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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 04/26/2006 10:57 am
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Progress M-56 cargo ship will dock to aft end port of the Zvezda module approximately at 17:40 UTC (18:40 UK)
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I take it this will be covered by NASA TV in some way to allow or this sort of live event coverage?
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NASA TV schedule for today
April 26, Wednesday
4 a.m. - 8 a.m. - CALIPSO/CloudSat Launch Coverage (Launch 6:02 a.m.) - VAFB/KSC (Mission Coverage) (Public and Media Channels)
1 p.m. - ISS Progress 21 Docking to ISS Coverage (docking scheduled at 1:52 p.m. ET) - JSC (Mission Coverage) (Public and Media Channels)
2:00 p.m. or following conclusion of ISS Progress Docking – Live Coverage of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing with Administrator Griffin – HQ (Special Broadcast) (Public and Media Channels)
4:30 p.m. - STS-121 NASA TV B-Roll Feed -JSC (Media Channel)
5 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Live Interviews with STS-121 Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak - JSC (Media Channel)
8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – STS - 1 Anniversary Gala from National Air and Space Museum – HQ (Special Broadcast) (Public and Media Channels)
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Any bets on KURS doing the trick or resorting to TORU? ;)
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Tap-Sa - 26/4/2006 3:40 PM
Any bets on KURS doing the trick or resorting to TORU? ;)
I'd opt for a speargun and a winch ;)
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Well record the docking part of the coverage, as we do with launches.
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Will it be pretty similar to a Soyuz arrival?
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NASA TV screenshots.
www.nasa.gov/ntv
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View from Progress - still a far distance away.
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SimonShuttle - 26/4/2006 4:13 PM
Will it be pretty similar to a Soyuz arrival?
Very similar, according to Rob (I think it's the excellent Rob Navis) on NASA TV just now.
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NASA TV coverage to resume in one hour.
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Expedition 13 Training with Russian-built Telerobotically Operated Rendezvous Unit (TORU) manual docking system inside the space station’s Zvezda module
Video http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=2
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Less than an hour till docking.
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Coverage has begun.
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Commands about to be sent to TORU about to begin.
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5 bucks on TORU
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30 minutes and 6km from Docking.
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From left to right. Soyuz-TMA8, Progress 20....and the far right is where the Progress 21 (M-56) is heading.
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2KM to go. View from Progress 21's camera. 5 metres per second.
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ISS view of Progress 21. Five minutes before flyaround the ISS (around the Destiny Module).
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1KM to go.
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Flyaround about to begin.
(Recording the video now - will be two parts. Flyaround and docking).
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400 meters to go.
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Flyaround proceeding with no issues in works.
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Closing at a 1/10th of a metre. About to start station keeping.
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Great image. You can see Progress 21 in line ready to approach for docking.
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7 minutes to docking. Final Approach.
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90 metres.
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35 meters
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27 metres:
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10 metres. Standby for contact and capture.
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Docking confirmed at 41 minutes past the hour. Nice work :)
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Video replays in 5 minutes. Link to come.
Hard mate confirmed.
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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2332&start=1 - Flyaround video and Docking video.
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Thanks for the coverage and videos!
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No problemo.
Here's a release from NASA with some official figures etc.
International Space Station Status Report: SS06-020
New supplies arrived at the International Space Station today as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft linked up to the Zvezda Service Module. The ISS Progress 21 is filled with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and personal items for the station's Expedition 13 crew.
Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams will open the hatch to the supply ship once leak checks are completed later today. The crew will begin unloading items Thursday.
Automatically guided by its computers, the Progress docked to the aft port of Zvezda at 1:41 p.m. EDT as the spacecraft and the station sailed 219 miles above Greece. The Progress was launched Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The supplies include food, fuel, oxygen and air, clothing, experiment hardware and spare parts, as well as personal items from the crew's families. The new Progress joins an older Progress supply ship that arrived at the station's Pirs Docking Compartment just before Christmas. Progress 20 will remain docked until mid-June. It will be used to stow trash, and its supply of oxygen will help replenish the station's atmosphere.
ISS Progress 21 holds 1,918 pounds of propellant for the Russian thrusters, 103 pounds of oxygen and air in tanks as a backup supply for the oxygen generated by the Russian Elektron system and 661 pounds of water to augment the supplies already on board. The spacecraft's cargo also includes more than 2,300 pounds of spare parts, experiment hardware and life support components.
The next station status report will be issued on Friday, April 28, or earlier if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station