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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #280 on: 06/08/2018 03:45 pm »
Soyuz MS-09 hatch opening

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #281 on: 06/08/2018 03:50 pm »
Ceremony now complete.
To boldly go where no human has gone before !

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #282 on: 06/08/2018 03:56 pm »
After this Welcoming ceremony, Drew Feustel  (ISS commander) perform the  tipical ISS orientation and safety briefing for the New crew memebers...
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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #283 on: 06/08/2018 03:57 pm »
and perform the Soyuz deactivation ("conservation mode") too...
« Last Edit: 06/08/2018 04:07 pm by centaurinasa »
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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #284 on: 06/08/2018 05:53 pm »
NASA videos







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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #285 on: 06/08/2018 10:56 pm »
So many big, big smiles on the arriving crew. I must admit I am always a little nervous until arriving crews berth safely!   ;D

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #286 on: 06/09/2018 05:56 am »
The photo at https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1005073762679705600 shows not Soyuz MS-09. It was taken during Expedition 54 and shows the Soyuz MS-07 docking.

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #287 on: 06/09/2018 06:00 am »
Docking pics & video posted by Artemyev
source: http://artemjew.ru/en/2018/06/08/doching-1806/


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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #288 on: 06/09/2018 06:02 am »
Artemyev posted some epics of the hatch opening & arrival of the new crew
source: http://artemjew.ru/en/2018/06/09/new-crew-0618/

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #289 on: 06/15/2018 05:56 am »
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day - Little Planet Soyuz

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Bodrov
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180615.html

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #290 on: 06/25/2018 04:29 pm »
https://m.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2018/06/Soyuz_launch_to_orbit_complete_astronaut_launch_into_space

This unique video shows a full launch of the Soyuz MS-09: from liftoff to orbit. Watch the launch from inside the crew capsule with first-ever shots from outside the spacecraft recorded by cameras fixed to the exterior of the Soyuz.

The intense launch lasts less than ten minutes whereby the Soyuz spacecraft is propelled 1640 km and gains 210 km altitude. Every second for nine minutes, the spacecraft accelerates 50 km/h on average as the rocket’s boosters burn their fuel and are discarded.

See the astronaut’s reactions and what the spacecraft looks like as the main steps are carried out to get into orbit:

-00:12 Launch command issued
-00:10 Engine turbopumps at flight speed
-00:05 Engines at maximum thrust
00:00 Launch
+1:54 Separation of emergency rescue system
+1:57 First stage separation
+2:38 Fairing separation
+4:48 Second stage separation
+4:58 Tail adapter separation
+8:45 Third stage engine cut off having arrived in orbit
+8:49 Soyuz separation, deploy solar arrays and antennae

The astronauts, from left to right, are NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Roscosmos commander Sergei Prokopyev and ESA astronaut and flight engineer Alexander Gerst launched in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station on 6 June 2018. ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and ESA television host Richard Hollingham provide commentary taken from the live event.

Hunched in their Sokol flight suits that offer protection in case of fire or depressurisation, the trio stay in the crew capsule of the Soyuz – the only module that is also designed to survive a return to Earth. The bags above their heads contain supplies for the International Space Station as every bit of space is used.

During a Soyuz launch astronauts typically experience forces of up to 4g – having to work while being pressed into their seats with a force that is four times more than the gravity felt on Earth. The Soyuz commander uses a stick to press buttons as they are too far away from the control panel.

The fluffy toys above the astronauts’ heads are mascots and good luck charms but also serve as a simple but effective test to see when the spacecraft is in orbit: when they start to float the spacecraft is weightless and orbiting Earth. Above Sergei is the mascot for the 2018 FIFA soccer World Cup held in Russia. Alexander took German children television icon “Die Maus” with him.

The launch went as planned as the 50-m tall Soyuz rocket propelled the astronauts to their cruising speed of around 28 800 km/h.

For this launch the astronauts took 34 orbits of Earth over two days to arrive at their destination spending their time in the cramped orbital module of the Soyuz that is no larger than a car. With limited communications and living space the astronauts had time to adapt to weightlessness and reflect on their mission ahead. They aligned their spacecraft with the International Space Station and approached the orbital outpost for docking on 8 June 2018. The files for this video were downloaded by the astronauts after arriving at the Space Station.

Alexander is a returning visitor to the International Space Station, the first of ESA’s 2009 class of astronauts to be sent into space for a second time. During the second part of his mission Alexander will take over as commander of the International Space Station, only the second time an ESA astronaut will take on this role so far.
« Last Edit: 06/25/2018 04:31 pm by jacqmans »
Jacques :-)

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #291 on: 06/27/2018 06:54 am »
Here's the video on YouTube.

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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #292 on: 07/03/2018 08:41 pm »
Greetings from Prague.
We have been on the launch of Soyuz MS-09 on Baikonur in June. Now I´m releasing trip reports from this trip. Maybe you can be interested.

It is in my native language but there is more pictures than words, I´m sure you will understand without knowing Czech.
This day we was present on the rocket roll out and then verticalization. You can see my trip report here:
http://yirina.net/fotky_cesty/2018_06_Kazakhstan04/2018_Baikonur04.htm



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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #293 on: 07/16/2018 08:31 pm »
5th part of trip report from Baikonur.
On 5th June we attended the rocket blessing and press conference with cosmonauts.

Pictures:
http://yirina.net/fotky_cesty/2018_06_Kazakhstan05/2018_Baikonur05.htm


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Re: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-09 - Events June 06, 2018 onwards
« Reply #294 on: 09/15/2018 01:45 am »
Two future Soyuz Inspection EVA's (EVA's may or may not be joint Russian-American spacewalks):
http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-09-hole.html#spacewalk
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Spacewalk planned to test Soyuz hole theory

In order to confirm the leading hypothesis that the hole aboard Soyuz MS-09 was drilled on the ground, Russian space officials began planning a spacewalk on the exterior of the station.

If substantial traces of the sealant can be found on the exterior of the spacecraft, they could help to prove the theory that the hole was drilled from the inside during the production of the spacecraft, but it was then patched up from the exterior side of the spacecraft. The crew found no traces of the sealant inside the module, but an endoscope examination showed what appeared to be scratches from a drill on the internal side of the meteoroid shield confirming the fact of drilling from the inside.

According to industry sources, the simulations conducted on the ground indicated that when a generally available sealant (which can be purchased at a regular hardware store), is applied to the hole from the exterior, it could hold up to one atmosphere of pressure difference, industry sources told RussianSpaceWeb.com.

The inspection showed that even with the micrometeoroid shielding installed, it might be possible to reach the hole from the exterior of the spacecraft. The meteoroid shielding could also help to cover up the sealant, which otherwise could be detected during the visual inspection of the spacecraft.

If the spacewalk is attempted, the cosmonauts would have to get to the Habitation Module, peel off soft thermal layers blanketing the spacecraft and then cut through the meteoroid shielding bordering this section of the spacecraft at a distance of around 1.5 centimeters from its pressurized hull.

To access the area of the hole on the exterior of the Soyuz, Russian officials are developing a spacewalk scenario relying on the available Strela boom, GStM, currently stored on the exterior of the Zarya FGB module. The telescopic device can be used to carry a cosmonaut secured to a special anchor at the end of the boom to a location aboard the station otherwise inaccessible to spacewalkers due to lack of railings.

On September 14, when starting his pre-flight exam in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 11, Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Ovchinin re-confirmed first reports dating back to September 8 that he and Sergey Prokopyev would conduct a spacewalk. One of the tasks of the excursion, which could take place in November or December 2018, would be the inspection of the Soyuz. Another spacewalk could be added to the flight plan, if necessary, RIA Novosti reported. There was even apparently talk at Roskosmos of a joint Russian-American spacewalk to ensure the maximum trust among the partners in this politically sensitive investigation.

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