Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz TMA-03M And Docking - Dec 21/23, 2011 (Read 177609 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 05/25/2011 09:44 am »

Andre Kuipers Training photos

jacqmans · « **Reply #1 on:** 05/25/2011 09:45 am »

jacqmans · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/11/2011 07:54 pm »

Nicolas PILLET · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/22/2011 02:57 pm »

According to Interfax agency, the launch will be from area n°31 !

jacqmans · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/23/2011 07:27 am »

Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 07/22/2011 02:57 pm

According to Interfax agency, the launch will be from area n°31 !

Yes that is correct, launch will be on the 29th of November @ 23:09 CET (Central European Time)...

jacqmans · « **Reply #5 on:** 07/23/2011 07:28 am »

More training images...

jacqmans · « **Reply #6 on:** 07/23/2011 07:29 am »

jacqmans · « **Reply #7 on:** 07/25/2011 04:16 pm »

jacqmans · « **Reply #8 on:** 08/01/2011 05:53 pm »

jacqmans · « **Reply #9 on:** 08/08/2011 04:54 pm »

Andre Kuipers and his TMA-03M crew are back in Star City this week for more Soyuz training

jacqmans · « **Reply #10 on:** 08/12/2011 06:41 pm »

ESA astronaut André Kuipers gave a first look at the Soyuz TMA-03M crew patch today on Twitter. On his Sokol suit, Kuipers is displaying a paper printout of the final prototype for the patch. The emblem was designed by Luc van den Abeelen, partially based on the artwork by 11-year old Alena Gerasimova from Petrozavodsk, Russia.

jacqmans · « **Reply #11 on:** 08/16/2011 04:50 pm »

jacqmans · « **Reply #12 on:** 08/22/2011 03:52 pm »

Photos from last weeks training in Star City, The comming two weeks the TMA-03M crew will be in Houston for training.

spaceStalker · « **Reply #13 on:** 08/22/2011 04:08 pm »

Why all the gas masks? What's that smoke?

Space Pete · « **Reply #14 on:** 08/22/2011 04:13 pm »

Quote from: spaceStalker on 08/22/2011 04:08 pm

Why all the gas masks? What's that smoke?

A fire drill - standard emergency training.

jacqmans · « **Reply #15 on:** 08/25/2011 03:51 pm »

André Kuipers in training

25 August 2011

ESA's next space-bound astronaut, André Kuipers, has spent most of the summer intensively training for his upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM2PGRTJRG_astronauts_0.html

anik · « **Reply #16 on:** 08/30/2011 05:54 pm »

As per Novosti kosmonavtiki forum, the launch is planned on December 10th.

jacqmans · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/05/2011 03:20 pm »

Description
ESA astronaut André Kuipers (NL) is assigned to fly on Soyuz TMA-03M to the ISS, scheduled for November 2011, as part of the Expedition 30 crew. Expedition 30 begins with Soyuz TMA-02M undocking in November 2011. Kuipers and the new crew members arrive shortly thereafter at the ISS with Soyuz TMA-03M.
Along with Kuipers, the other members of Expedition 30 are NASA astronauts Dan Burbank and Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoli Ivanishin and Oleg Kononenko.

The logo for the 'PromISSe' mission features the ISS orbiting Earth, accompanied by three icons and six stars. The mission name 'PromISSe' crowns a circular band of blue with orange edges. The 'ISS' part of the name is also in orange to highlight the Dutch participation in the mission. The centre of the logo shows a globe free of national borders, with silhouette of the ISS is shown circling Earth, moving from the night to the day and about to fly over Europe.

The icons on the left represent the mission’s three main elements: science, technology and education. The globe represents a knowledge-based society focused on our planet, the electronic circuit denotes technology and the conical laboratory flask denotes scientific research. The six stars represent the crewmembers, the six months that André will stay in space and, because the stars are similar to those on the EU flag, the European character.

arkaska · « **Reply #18 on:** 09/05/2011 04:33 pm »

Is it just me or does the black portion of earth feel more like space then earth in night.

woods170 · « **Reply #19 on:** 09/05/2011 04:35 pm »

And the expedition 30 movie-style poster has arrived...