INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, September 12. /TASS/. The Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft docked with the Rassvet module of the International Space Station (ISS) late on Wednesday, taking new crew members to the orbital outpost.The spacecraft carries Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner (who will also work as a TASS special correspondent on the orbital outpost) and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. They make up ISS Expedition 72.The crew is scheduled to spend 202 days in orbit and return on April 1, 2025. Their mission, lasting around six months, lists 42 scientific experiments including three performed for the first time. Ovchinin said previously that the scientific schedule includes experiments in medicine, biology, remote sensing of the Earth and other areas. Also, the crew will continue their scientific work involving a 3D bioprinter.Also, Ovchinin and Vagner will perform a spacewalk in December to install a spectrometer on the outer surface of the Zvezda module.
Today at 22:32:09 Moscow time, the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-26 automatically docked with the small research module Rassvet of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
NASA and SpaceX have shifted the Crew-9 launch to no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25, to complete prelaunch preparations and ensure separation between operations. Liftoff is targeted for 2:28 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. This is the first time a human spaceflight mission will launch from the pad. Additional launch opportunities are available on Thursday, Sept. 26, Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28.
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Monday, Sept. 2312:45 a.m.—Coverage of Soyuz MS-25 farewells and hatch closing at the International Space Station4 a.m.—Undocking coverage of the Soyuz MS-25 from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled for 4:37 a.m.6:45 a.m.—Coverage of the deorbit burn and landing of the Soyuz MS-25 near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Deorbit burn scheduled for 7:05 a.m. Landing scheduled for 8 a.m.
https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1836056933167489251QuoteISS Prog Dir Robyn Gatens is speaking now. Says first flight of Dream Chaser will take place during this upcoming increment (that begins when Soyuz MS-25 leaves/Crew-9 arrives). Also planning to do those EVAs they had to reschedule.
ISS Prog Dir Robyn Gatens is speaking now. Says first flight of Dream Chaser will take place during this upcoming increment (that begins when Soyuz MS-25 leaves/Crew-9 arrives). Also planning to do those EVAs they had to reschedule.
Cross-post:Quote from: yg1968 on 09/17/2024 11:01 pmhttps://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1836056933167489251QuoteISS Prog Dir Robyn Gatens is speaking now. Says first flight of Dream Chaser will take place during this upcoming increment (that begins when Soyuz MS-25 leaves/Crew-9 arrives). Also planning to do those EVAs they had to reschedule.Expedition 72: September 2024 to March? 2025So, launch Q1 2025.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 17, 2024...The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Crew-9 to the International Space Station from pad 40 on September 26 at 2:05 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape landing zone about eight minutes after launch....A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-31 Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS from pad 40 on late October around 12 a.m. EDT.
NAC HEO meeting said NET late April
CCP worked with SpaceX to replan the Crew-9 mission to launch two crewmembers in late September instead of four.The CFT astronauts will join Expedition 71/72 and return to Earth aboard Crew-9 at the conclusion of the increment in late February 2025.
Progress MS-30...Launch date: February 12, 2025
Today, participants of the 70th and 71st long-term expeditions, cosmonauts of the Roscosmos State Corporation Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, who spent a year in near-Earth orbit, as well as NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, are returning to Earth on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the International Space Station.The closure of the transfer hatches between the spacecraft and the Prichal nodal module of the Russian segment of the ISS is scheduled for the period from 08:15 to 08:35 Moscow time.In the habitation module of Soyuz MS-25, Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Tracy Dyson will check the tightness of the transfer hatches and put on the Sokol-KV2 emergency rescue suits, after which they will move to the descent module of the ship, close the hatch to the habitation module and check the tightness of the hatch and the suits.The undocking of Soyuz MS-25 from the Prichal module is planned for 11:37 Moscow time. The crew of the 72nd long-term expedition will continue its flight at the station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Alexander Grebenkin, NASA astronauts Donald Pettit, Matthew Dominik, Michael Barratt, Janette Epps, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.The Soyuz MS-25 engine is expected to be activated for deorbit at 14:06 Moscow time, its separation into sections at 14:34 Moscow time, the descent module will enter the dense layers of the atmosphere at 14:37 Moscow time, and the main parachute will be deployed at 14:45 Moscow time. The descent module is scheduled to land at 15:00 Moscow time, 147 km southeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan.Oleg Kononenko is completing his fifth space flight, and Nikolai Chub is completing his first. By the time of landing, they will have spent 374 days in space, which will be the longest flight under the ISS program. Ahead of them will be only compatriots Valery Polyakov and Sergey Avdeyev, who spent 438 days in orbit in 1994-1995 and 380 days in 1998-1999, respectively, flying on the Mir station.In addition, Oleg Kononenko will spend more days in space than anyone else on Earth, with a total of 1,111 days. For Tracy Dyson, the ending 184-day flight will be the third in her career (it will take a total of 373 days).Since September 2023, under the Russian program, participants in the 70th and 71st long-term expeditions to the ISS Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub have conducted applied science experiments, received a visiting expedition and four Progress MS cargo ships, and performed two spacewalks.
Today at 11:36:20 Moscow time, the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with the participants of the 70th and 71st long-term expeditions, cosmonauts of the Roscosmos State Corporation Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, who spent a year on the International Space Station, as well as NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, departed from the Russian Prichal node module before descending to Earth.The crew of the 72nd long-term expedition continued their flight at the station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Alexander Grebenkin, NASA astronauts Donald Pettit, Matthew Dominik, Michael Barratt, Janette Epps, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.The Soyuz MS-25 engine is expected to be activated for deorbit at 14:06 Moscow time, its separation into sections at 14:34 Moscow time, the descent module will enter the dense layers of the atmosphere at 14:36 Moscow time, and the main parachute will be deployed at 14:45 Moscow time. The descent module is scheduled to land at 14:59 Moscow time, 147 km southeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan.
