Note: Yuri Malenchenko did not participate in the test.
The patch
Quote from: jacqmans on 08/11/2014 07:15 amThe patchSo 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!)
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.
Will this now be the procedure for incremernt changes or will future long duration crews launch after their predecessors have landed?
Quote from: TJL on 09/07/2015 06:46 pmWill 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).