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The Soyuz TMA-17M patch is inspired on the design of the Apollo 17 patch. The main element in this logo is a portrait of Sergei Korolev, the legendary 'main constructor', who shaped the early years of Soviet cosmonautics. He is depicted watching the Soyuz spacecraft on its celestial voyage, trailing three red lines. They symbolize the three crewmembers, but also represent the three manned craft that Korolev developed; Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz. Behind the earth, a red sun rises. After the American Apollo element and the Russian Korolev item, the sun is Japan's element in this design. The constellation of Scorpio tops off the patch, with the star Antares highlighted, as this is the callsign for this particular Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.

 The patch was designed by Luc van den Abeelen and Blake Dumesnil with Oleg Kononenko.  Copyright Roscosmos/spacepatches.nl
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #1 on: 03/03/2015 07:05 pm »
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #2 on: 04/24/2015 05:49 am »
April 24, 2015 (JST)

Launch Date and Time of Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut Kimiya Yui aboard for ISS Expedition 44/45 Long Stay Mission

The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), which Astronaut Kimiya Yui will be onboard, is officially confirmed as follows as a result of the Stage Operation Readiness Review (SORR)  held on April 23, 2015 in Houston.
Astronaut Yui will stay at the International Space Station for about six months as a crewmember of the Expedition 44/45, and will return to Earth in November on the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M.)

1. Launch time and date:
   At 04:46 a.m. on May 27 (Wed.), 2015 (Japan Standard Time)
   At 01:46 a.m. on May 27 (Wed.), 2015 (Baikonur Time)
   At 22:46 p.m. on May 26 (Tue.), 2015 (Moscow Time)

2. Launch Site:
   Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.)

3. Expedition 44/45 Crewmembers:
   Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (FSA)
   Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui (JAXA)
   Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgrean (NASA)


Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #3 on: 05/07/2015 06:39 pm »
May 06, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-071
NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Available for Interviews Before Space Station Mission

 
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who is making final preparations for his launch this month to the International Space Station, is available for live satellite interviews from 8 to 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 12.

Lindgren will participate in the interviews live from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The interviews will be preceded at 7:30 a.m. by a video highlighting his mission training.

To participate, reporters must contact Karen Svetaka at 281-483-8684 no later than 3 p.m., Monday, May 11. Media participating in the live shots must tune to NTV-3. Satellite tuning information is available at:

http://go.nasa.gov/1pOWUhR

Lindgren hails from the Midwest, but spent most of his childhood in England. Board certified in emergency and aerospace medicine, Lindgren is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, and Colorado State University, in Fort Collins. Lindgren received his medical degree from the University of Colorado and began working as a flight surgeon at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, in 2007 before being selected as an astronaut in 2009.

His space station mission team includes cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The three are scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 3:47 p.m. EDT on May 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

They will join the Expedition 44 crew, which includes NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, who launched to the station in March, marking the start of a one-year mission for Kelly and Kornienko.

Together, the six crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity’s only orbiting laboratory.

Lindgren is scheduled to return to Earth with crew members Kononenko and Yui in November.

Lindgren’s biography is available at:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lindgren-kn.html

Follow Lindgren via Twitter:

http://twitter.com/astro_kjell

Follow Expedition 44 and 45 crew members on Instagram:

http://instagram.com/iss

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

For more information about NASA TV coverage, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #4 on: 05/07/2015 09:01 pm »
Expedition 44 - Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9405

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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #6 on: 05/10/2015 12:30 pm »

油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya 

ソユーズの最終試験も無事に合格しました!昨夜はパーティーがあったので、皆さんに連絡できずに申し訳ありませんでした。We passed Soyuz final exam! We had a great party last night.

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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #7 on: 05/10/2015 10:20 pm »

油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya 

ソユーズの最終試験も無事に合格しました!昨夜はパーティーがあったので、皆さんに連絡できずに申し訳ありませんでした。We passed Soyuz final exam! We had a great party last night.
As this launch will likely be delayed, will the primary/backup crews have to take another final exam before the delayed launch?  Or is a month or two considered ok regarding the retention of their operational preparedness?
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #9 on: 05/13/2015 01:04 am »
Slightly OT but still relevant, I think.

Is it only the immediate Soyuz-TM and Progress-M flights that are being delayed?   I have not seen anything definitive as to whether the original descent dates will be maintained, thus making a few missions shorter than originally intended.   The launch dates could get back to those already announced next year.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #10 on: 05/20/2015 04:48 pm »
Slightly OT but still relevant, I think.

Is it only the immediate Soyuz-TM and Progress-M flights that are being delayed?   I have not seen anything definitive as to whether the original descent dates will be maintained, thus making a few missions shorter than originally intended.   The launch dates could get back to those already announced next year.
According to an episode of Space Station Live a few days ago, they haven't made any decision yet.


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According to reports the "nominal launch time" on July 24 is 20:14 UTC, although launching on the 23rd/25th is also in the cards pending getting new ISS orbit parameters after some future re-boosts.
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #12 on: 06/09/2015 03:02 pm »
Does(Did) NASA get input to this decision/schedule or is it sole responsibility of Russia?
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #13 on: 06/09/2015 04:16 pm »
Does(Did) NASA get input to this decision/schedule or is it sole responsibility of Russia?

I don't think NASA has a voice in the launch scheduling decisions, but they do have the option of saying that, in a given situation, they don't feel it safe for a NASA astronaut to fly in/on a given vehicle.

I don't think we've ever come close to that situation in re the Soyuz, but didn't NASA cut short Shuttle/Mir by a couple of segments, citing Mir safety concerns?
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Looks like the launch date has been settled on July 22 at 21:02 UTC according to NASA's launch schedule page, and the Russians sort of confirmed it reporting a July 23 (MSK) launch date (though just barely as it would be 2 minutes past midnight).
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #15 on: 06/30/2015 09:33 am »
油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui ‏@Astro_Kimiya   
マニュアル操作でのドッキング訓練がありました。通常のドッキングは自動ですが、不具合があった場合の対処訓練です。想定される不具合であれば、いかなる状況でも手動でドッキングする技量に達しています。皆さん、安心して下さいね!

(There was docking training in manual operation. Normal docking is automatic, but it is addressed training when there is trouble. If a bug that it is assumed, will not reach the skill to dock in any situation manually. Ladies and gentlemen, you do not worry!)
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #16 on: 07/01/2015 09:45 am »
June 30, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-099

NASA Astronaut Preps for First Space Station Mission, Available for Media Interviews

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who is making final preparations for his launch next month on his first mission to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 8 to 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 7.

Lindgren will participate from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The interviews will be preceded at 7:30 a.m. by a video on NASA Television highlighting his mission training.

To schedule an interview, media must contact Stephanie Stoll at 281-483-9071 or [email protected] no later than 3 p.m. Monday, July 6. Media participating in the live shots must tune to NTV-3. Satellite tuning information is available at:

http://go.nasa.gov/1pOWUhR

Lindgren hails from the Midwest but spent most of his childhood in England. Board certified in emergency and aerospace medicine, Lindgren is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Lindgren received his medical degree from the University of Colorado and began working as a flight surgeon at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2007 before his selection to the astronaut corps in 2009.

His space station mission team includes cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The three are scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 5:02 p.m. July 22 (3:02 a.m. July 23, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

They will join the Expedition 44 crew of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, who launched to the station in March, marking the start of a one-year mission for Kelly and Kornienko.

Together the six crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity’s only orbiting laboratory.

Lindgren is scheduled to return to Earth with crew members Kononenko and Yui in late December.

Follow Lindgren on Twitter at:

http://twitter.com/astro_kjell

Follow Expedition 44 and 45 crew members on Instagram at:

http://instagram.com/iss

For more information about NASA TV coverage, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #17 on: 07/07/2015 12:53 am »
What, if any, logistics will be included in the capsule?

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What, if any, logistics will be included in the capsule?

Not very much, but Soyuz's orbital module has some logistics capacity. Usually Russian payloads, and NASA's small items.

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Re: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-17M launch - July 22, 2015 (21:02 UTC)
« Reply #19 on: 07/08/2015 09:16 pm »
Expedition 44 - Crew News Conference and Ceremonial Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9492

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