orbit: DV-3 & 4, and Initiation of the Automated Rendezvous Sequence 
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 09:56 pm
Then, at 1:07 UTC, DV-5 and KURS-NA Automated Rendezvous System Activation (with two checks at 80 and 15km)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 10:24 pm
MCC-M reported the following orbital parameters for Soyuz MS-06:
196.8 x 254.7 Km, 51.67°, Period: 88.72min (for 200 X 242 Km and 51.67° targeted)

ISS orbit is 401 x 407km
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/12/2017 10:33 pm
"Mission controllers in Houston monitor the launch of the Expedition 53-54 crew from Kazakhstan to the Space_Station."
https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/907732062823518208
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Targeteer on 09/13/2017 01:09 am
Soyuz crew is supposed to call the station in 20 minutes.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Targeteer on 09/13/2017 01:34 am
Sounds like the Soyuz crew is talking to (Tsup)?  Moscow but there is no translation
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/13/2017 01:42 am
Some launch photos posted by NASA
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:09 am
Soyuz now at a range of 16 Kilometers, range rate 24m/s.
The crew reports ISS is in sight.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:11 am
15 km, second and final KURS data check
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:12 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:15 am
Let's park this thing.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:15 am
View of MS-05
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:17 am
Range = 8 km,: closing at 11m/s., Soyuz docking camera activation coming up next.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:18 am
5.5 kms out.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:22 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:23 am
Ballistic Targeting Point, range ~ 3 km
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:25 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:26 am
Alexander Misurkin on the loop: "Wow!"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:28 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:30 am
LOS
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:30 am
Over Australia
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: DaveS on 09/13/2017 02:31 am
LOS
TDRS handover. Got voice through omnidirectional S-band. Video and voice now back on the Ku-band after the handover.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:31 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:32 am
600 meters.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:33 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:35 am
Flyaround (7mn), Range: <400m, 
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:37 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:37 am
Soyuz MS-05 Photobombing Soyuz MS-06
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:41 am
Still in flyaround.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:43 am
Heading into Station Keeping.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:44 am
Roll manoeuver
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:46 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:46 am
Final approach!
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:47 am
Final approach at 0.1 m/s (ISS to free drift)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: DaveS on 09/13/2017 02:48 am
Roll manoeuver  to properly position the solar arrays for the docked mission.
Not really. The roll is to align properly with the docking port on MRM-2. Some of the docking mechanisms on the Russian Segment utilize a 45° clocking requiring a roll maneuver prior to final approach. The Soyuz and Progress draw power from the station during the docked mission, not from their own solar arrays.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:48 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:49 am
75 meters.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:49 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:50 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:52 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:53 am
Very smooth approach.
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:54 am
"Target in the center of the periscope"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:55 am
DOCKED!!
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:56 am
CONTACT and CAPTURE ! (MRM-2 Poisk zenith docking port)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:56 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:57 am
Probe retraction
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Chris Bergin on 09/13/2017 02:57 am
Article updated:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/09/soyuz-ms-06-three-crewmembers-to-the-iss/

Many thanks to all with the coverage, such as Rui and others, but especially centaurinasa who has great stamina for these long events! :)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:57 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 02:59 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 03:01 am
Soyuz hooks closed, Safe Docking Mode
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 03:03 am
VVO "Visiting Vehicle Officers" at MCC-H console
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 03:07 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 03:08 am
ISS config. updated
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 03:11 am
Docking confirmed at 02.55 UTC (10:55 pm EST)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:17 am
Bill gerstenmaier and Rob Navias at Baïkonour on NTV
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:18 am
Waiting hatch opening and welcome ceremony ...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:22 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:23 am
Final pressure and leak checks
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:26 am
ISS ground track
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:27 am
"Pressure stable"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:30 am
About 10 mn before hatch opening....
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:32 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:38 am
Just finishing doff spacesuits...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:42 am
"Leak check successful"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:48 am
Inside Poïsk
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:49 am
Openning Station hatch
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:50 am
OPEN !
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:52 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 04:56 am
Some congrats to the MS-06 crew from MCC-M
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:09 am
Welcome ISS Home !
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:11 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:12 am
Welcoming ceremony
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:13 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:15 am
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:23 am
"That concludes the event"
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: centaurinasa on 09/13/2017 05:24 am
Return to full six crew for Expedition 53
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: jacqmans on 09/13/2017 06:07 am
September 13, 2017
RELEASE 17-077

Three New Crew Members Arrive at International Space Station

After a six-hour flight, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Joe Acaba and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos arrived at the International Space Station at 10:55 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 12, where they will continue important scientific research.

The three crewmates launched aboard the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:17 p.m. (3:17 a.m. Baikonur time Wednesday), orbited Earth four times, and docked at the space station. The hatches between the spacecraft and station will open at 12:40 a.m. Wednesday.

The arrival of Vande Hei, Acaba and Misurkin restores the station's crew to six, as they join Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency.) The new Expedition 53 crew members will spend more than four months conducting approximately 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

Bresnik, Ryazanskiy and Nespoli are scheduled to remain aboard the station until December, and Vande Hei, Acaba and Misurkin are slated to return in February 2018.

This marks the first long-term increase in crew size on the U.S. segment from three to four, allowing NASA to maximize time dedicated to research. Highlights of upcoming investigations include demonstrating the benefits of manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment, a new study looking to slow or reverse muscle atrophy in astronauts during spaceflight, and exploring the ability of a synthetic bone material that adheres bone to metal within minutes to accelerate bone repair.

The crew members also are scheduled to receive Orbital ATK’s next commercial resupply mission in November, delivering several tons of research, supplies and vehicle hardware.

For more than 16 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. A global endeavor, more than 200 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,100 research investigations from researchers in more than 95 countries.

Follow Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba on their space mission at:

https://twitter.com/Astro_Sabot

and

https://twitter.com/AstroAcaba 

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: jacqmans on 09/13/2017 06:08 am
Spacecraft Soyuz MS-06 launched from Baikonur

September 13, 2017

Today, September 13, in accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS), a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz MS-06 was launched from Baikonur launch site at 00:17:02 Moscow Time carrying onboard the crew of ISS-53/54.

The crew includes cosmonautAlexander Misurkin (spacecraft commander, Roscosmos) and astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joseph Acaba (flight engineers, NASA).

The spacecraft separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle normally at the expected time.

Later on, at 05:55 Moscow Time, transportation spacecraft Soyuz MS-06 with a crew onboard successfully docked with the Mini Research Module Poisk (MRM2) of the International Space Station.

The rendezvous and docking were carried out in accordance with the mission plan using a four-orbit rendezvous profile after the orbital insertion. The docking was performed in fully automatic mode.

After performing a number of preparatory operations (removing and drying spacesuits, performing a leak test of compartments and the docking interface, equalizing pressure, etc.) transfer hatches between the spacecraft and the ISS were opened and the newly arrived crewmembers transfered to the station. There they were met by the commander of the international crew of ISS-53 US astronaut Randolph Bresnik and flight engineers, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli.

From that moment on, the cosmonauts and astronauts started to work onboard the ISS as members of the full-complement crew of Expedition ISS-53.

The Soyuz MS-06 delivered to the ISS various cargoes, including life support and crew support supplies, onboard documentation packages, utilization payloads, accessories for video and photographic equipment, hardware and data storage media for science experiments, personal kits for the crew.

During ISS-53/54 the Russian cosmonauts are going to carry out 62 experiments in various fields – biology, biotechnology, geophysics, engineering and medicine. 60 of them were started in previous missions, two experiments from the line of research Physical and Chemical Processes and Materials in Space – Diffusion Flame and Electric Flame are the new ones. These experiments are supposed to provide new data on the zero-g combustion physics, which will be relevant to applications in both the development of new rocket engines, and in the safety measures to be taken onboard space vehicles. The obtained results may also find application in other spheres, for example, for flying vehicles of various types, when they fly in a mode that is close to zero gravity.

The expedition tasks include: handling Russian and US cargo vehicles, keeping station in good working order, performing onboard still and video photography to chronicle the mission of the ISS Russian Segment, and activities under the program of symbolic activities.

In addition to this, the crew is also going to perform some extravehicular activities.
 
The planned mission duration is 177 days.

https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss53/photo_09-13.html
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: jacqmans on 09/13/2017 06:10 am
The crew of the TPK "Soyuz MS-06" arrived at the ISS

13 September 2017

 On September 13, 2017 at 05:55 Moscow time the transport manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-06 successfully docked to the docking port of the small research module "Search" of the Russian segment of the ISS.  Approximation of the ship with the station passed according to the 4-cycle scheme.  The docking was carried out in an automatic mode under the supervision of the crew and specialists of the Main Operations Group for Flight Control.

At 08:08 Moscow time, Alexander Misurkin , Mark Wanda Hai and Joseph Aqaba went on board the International Space Station.

 At present, the crew of the 53rd expedition in the cosmonauts of Roskosmos Sergey Ryazansky and Alexander Misurkin, NASA astronauts Randolph Breznik, Mark Vande Khay and Joseph Aqaba, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, continues to work on the ISS.

 On September 13, 2017, at 00:17 Moscow time, the Soyuz-FG space rocket launched from the launch pad of the Baikonur launch site No. 1 launched into orbit the Soyuz MS-06 transport manned spacecraft with the crew of the 53 / 54th long-term expedition to the ISS.

 Source: Press Service of the CPC, photo of the PMU

http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3937
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/13/2017 06:41 am
https://youtu.be/GT_s3amuO8o (https://youtu.be/GT_s3amuO8o)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Targeteer on 09/13/2017 10:12 am
Moscow is still calling to the Russian crew.  A really long day for them...
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/13/2017 06:36 pm
https://youtu.be/w7F1GIyAru4 (https://youtu.be/w7F1GIyAru4)
Title: Re: LIVE: Soyuz MS-06 (Soyuz-FG) Sept. 12 2017 (21:17 UTC)
Post by: Yirina on 02/10/2018 10:31 am
Greetings to all  :)
We have been in September 2017 on Baikonur to watch Soyuz MS-06 launch with Expedition 53 onboard.
I made a 3 parts trip report. It is writen in my native language, but there is a lot of pictures which do not need a translation. We stayed on Baikonur for 3 days.
Maybe it may be interesting for some of you:

1st part
Introduction, arrival to Baikonur, visiting of Baikonur city, Press conference with cosmonauts, accommodation on cosmodrome
http://yirina.net/fotky_cesty/2017_Kazachstan_Baikonur_01/2017_Kazakhstan2.htm

2nd part
International school for cosmonauts, Museum of Baikonur, Park and "beach" on Baikonur, Museum on cosmodrome including Buran, Declaration of crew to Roscosmos director, launch itself:
http://yirina.net/fotky_cesty/2017_Kazachstan_Baikonur_02/2017_Kazakhstan3.htm

3rd part
Visiting Buran Control Center, Visiting Gagarins Pad, walk in Alley of Cosmonauts, leaving Baikonur:
http://yirina.net/fotky_cesty/2017_Kazachstan_Baikonur_03/2017_Kazakhstan4.htm

I enjoyed this trip a lot and recommend to all to go. It is such interesting place full of history.

Cheers Yirina