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Rondaz · « **Reply #60 on:** 09/21/2022 09:38 am »

ISS Expedition 68 crew to perform five spacewalks.

Cosmonauts will use the ERA robotic arm, to be operated from inside the station by cosmonaut Anna Kikina.

20 SEP, 14:47

BAIKONUR /Kazakhstan/, September 21. /TASS/. Members of Expedition 68 to the International Space Station (ISS), whose Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is to blast off on September 21, are planning to carry out five spacewalks during their 188-day mission, cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin said on Tuesday.

"Five spacewalks are planned to be held during our spaceflight. The work will be quite intense, because shortly upon our arrival we will start preparing our spacesuits for the first spacewalk," he told an online news conference at TASS.

"Later, spacewalks will be held every two weeks. The bulk of work will be aimed at integrating the multi-function laboratory module (MLM) into the station," the cosmonaut added.

During their spacewalk, cosmonauts will use the ERA robotic arm, to be operated from inside the station by cosmonaut Anna Kikina.

Apart from the main tasks, the crew will run various experiments, launch satellites and perform other tasks related to the station’s equipment.

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will blast off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 16:54 on September 21. The spacecraft’s crew will comprise Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio. Their space mission is to last 188 days, until March 28. It will be the first Soyuz flight under the seat swap agreement. The spacecraft will also carry about 120 kilograms of payload.

https://tass.com/science/1510687

Rondaz · « **Reply #61 on:** 09/21/2022 09:39 am »

Russian cosmonauts plan to play football aboard ISS.

Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin plan to play with NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio.

20 SEP, 14:57

MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin plan to play football with NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Prokopyev said during an online news conference at TASS on Tuesday.

"It just so happened that our crew - all the three of us - are playing football," Prokopyev said. "I think we will have a chance to repeat something of this kind aboard the ISS. I have already played football at the station in 2018, with my colleagues Oleg Artemyev and Alexander Gerst. I think we will be able to find some sort of a ball there."

"Anyway, we have already played tennis, badminton and other sports that are favorite and traditional for our cosmonauts. So, one can certainly do sport in space with pleasure," the cosmonaut added.

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will blast off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 16:54 on September 21. The spacecraft’s crew will comprise Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio. Their space mission is to last 188 days, until March 28. It will be the first Soyuz flight under the seat swap agreement. The spacecraft will also carry about 120 kilograms of payload.

https://tass.com/science/1510697

Rondaz · « **Reply #62 on:** 09/21/2022 10:29 am »

The crew of #SoyuzMS22 will perform five spacewalks, said Dmitry Petelin yesterday. The first tasks will be to transfer the airlock and the radiator from the Rassvet module to MLM Nauka. Anna Kikina will be the operator of the ERA manipulator during the spacewalks.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1572454108845449217

Rondaz · « **Reply #63 on:** 09/21/2022 01:10 pm »

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio's First Launch to the Space Station

Rondaz · « **Reply #64 on:** 09/21/2022 01:53 pm »

New Crew Launching to Station Live on NASA TV

Mark Garcia Posted on September 21, 2022

NASA TV coverage now is underway for the launch of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Launch and docking activities will air live on NASA Television’s Public Channel, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

After a two-orbit, three-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the space station’s Rassvet module at 1:11 p.m. About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open and the crew members will greet each other.

Once aboard station, the trio will join Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, as well as NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend six months aboard the orbital laboratory. This will be Prokopyev’s second flight into space and the first for Rubio and Petelin.

While NASA is airing coverage of the launch, rendezvous, docking, and hatch opening of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on NASA’s Television’s Public Channel, a concurrent Artemis I cryogenic demonstration test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will air only on the Media Channel. During all other times, the test will air on both the Public and Media Channels.

Soyuz-22 mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Wednesday, Sept. 21

9 a.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV’s Public Channel for 9:54 a.m. launch.

12:15 p.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV’s Public Channel for 1:11 p.m. docking.

3:30 p.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV for hatch opening and welcome remarks.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/21/new-crew-launching-to-station-live-on-nasa-tv/

Rondaz · « **Reply #65 on:** 09/21/2022 01:54 pm »

.@NASA TV is live as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin prepare to launch to the space station.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1572572801105788929

Rondaz · « **Reply #66 on:** 09/21/2022 02:28 pm »

Astronaut, Two Cosmonauts Launch to Join Station Crew

Mark Garcia Posted on September 21, 2022

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are safely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft after launching at 9:54 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time).

The Soyuz will dock to the space station’s Rassvet module at 1:11 p.m. About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open.

NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 12:15 p.m. on NASA Television’s Public Channel, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/21/astronaut-two-cosmonauts-launch-to-join-station-crew/

Rondaz · « **Reply #67 on:** 09/21/2022 02:29 pm »

The Soyuz MS-22 crew ship lifted off at 9:54am ET today carrying a NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts to join the crew on the space station for a six-month mission. Docking coverage begins on NASA TV at 12:15pm ET.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1572591766804520961

Rondaz · « **Reply #68 on:** 09/21/2022 02:51 pm »

A rocket with a ship with a Russian-American crew was launched from Baikonur.

Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonur with a ship carrying two Russians and an American.

09/21/2022 05:02 PM (updated: 09/21/2022 05:39 PM)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, September 21 - RIA Novosti. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur, a crew of Russians Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as American Francisco Rubio, went to the ISS, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

In a few minutes, the rocket will launch the ship into the target orbit, after which it will begin its independent flight to the International Space Station - the journey will take just over three hours. The total duration of the mission should be 188 days. The return of the crew is scheduled for March 28, 2023.

The launch was the first launch under the agreement between Roskosmos and NASA on cross flights. On October 3, a flight to the station of the American ship Crew Dragon with the Russian woman Anna Kikina in the crew is expected. So far, the agreement provides for two more flights of Russian and American ships with international crews in 2023 and 2024.

The ship "Soyuz MS-22" received a proper name "K.E. Tsiolkovsky" in honor of the legendary Russian and Soviet thinker and scientist, pioneer of astronautics, whose 165th birthday is celebrated this year.

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev , Denis Matveev , Sergei Korsakov , Americans Chell Lindgren , Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, and Italian Samantha Cristoforetti are currently working on the ISS . Artemiev, Matveev and Korsakov will return to Earth on September 30 on their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, which was named Sergey Korolev in honor of the anniversary of the great Soviet rocket scientist .

https://ria.ru/20220921/kosmos-1818477315.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #69 on:** 09/21/2022 04:27 pm »

We had a spectacular view of the #Soyuz launch! Sergey, Dmitry and Frank will come knocking on our door in just a couple of hours… looking forward to welcoming them to their new home! #MissionMinerva..

https://twitter.com/AstroSamantha/status/1572600896038526977

Rondaz · « **Reply #70 on:** 09/21/2022 04:49 pm »

LIVE DOCKING - Rendezvous and docking of the Expedition 68 crew on Soyuz MS-22 to the ISS

Rondaz · « **Reply #71 on:** 09/21/2022 05:13 pm »

Three New Crew Members Dock Soyuz Crew ship to Station

Mark Garcia Posted on September 21, 2022

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station at 1:06 p.m. EDT. Coverage of hatch opening will air at 3:30 p.m. on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

Once on station, the trio will join Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, as well as NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend six months aboard the orbital laboratory.

On Sept. 29, a Soyuz spacecraft will return as scheduled carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov back to Earth.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/21/three-new-crew-members-dock-soyuz-crew-ship-to-station/

Rondaz · « **Reply #72 on:** 09/21/2022 05:13 pm »

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin docked their Soyuz crew ship to the station's Rassvet module at 1:06 pm ET today.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1572634973512794116

Rondaz · « **Reply #73 on:** 09/21/2022 09:10 pm »

New Crew Enters Station and Begins Six-Month Mission

Mark Garcia Posted on September 21, 2022

The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft officially opened at 3:34 p.m. EDT. The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven people already aboard for Expedition 67 temporarily increases the station’s population to 10.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin joined Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, as well as NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend six months aboard the orbital laboratory.

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov will return to Earth Sept. 29 on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, which is currently docked at the space station, for a parachute-assisted landing on the Kazakh steppe.

Expedition 67 astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins of NASA and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) have been aboard since arriving April 27, 2022, on the SpaceX Dragon Freedom. Freedom and its crew are currently planned to return early-to-mid October.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/21/new-crew-enters-station-and-begins-six-month-mission/

Rondaz · « **Reply #74 on:** 09/21/2022 09:12 pm »

The Exp 67 crew has temporarily expanded to 10 people as the hatches between the space station and the new Soyuz MS-22 crew ship opened at 3:34pm ET today.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1572674587350925312

Rondaz · « **Reply #75 on:** 09/21/2022 09:18 pm »

10 people again on the station!

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1572674821292449792

Rondaz · « **Reply #76 on:** 09/21/2022 09:19 pm »

Docking!

The flight to the International Space Station followed a two-orbit scheme. The docking was performed automatically. Now we are waiting for Sergey, Dima and Frank on board. The red carpet has already been laid..

https://twitter.com/SergKorsakov/status/1572638878745477120

Rondaz · « **Reply #77 on:** 09/21/2022 09:22 pm »

The Russian-American crew of the Tsiolkovsky spacecraft transferred to the ISS.

Cosmonauts Prokopyev and Petelin, as well as astronaut Rubio transferred from Tsiolkovsky to the ISS.

23:18 21.09.2022

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, September 21 - RIA Novosti. Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as American astronaut Frank Rubio, who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, opened the hatches between the spacecraft and the station and transferred to the ISS, Roscosmos is broadcasting.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the ship was launched from Baikonur at 16.54 Moscow time. A few minutes later, she launched a ship with two Russians and an American into orbit. Docking with the ISS took place at 20.06 Moscow time. In total, their mission at the station should last 188 days.

The September launch was the first launch under the agreement between Roscosmos and NASA on cross-flights. On October 3, a flight to the station of the American ship Crew Dragon with the Russian woman Anna Kikina in the crew is expected. So far, the agreement provides for two more flights of Russian and American ships with international crews in 2023 and 2024.

The newly arrived crew will have to perform up to five spacewalks and finally commission the new Nauka Multifunctional Laboratory Module (MLM) into the ISS. The first exit is scheduled for November 17th.

The ship "Soyuz MS-22" received a proper name "K.E. Tsiolkovsky" in honor of the legendary Russian and Soviet thinker and scientist, pioneer of astronautics, whose 165th birthday is celebrated this year.

Now the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft , which arrived at the ISS on March 18, 2022, is docked to the station. This ship was previously named after the legendary Soviet rocket scientist Sergei Korolev , whose 115th birthday is celebrated this year. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev , Denis Matveev , Sergei Korsakov flew to the ISS on the Korolev . They will return to Earth on September 30th. Also working at the station are NASA astronauts Chell Lindgren , Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti , an American spacecraft..

https://ria.ru/20220921/mks-1818567863.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #78 on:** 09/21/2022 10:09 pm »

Ever wonder what a launch looks like from space? It’s amazing!! @NASA_Astronauts and fellow, Frank Rubio launched on a Soyuz just a few hours ago…now he’s at the front door of @Space_Station awaiting hatch opening! Welcome aboard, Frank!

https://twitter.com/Astro_FarmerBob/status/1572658345055584256

Rondaz · « **Reply #79 on:** 09/22/2022 12:24 am »

Third TASS special correspondent on ISS starts his work.

Now Dmitry Petelin will receive instructions from his colleague Oleg Artemyev, who heads the agency's office at the station.

21 SEP, 15:40

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, September 22. /TASS/. The third TASS special correspondent on the ISS, Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin, began work aboard the station on Wednesday. He arrived at the ISS in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, along with cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev and American astronaut Francisco Rubio.

Now Petelin will receive instructions from his colleague Oleg Artemyev, who heads the agency's office at the station. TASS space mascot Inotasya was also brought aboard the ship to the ISS.

During the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) TASS Director General Sergey Mikhailov gave Petelin, through Roscosmos CEO Yury Borisov, the TASS space mascot (Inotasya), a TASS special correspondent certificate, as well as a branded set of clothes and chevrons with the inscription ‘TASS on the ISS’.

Last November TASS and Roscosmos signed a memorandum of cooperation, according to which the news agency opened an office onboard the ISS. Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin was the first special correspondent on the ISS. He was succeeded by Oleg Artemyev in March 2022. The correspondents tell about life and work on the station, various experiments and tests, send photos and videos from the ISS.

TASS and Roskosmos have been cooperating for many years and a number of special projects about space, exhibitions and other joint events have been produced within its framework. In August they agreed that TASS will provide its media bank — tassphoto.com — to distribute Roscosmos’ photo and video content.

https://tass.com/science/1511455