I assume that the flight of a UAE cosmonaut has simply been rescheduled for a later mission ........ or has the planned UAE flight been completely scrapped?
Has Hague the qualification as Soyuz return commander?
Quote from: jacqmans on 12/04/2018 09:37 amQuote from: Olaf on 12/04/2018 07:58 amInteresting news(if correct)http://militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=496858Google TranslationQuote"The UAE astronaut will go to the station in October 2019 for a week and a half on the Soyuz MS-15," a source said.As expected, the first UAE astronaut will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-12."For this, the possibility is being studied that the cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, who after the emergency landing in October in the spring will again start on the ISS, will spend at the station twice as long as planned - a year instead of six months and will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of Soyuz MS-15 in the first half of 2020, "- said the source.This would require, that Nick Hague will be the commander of Soyuz MS-12 during the descent, because there will be no Russian in this Soyuz. Is this possible?Yes it is possible, if true, almost all astronauts are trained to land a Soyuz... I know all ESA astronauts have Soyuz landing certification.. So I would assume Hague will have this also, if not he has until February to train for it... And he has already had a Soyuz landing.... plus A Soyuz landing is almost automatic all the way down, there is not much a crew does during decent.I can confirm that Hague is certified for landing a Soyuz.
Quote from: Olaf on 12/04/2018 07:58 amInteresting news(if correct)http://militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=496858Google TranslationQuote"The UAE astronaut will go to the station in October 2019 for a week and a half on the Soyuz MS-15," a source said.As expected, the first UAE astronaut will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-12."For this, the possibility is being studied that the cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, who after the emergency landing in October in the spring will again start on the ISS, will spend at the station twice as long as planned - a year instead of six months and will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of Soyuz MS-15 in the first half of 2020, "- said the source.This would require, that Nick Hague will be the commander of Soyuz MS-12 during the descent, because there will be no Russian in this Soyuz. Is this possible?Yes it is possible, if true, almost all astronauts are trained to land a Soyuz... I know all ESA astronauts have Soyuz landing certification.. So I would assume Hague will have this also, if not he has until February to train for it... And he has already had a Soyuz landing.... plus A Soyuz landing is almost automatic all the way down, there is not much a crew does during decent.
Interesting news(if correct)http://militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=496858Google TranslationQuote"The UAE astronaut will go to the station in October 2019 for a week and a half on the Soyuz MS-15," a source said.As expected, the first UAE astronaut will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-12."For this, the possibility is being studied that the cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, who after the emergency landing in October in the spring will again start on the ISS, will spend at the station twice as long as planned - a year instead of six months and will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of Soyuz MS-15 in the first half of 2020, "- said the source.This would require, that Nick Hague will be the commander of Soyuz MS-12 during the descent, because there will be no Russian in this Soyuz. Is this possible?
"The UAE astronaut will go to the station in October 2019 for a week and a half on the Soyuz MS-15," a source said.As expected, the first UAE astronaut will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-12."For this, the possibility is being studied that the cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, who after the emergency landing in October in the spring will again start on the ISS, will spend at the station twice as long as planned - a year instead of six months and will return to Earth on the descent vehicle of Soyuz MS-15 in the first half of 2020, "- said the source.
Any information about the back-up crew?
"Soyuz MS-12 is to be launched on March 1 and is to land on October 3 with the mission duration of 216 days.
https://sputniknews.com/science/201901031071180058-russia-soyuz-space-iss-mission-record/Quote"Soyuz MS-12 is to be launched on March 1 and is to land on October 3 with the mission duration of 216 days.
1 марта – Союз МС-12 (№742) – Союз-ФГ – Байконур 1/5 – 03:42
MSK minus 3 hours is UTC.If the launch time is 02:42 MSK it is 23:42 UTC (February 28)If the launch time is 03:42 MSK it is 00:42 UTC (March 01)Two different NK posts give us two different launch times. But which one is correct?
Soyuz MS-12 schedule launch: February 28, 2019 at 6:42 pm EST so 23:42 UTC the same day.CORRECTION: Should be 6:42 pm CST so 00:42 UTC next day !
Nick Hague to carry out a year-long flight...https://sputniknews.com/science/201901131071432010-nasa-astronaut-iss-spaceflight/