Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-19M EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - June 18, 2016 (Read 39485 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 05/29/2016 11:31 am »

Tim Peake:

Soyuz seat fit check yesterday – 3 weeks until undocking…

jacqmans · « **Reply #1 on:** 06/09/2016 03:24 pm »

Sokol spacesuit leak check today – one step closer to home…

Credit: ESA/NASA

SMS · « **Reply #2 on:** 06/11/2016 03:11 pm »

June 10, 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY M16-068
NASA TV Airs Return of NASA Astronaut, Two Crewmates from Space Station

Three International Space Station crew members are scheduled to depart the orbiting outpost Saturday, June 18. NASA Television will provide coverage of their preparations for departure and return to Earth, beginning at 9:15 a.m. EDT Friday, June 17.

Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft from the space station at 1:52 a.m. Saturday and land in Kazakhstan at 5:15 a.m. (3:15 p.m. Kazakhstan time).

Their return will wrap up 186 days in space for the crew since their launch in December 2015. Together, the Expedition 47 crew members contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard humanity’s only orbiting laboratory.

NASA TV will air coverage of the departure and landing activities at the following dates and times:

Friday, June 17

9:15 a.m. -- Change of command ceremony in which Kopra hands over station command to NASA astronaut Jeff Williams
10:15 p.m. -- Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure scheduled for 10:35 p.m.)

Saturday, June 18

1:30 a.m. -- Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 1:52 a.m.)
4 a.m. -- Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn scheduled for 4:21 a.m., with landing at 5:15 a.m.)
7 a.m. -- Video File of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities.
6 p.m. -- Video File of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interviews with Kopra and Peake in Kazakhstan.

At the time of undocking, Expedition 48 will begin aboard the station under Williams’ command. Williams and his crewmates Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, will operate the station for three weeks until the arrival of three new crew members.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to launch July 6 (Eastern time) from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Check out the full NASA TV schedule and video streaming information at:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crew, at:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

jacqmans · « **Reply #3 on:** 06/14/2016 11:22 am »

jacqmans · « **Reply #4 on:** 06/14/2016 06:58 pm »

Tim Peake ‏@astro_timpeake

How do we return to Earth from the @Space_Station? This video explains Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing

jacqmans · « **Reply #5 on:** 06/16/2016 06:42 am »

45 Soyuz (45S) Undock Preparations: The 45S crew performed descent training in preparation for 45S undock and landing this Saturday. 45S performed a nominal thruster test in preparation for departure.

jacqmans · « **Reply #6 on:** 06/17/2016 07:48 am »

Press Release
N°26-2016

Paris, 17 June 2016

Call for Media: First press conference with ESA astronaut Tim Peake after return to Earth

Media are invited to the European Astronaut Centre on 21 June for ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s first public appearance. The one-hour event includes Tim’s first-hand report and covers the science experiments he ran in space.

Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko will return to Earth on Saturday 18 June after six months in space. After a three-hour journey in their Soyuz spacecraft, they will land on the Kazakh steppe at 09:00 GMT (11:00 CEST).

Tim will continue his journey to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), the home base of all ESA astronauts, in Cologne, Germany. ESA’s medical team will monitor how he readapts to gravity after months in weightlessness.

Tim will spend his first night back on Earth at the Envihab facility of the DLR German Aerospace Center, where scientists have gathered to continue the science programme, collecting data on Tim’s rehabilitation phase.

Programme and accreditation

The press conference at EAC starts at 11:00 GMT (13:00 CEST). ESA experts will be available for interviews. For operational reasons, there will be no one-to-one interviews with Tim.
For media accreditation, please contact:

Alessandra Vallo
Tel: +49 2203 60 01111