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JSC2014-E-045634 (16 May 2014) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra (right) and European Space Agency astronaut Timothy Peake, both Expedition 46/47 flight engineers, participate in an exercise in a Cupola trainer in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The facility includes moving scenes of full-sized International Space Station components over a simulated Earth. Photo credit: NASA
« Last Edit: 12/14/2015 08:41 am by jacqmans »
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #1 on: 07/06/2014 07:19 am »
The ISS-46/47 crew (and the ISS-48/49 crew) completed their water survival training at the the "179th rescue operations center" last week. Note: Yuri Malenchenko did not participate in the test.

There were two sessions, one in which the crew jumped out in their Sokol suits, and the other where they had to change in "Forel" suits (inside the capsule) and then jump out.

TsPK has provided lots of pics of this event, plus a nice video. Peake also has some pics on his Flickr page.
One day, the press was invited to watch the training and interview the crew. I provide the link, although it only covers the ISS-48/49 session.

See:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2578
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2576

https://www.flickr.com/photos/timpeake/sets/72157645486103593/

« Last Edit: 07/06/2014 07:25 am by Lewis007 »

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #2 on: 07/06/2014 07:50 am »
Note: Yuri Malenchenko did not participate in the test.
Yuri Malenchenko took part on an event in Kazakhstan, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first flight of T. Mussabaev.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2575
« Last Edit: 07/06/2014 10:31 am by Olaf »

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #3 on: 08/11/2014 07:15 am »
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #4 on: 08/11/2014 03:02 pm »
The patch

So great to finally see a Union Jack on an ISS Expedition patch! :)

(Although it might have to be changed if Scotland vote for independence next month!) :o
« Last Edit: 08/11/2014 03:03 pm by Space Pete »
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #5 on: 08/13/2014 02:51 am »
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So great to finally see a Union Jack on an ISS Expedition patch! :)

(Although it might have to be changed if Scotland vote for independence next month!) :o
That would mean his homeland would not yet be in ESA and he would lose his position with UK Space Agency if that happens and thus I guess he would not be from an ISS member country and thus could be barred from future flights to ISS unless ISS MCB agrees to add Scotland to their list of countries.

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #6 on: 08/21/2014 10:19 am »
That would mean his homeland would not yet be in ESA and he would lose his position with UK Space Agency if that happens and thus I guess he would not be from an ISS member country and thus could be barred from future flights to ISS unless ISS MCB agrees to add Scotland to their list of countries.
He's from Sussex, not Scotland.
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #7 on: 05/02/2015 08:57 am »
Portrait of crew and Peake
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #8 on: 06/10/2015 12:24 pm »
Don't know if this is the right place to post, But UK astronaut Tim Peake has just posted on his facebook page that Roscosmos and ESA have announced a new date has been set for December 15th 2016 for the launch of his mission to the ISS.

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #9 on: 06/18/2015 03:35 pm »
« Last Edit: 06/18/2015 06:52 pm by jacqmans »
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #10 on: 07/01/2015 02:34 pm »

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #11 on: 07/23/2015 06:44 pm »
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #12 on: 09/07/2015 06:46 pm »
With Soyuz TMA-17M scheduled to land on December 22, and TMA-19M schedule to launch on December 15, we will once again see a nine person crew aboard ISS. Will this now be the procedure for incremernt changes or will future long duration crews launch after their predecessors have landed?
Thank you.
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #13 on: 09/07/2015 07:56 pm »
Will this now be the procedure for incremernt changes or will future long duration crews launch after their predecessors have landed?

This direct rotation of crews is due to a need to land Soyuz TMA-17M in light conditions and to have normal duration of its flight due to late launch (in July instead of May).

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #14 on: 09/07/2015 10:37 pm »
Will this now be the procedure for incremernt changes or will future long duration crews launch after their predecessors have landed?

This direct rotation of crews is due to a need to land Soyuz TMA-17M in light conditions and to have normal duration of its flight due to late launch (in July instead of May).

Thanks, Anik!

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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #15 on: 09/18/2015 01:33 pm »
September 17, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-142

News Conference Features Next Space Station Crew, Interview Opportunities

 
NASA will host a news conference for the next crew launching to the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television will broadcast the news conference live at 2 p.m. EDT, preceded by video of crew training at 1:30 p.m.

Joining Kopra will be fellow astronaut Timothy Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Immediately after the news conference, all three crew members will be available for individual in person or phone media interviews.

To request attendance credentials or reserve an interview opportunity, media must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. International media must call by 6 p.m. today to arrange credentials to attend the event.

Reporters who wish to participate by telephone must contact the Johnson newsroom no later than 1:50 p.m. on the day of the news conference. Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using the hashtag #askNASA.

The crew members will launch to the space station aboard a Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft Dec. 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their arrival will, for one week, increase the station’s crew to a team of nine that includes the one-year mission crew of NASA astronaut and station commander Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos.

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and astronauts Kjell Lindgren of NASA and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will return to Earth on Dec. 22 after concluding their five-month space station mission. Kopra, Peake and Malenchenko will return to Earth in May 2016 as part of the Expedition 47 crew.

Born in Austin, Texas, Kopra is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York. He holds a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, a second master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a third and fourth in business administration from Columbia University in New York and London Business School in the United Kingdom.

Kopra’s first mission into space was as a flight engineer on Expedition 20 in 2009. During that two-month mission, he completed one spacewalk that lasted five hours, 32 minutes.

Expedition 46 crew members will share their flight experiences on Instagram at:

http://instagram.com/iss

To follow Kopra on Twitter:

@Astro_Tim

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

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #18 on: 10/10/2015 03:52 pm »
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Re: Expedition-46 thread (December 2015 - March 2016)
« Reply #19 on: 10/14/2015 01:57 pm »
#SpaceRocks patch

One of 75 #SpaceRocks patches that ESA astronaut Tim Peake will take to the International Space Station on his Principia mission from December 2015 to May 2016.

On his five-month flight, Tim will be taking a selection of his favourite music for off-duty relaxation, but he’ll be doing something a little different with it. Listening to music while exercising, reading or just looking down at Earth from Cupola, Tim will tweet lyrics from songs on his personal playlist. If you can identify the song and artist, you can win a prize: a limited edition ‘flown in space’ patch, specially created for this competition.

For more information about the competition visit the Principia website.

The exclusive #SpaceRocks patch was specially produced for ESA by Lucreation, Netherlands. It shows an electric guitar, bearing a Union flag, with its lead originating from the International Space Station. The ten stars are grouped in a four and a six, representing Tim's membership of Expedtion 46. It bears the ESA logo and the hashtag #spacerocks with Tim's Twitter name.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/10/SpaceRocks_patch

Image credit: ESA/R. Sandri

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