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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: jacqmans on 08/15/2012 06:43 am
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Just had my Soyuz seat liner mold. Here I am in the form waiting for them to pour in the fast drying liquid plaster http://pic.twitter.com/ZoRBf5FG (http://pic.twitter.com/ZoRBf5FG)
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
My crew works to put out a simulated fire in the Russian segment of ISS. We worked with actual smoke and gas masks. http://pic.twitter.com/H0qyK9RN
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Russian Space food taste testing all week for lunch. Check out this pic and more on my facebook page. http://pic.twitter.com/iBhp72Tf
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Here is the controller we use to control the Soyuz during entry. http://pic.twitter.com/VTD3jWfp
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Centrifuge training in Star City. Strapped into metal seat, they slide you into centrifuge. http://pic.twitter.com/vIymzjhq
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Robonaut with his new legs. They arrive on orbit this year. http://pic.twitter.com/l9bZXpNq
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Imagine carrying all these tools on your chest during a space walk. Everything tethered to keep it from floating away http://pic.twitter.com/NfIP0c5l
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Russian Space food taste testing all week for lunch. Check out this pic and more on my facebook page. http://pic.twitter.com/iBhp72Tf
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"beef with mayonnaise" is a cosmic French-style food :)
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Photography review today using the Nikon D3. Space station is a long tunnel which makes taking good pictures difficult http://pic.twitter.com/JJDUh38Y
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
An ultrasound probe in my eye using a portable ultrasound machine. We will do several checks on orbit. http://pic.twitter.com/61jfTFMc
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
A flight version of our spacesuit with arms and head sealed to pressurize it. It's great to see real flight hardware. http://pic.twitter.com/bDnf9G3p
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Trying on 5 layers of winter survival clothes. Used in case we land the Soyuz in cold weather far from rescuers. http://pic.twitter.com/001aQWuc
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Trying on my very own flight version of the Sokol suit. http://pic.twitter.com/naf26gpx
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
Russian segment emergency depress training today in the mockup. Here you can see the payload vehicle (Progress) mockup http://pic.twitter.com/IG2TT5yB
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
In a vacuum chamber in Russia waiting for all of the air to be removed. The new suit worked great. http://pic.twitter.com/Zjc8SsoH
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The rocket has been delivered on 18th July 2013.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26990.msg1076284#msg1076284
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The crew insignia for Soyuz TMA-11M, designed by spacepatches.nl (Luc van den Abeelen) in cooperation with commander Michail Tyurin and his crew. Like Tyurin's earlier Soyuz TMA-9 patch, this design features the MAI 6th logo - the faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute that he graduated from. Also pictured is an Olympic flame, for this flight will deliver to the ISS the Sochi 2014 torch.
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Andrey, can you please confirm that the Soyuz TMA-11M was delivered to Baikonur on August 14th?
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Andrey, can you please confirm that the Soyuz TMA-11M was delivered to Baikonur on August 14th?
This was reported by Tsenki on August 15
http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=102247
Google-translation:
At Baikonur, starting with transport manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-11M"
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome begin work to prepare for the launch of the next manned transport spacecraft (TPK) - "Soyuz TMA-11M."
The spacecraft and accessories, delivered on the eve of the Baikonur cosmodrome, on Thursday moved in the assembly and test building site 254, and calculations spaceport started their acceptance. During the day, the WPK "Soyuz TMA-11M" to establish a workplace in the stand, then it will be a visual inspection and preparation for elektroproverkam.
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
A going away cake from my 131 crew. Thanks @Astro_Clay, @AstroDot pic.twitter.com/I62mhs7ul0
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Rick is taking several of his Twitter followers along as part of a virtual crew as part of a social media trivia contest. Here's the unofficial patch for those selected so far - http://maxqent.com/main.php?q=design-iss-fe7.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-QguKqgj6Y
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On October 8 there was a meeting of the Medical Commission that analyzes the medical exams of the Russian crew members of the Expedition 38/39.
At the end of the meeting, it was decided that Mikhail Tyurin and Maxim Surayev were considered fit for the space flight.
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Here are official prime and backup crews portraits from Star City photo lab...
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Any news about any modifications that this Soyuz will be testing?
Or is the plan to stop testing new systems and wait for Soyuz-MS?
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Launcher being decorated for Olympics Games :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5HFJwcaato
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http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=103176
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http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=103176
So this is Soyuz s/n #712 instead of #711? Why?
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So this is Soyuz s/n #712 instead of #711? Why?
Spacecraft S/N BO SA PAO
TMA-03M 703 703 703 703
TMA-04M 705 705 705 705
TMA-05M 706 706 706 706
TMA-06M 707 704 707 704
TMA-07M 704A 707 708 707
TMA-08M 708 708 709 708
TMA-09M 709 709 710 709
TMA-10M 710 710 711 710
TMA-11M 711 711 712 711
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2195 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2195)
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2198 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2198)
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Andrey, do you know the results of the first day of exams for the TMA-11M crew?
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So this is Soyuz s/n #712 instead of #711? Why?
Spacecraft S/N BO SA PAO
TMA-03M 703 703 703 703
TMA-04M 705 705 705 705
TMA-05M 706 706 706 706
TMA-06M 707 704 707 704
TMA-07M 704A 707 708 707
TMA-08M 708 708 709 708
TMA-09M 709 709 710 709
TMA-10M 710 710 711 710
TMA-11M 711 711 712 711
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http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=103224
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OK, is there a Node mockup at Star City now?
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OK, is there a Node mockup at Star City now?
Yes, since several months ! :-)
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
In the ISS mockup with a replica of the Sochi Olympic torch pic.twitter.com/gXDkjZ3iG2
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Koichi Wakata @Astro_Wakata
During the exam today, we had a chance to hold a model of the Olympic torch that we will bring up to the ISS on our Soyuz spacecraft.
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Andrey, do you know the results of the first day of exams for the TMA-11M crew?
5.0 for prime crew on simulator of ISS Russian segment on October 15th.
Today is the second day of exams: prime crew is on Soyuz TMA-M simulator, backup crew - on ISS Russian segment.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2202
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Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and their backups, Max Suraev of Roscosmos, Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, conducted final qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, from Oct. 15-18. Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata are scheduled for a Nov. 7 liftoff, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station. Included is an interview with NASA astronaut Suni Williams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNhzcMM6j3E
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Alexander Gerst @Astro_Alex
4 years of training lead to this day - Crew passed all exams on how to fly a #Soyuz #SpaceShip @astro_reid pic.twitter.com/i0svq2j5SG
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Alexander Gerst @Astro_Alex
Yeah! Seit gestern Exp40 Crew offiziell qualifiziert, ein #Soyuz #Raumschiff zu fliegen! Backup Start 7.Nov. pic.twitter.com/4CYiUBqQ42
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Koichi Wakata @Astro_Wakata
ガガーリン宇宙飛行士訓練センターでのソユーズ運用の最終試験を先程無事終了しました。3週間後に宇宙に旅立ちます。 pic.twitter.com/eDa4BM8HfR
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MEDIA ADVISORY M13-160
NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews on Eve of Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, a Waterbury, Conn., native who is making final preparations for a launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 6-7 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 25.
Mastracchio will participate in the interviews from Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and depart the following day for the launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Leading up to the live interviews, NASA Television will air at 5:30 a.m. pre-recorded video of Mastracchio's mission training and previous spaceflights.
To participate in the interviews, reporters should contact Karen Svetaka at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston at 281-483-8684 no later than 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24.
Mastracchio earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and postgraduate degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Houston at Clear Lake. A veteran of three space shuttle flights, Mastracchio was a mission specialist on STS-106, STS-118 and STS-131, and has logged almost 40 days in space. He also conducted six spacewalks totaling 38 hours, 30 minutes.
Mastracchio will launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:14 p.m. EST Nov. 6, along with Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency. The trio will start their time aboard the station as part of Expedition 37, and will return to Earth in May 2014 as part of the Expedition 38 crew.
When Mastracchio, Wakata Tyurin arrive at the station Nov. 7, they will join Expedition 37 astronauts Karen Nyberg and Michael Hopkins of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Fyodor Yurchikhin.
This crew will participate in several hundred experiments that cross the fields of biology and biotechnology, physical science and Earth science during their mission, which will last almost six months.
For more information on NASA TV coverage, see:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntvnews
Mastracchio's complete biography is available at:
http://go.nasa.gov/YlLlv5
Follow Mastracchio and other NASA astronauts via Twitter at:
@AstroRM and @NASA_Astronauts
For more information about the International Space Station and Expedition 38, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Expedition 38/39 - Crew News Conference at Star City Russia
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8531
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No more trip to Moscow (Red Square, Tsar Cannon, Tsar Bell) after the preflight press conference in Star City for the prime and back-up crews?
You do not often see changes in preflight traditions in the Russian space program.
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ISS-bound Crew Meets the Media
Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency fielded questions from the news media at their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow on Oct. 22.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZANWCwAWY_0
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Soyuz TMA-11M prime and back-up crews arrive at Baikonur.
http://www.federalspace.ru/19939/ (On Rusian)
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No more trip to Moscow (Red Square, Tsar Cannon, Tsar Bell) after the preflight press conference in Star City for the prime and back-up crews?
You do not often see changes in preflight traditions in the Russian space program.
I understand that via a friend that the situation was temporary and they visited much earlier. I think it is due to some temporary constructions at Red Square that may have led to the earlier visit but I am also not completely sure either.
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Rick Mastracchio
@AstroRM
The travel bug TB5JJN1 with me at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Soon it will be packed on a Russian Soyuz
https://twitter.com/AstroRM/status/394338049204559872
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Soyuz TMA-11M prime and back-up crews arrive at Baikonur.
Photo:
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Koichi Wakata
@Astro_Wakata
We had a flag raising ceremony at Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur. Another traditional event towards out Soyuz launch.
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2211
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Koichi Wakata
@Astro_Wakata
Completed 1st fit check of our Soyuz spacecraft. Special painting on the nose fairing commemorating Sochi Olympics.
https://twitter.com/Astro_Wakata/status/394813873766686720
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
Our Soyuz surrounded by scaffolding. Soon it will be put into shroud and mounted to the rocket. pic.twitter.com/vkOgBV1MLJ
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Reid Wiseman @astro_reid
Here is a sneak peak of the Olympic art on the main shroud for Soyuz TMA-11M @Astro_Wakata @AstroRM pic.twitter.com/Gp7B8T5Bfj
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Soyuz TMA-11M crews initiated a final training phase
The prime and backup crews for the ISS-37/38/39 initiated a final training phase in the processing facility.
Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin (Roscosmos, Russia), Rick Alan Mastraccio (NASA, USA), Koichi Wakata (JAXA, Japan), Maksim Viktorovich Suraev (Roscosmos, Russia), Gregory Raid Wiseman (NASA, USA) and Alexander Gerst (ESA, Germany) had training sessions onboard the spacecraft, acquainted with the onboard documentation and the content of cargoes launched and also made a fitting of the Sokol-KB space suits and individual liners.
Today a meeting of Technical Management was held where a decision to fill the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft with propellant components and compressed gases was accepted.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_10-28.html
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Koichi Wakata
@Astro_Wakata
Training for fluid-shifting in zero-gravity using a tilt table at Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur.
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Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLoGlt-XOMU
Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pij-M_eAeCg
Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3tXqbl95cI
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Fuelled SC Soyuz TMA-11M was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_10-30.html
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Awesome. Pictures like this never get old. Thanks.
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A transfer compartment was docked with SC Soyuz TMA-11M
A transfer compartment was docked with Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_10-30_2.html
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
@Astro_Wakata uses the laser range measurement device. This is a backup device to determine range to ISS pic.twitter.com/3qB7OqE4zL
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
Daily signing of the pictures to say thanks to the thousands of Russian space workers. pic.twitter.com/xEEzYdUSmc
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
My daily tilt table session to prepare the body for the blood rush to the head in weightlessness pic.twitter.com/DhRP5NEfYK
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Koichi Wakata @Astro_Wakata
Autographing on crew photos to the folks in human space program in Russia is part of our daily duties in Baikonur. pic.twitter.com/u5WE7Co1Dp
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Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-11M and payload shroud roll were performed
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft was performed.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_11-01.html
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http://www.federalspace.ru/19952/
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Strange move. Advertising the US can't launch its own astronauts?
RELEASE 13-319
Next Space Station Launch to Be Shown on Time Square Toshiba Vision Screen
The Toshiba Vision screen in New York's Times Square will give the public a big-screen view of the next launch of three crew members to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for 11:14 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 6.
NASA Television coverage, originating from the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, will broadcast on the giant outdoor screen beginning at 10:15 p.m. and continue with post-launch coverage until 11:45 p.m.
"The space station serves as a unique laboratory for researchers around the world, home to astronauts from multiple countries, and was built with international cooperation, so it's fitting to show the launch of the next crew in the most cosmopolitan city in the United States," said William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations.
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Soyuz commander Mikhail Tyurin and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata will launch in a Soyuz spacecraft. They will join six crew members already on the space station, including NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Mike Hopkins, the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano, and Roscosmos' Fyodor Yurchikin, Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy.
This will be the first time since October 2009 that nine people have served together aboard the space station without a space shuttle being docked to the orbiting laboratory. The crew will return to its normal complement of six on Nov. 10, when Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano return to Earth.
Currently, the only transportation services to and from the space station is aboard Soyuz spacecraft. NASA is working with U.S. companies to develop and demonstrate human spaceflight systems that could ultimately lead to the availability of commercial services for both commercial and government customers from the United States.
Prominently positioned below the world-famous New Year's Eve Ball in Times Square, the Toshiba Vision dual LED screens will allow viewers to see the action from the launch pad as the Soyuz soars into the sky.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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May be looking for enough indignationin the public that Congress won't cancell Commercial Crew?
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Close-up of the colorful Sochi related paint job on the shroud-very un-Russian like ;)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN8I4tt5baw
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Soyuz TMA-11M - Trajectory plan from MCC-M (On Russian)
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_11m/start.htm
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Strange move. Advertising the US can't launch its own astronauts?
Doubt they could hear the commentary, folk will probably assume it's in America somewhere. ;D
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Expedition 38/39 Crew Prepares for Launch in Kazakhstan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmgIBhvDcrg
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A question I've had for a while now and haven't been able to find an answer to:
In the pictures posted by Artyom on 30-10 the thermal insulation blankets on the descent module are NOT installed. In the pictures posted on 31-10 (encapsulation in the payload-shroud) they are installed. (Obviously.) I have seen this as well on previous missions, but never on e.g. Progress.
What is the reason that the thermal insulation blankets on the Soyuz spacecraft are installed so late?
Thanks!
Spiff
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Koichi Wakata @Astro_Wakata
Finished the 2nd fit-check in our Soyuz spacecraft. Preparation towards Nov 7 launch is going as planned.
Koichi Wakata @Astro_Wakata
Finished the 2nd fit-check in our Soyuz spacecraft. Preparation towards Nov 7 launch is going as planned.
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The photo above of the payload shroud open, looking into the orbital module is the first time I can recall such a photo being released.
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A check inspection of the SC Soyuz TMA-11M was performed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the assembly/test building primary (Mikhail Vladislavovich TYURIN (Roscosmos, Russia), Rick Alan MASTRACCIO (NASA, USA) and Koichi WAKATA (JAXA, Japan)) and backup (Maksim Viktorovich SURAEV (Roscosmos, Russia), Gregory Raid WISEMAN (NASA, USA) and Alexander GERST (ESA, Germany)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-11M transportation spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration and got acquainted with equipment to be delivered and returned to the ground. Besides, the crews acquainted with the cargo transport vehicle Progress M-21M delivered to the ISS in late November 2013.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_11-03.html
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Orbital module of the LV Soyuz-FG with SC Soyuz TMA-11M was transported for the general integration with LV
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-11M manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_11-03_2.html
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May be looking for enough indignation in the public that Congress won't cancel Commercial Crew?
That was my first thought as well.
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Reid Wiseman @astro_reid
This is a lot of hardware to put three little humans into low earth orbit! pic.twitter.com/xMJLCvuiRY
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
Crew in front of Soyuz. Notice shroud painted with Sochi 2014. Next time I see vehicle will be for launch pic.twitter.com/itYniCmLW9
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Alexander Gerst @Astro_Alex
Spacecraft is fully packed & installed in rocket shroud. Rescue rocket still missing on tip. #Exp38 #SoyuzTMA11M pic.twitter.com/RrafLY6WIT
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
Running in Baikonur with my backup @astro_reid. Anyone for camel races? pic.twitter.com/KRII4Q0HO5
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The JAXA HAS RELEASED SEVERAL VERY DETAILED PRESS KITS ON ASTRONAUT WAKATA EXPEDITION 38/39 MISSION.
NASA WILL NOT EVEN RELEASE PRESS KITS ANYMORE SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN ONE DETAILED PLACE.
HOWEVER JAXA PRESS KITS ARE ALL PDF IN JAPANESE.
ANYONE ON HERE HAVE ANY IDEAS HOW TO CONVERT A 200 PAGE PDF IN JAPANESE TO ENGLISH??
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/wakata/iss2_press/
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The JAXA HAS RELEASED SEVERAL VERY DETAILED PRESS KITS ON ASTRONAUT WAKATA EXPEDITION 38/39 MISSION.
NASA WILL NOT EVEN RELEASE PRESS KITS ANYMORE SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN ONE DETAILED PLACE.
HOWEVER JAXA PRESS KITS ARE ALL PDF IN JAPANESE.
ANYONE ON HERE HAVE ANY IDEAS HOW TO CONVERT A 200 PAGE PDF IN JAPANESE TO ENGLISH??
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/wakata/iss2_press/
Note: the use of all-caps text on a forum is a form of 'shouting'. Please don't do that. Thank you.
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LV Soyuz general integration is completed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the LV Integration and Checkout Facility, the basic integration of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the upper composite has been completed.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_11-04.html
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Meetings of the Technical management and State commission were held
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Meetings of the Technical management under the chairmanship of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia President and General Designer V.A. Lopota and State commission were held. A decision on rollout of the launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned spacecraft to the launch facility and its preparation for launch planned for November 7, 2013 was adopted.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_11-04_2.html
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The Soyuz spacecraft was encapsulated in the third stage of its booster and the rocket's segments were mated Nov. 2 and Nov. 4 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Preparations continued for the launch of Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Nov. 7, Kazakh time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuvXxOVB1s
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Expedition 38/39 - Crew Activities and Soyuz TMA-11M Rocket Mating in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8551
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http://www.federalspace.ru/19964/
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Soyuz-FG rocket was transported to the launch pad today.
http://ria.ru/space/20131105/974681654.html
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Small video of the roll-out :D
https://twitter.com/astro_reid/status/397579622592036864
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http://www.federalspace.ru/19953/
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Koichi Wakata @Astro_Wakata
Great photo from @astro_reid &@Astro_Alex of our Soyuz rocket rollout this morning.
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LV Soyuz rollout to the launch pad
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz launch vehicle with Soyuz TMA-11M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss38/photo_11-05.html
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Rick Mastracchio @AstroRM
There is a rocket on the launch pad! Great photo from @astro_reid pic.twitter.com/zUyaALkEPs
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/
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another pic, found here http://www.nu.nl/slideshows/
credits to AFP, i found some other pictures on their website, but with low res and watermark http://www.imageforum-diffusion.afp.com/
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Video of the roll-out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDQpEqAQkgk
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Just so we have it to hand, can someone post the launch time and docking time in UTC? Thanks.
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Just so we have it to hand, can someone post the launch time and docking time in UTC? Thanks.
Launch: 04:14:15 UTC
Docking: 10:31:42 UTC +- 3 minutes
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Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Spacecraft Rollout to the Launch Pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8554
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Soyuz TMA-11M launch and docking events
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http://www.federalspace.ru/19955/
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Reid Wiseman @astro_reid
Thanks @astro_aggie for sneaking a photo in the side door of the press conference. Astronauts and an Olympic Torch! pic.twitter.com/cRIdTYeGCl
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Alexander Gerst @Astro_Alex
Here some of the pics that @astro_reid and I took from @Astro_Wakata's and @AstroRM's #Soyuz rollout #5 pic.twitter.com/d53PDUErla
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The State Commission meeting. Video (On Russian)
youtube.com/watch?v=7BNo2dv2UAM
This video has been removed :-[
[youtube]FaM0gB7neB4[/youtube]
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Alexander Gerst @Astro_Alex
Great tradition before start: watched "white sun of the desert" with #Exp38 crew @astro_Wakata @AstroRM
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found another pics of roll-out from here (http://www.okazalyoum.com/news/a/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1/)
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Press conference. Part 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb7HhwO6GSw
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Site No.1 (Gagarin's Start). Image from Resurs-P satellite.
http://www.federalspace.ru/
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And Roscosmos video of the roll-out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcFKirGb8mg
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Moved for live coverage.
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Expedition 38/39 - Pre-Launch Crew News Conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8557
Expedition 38 - Crew Profile Version 1
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8560
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Does red color on Russian rockets mean Remove Before Flight, as on US vehicles?
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Do you think NASA would allow, or have they allowed, any sort of Olympic or other commemorative design upon the STS Orbiters or SRB's. I think it's great that Russia has done this. A small but very positive manner in celebrating the international competition and unity that the Olympic Games represent.
Maybe NASA can loosen their collars slightly and do something similar in 2022 Summer or 2024 Winter or in the future games upon the SLS stack?
Good luck for the upcomming 23:14:15hrs EST (11:14:15 PM EST) launch and the 05:31:42hrs EST (5:31:42am EDT) docking.
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I wonder if for once this launch gets some coverage in the UK media because of the Olympic connection, can but hope so.
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When it ices up, that will be one of the prettiest Soyuz vehicles ever.
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Does red color on Russian rockets mean Remove Before Flight, as on US vehicles?
It should normally be.
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Russia fired up about Olympic torch 'stunt' on crowded space station
James Oberg NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/russia-fired-about-olympic-torch-stunt-crowded-space-station-8C11542951
Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are in the final stages of a spectacular "space stunt" to celebrate February's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The stage is set, complete with a garishly painted, Olympic-themed rocket and an outer-space torch relay race.
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Does red color on Russian rockets mean Remove Before Flight, as on US vehicles?
RED among other colors, usually a red plastic cap AND a red ribbon.
If you take the post-launch pad tour and the bus brings you around back to view the flame pit, don't bother walking into the pit, it's scoured clean by the blast. Go away from the pad, across the access road, into the scrub brush there. All sorts of junk is tossed into the pit during launch prep, including lots of 'remove' covers and ribbons, and defective hardware, whatever, and it collects in the strewn field across the road. Bring bags to fill with cool souvenirs, you'll fill your hands and all your pockets within seconds.
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JimO:
Good article. Is that the actual Olympic torch? I thought I read somewhere that it was a replica.
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Is that the actual Olympic torch? I thought I read somewhere that it was a replica.
It is not a replica, in there is no one original. 14,000 torches are being used in the terrestrial relay. The torch onboard TMA-11M had its gas reservoir temporarily removed and a tether added, but will be one of the torches used in the opening ceremonies on Feb. 7, 2014 in Sochi.
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how she sits...
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Our launch preview:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/soyuz-tma-11m-launch-dock-iss/
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Webcast is where?
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more
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Webcast is where?
I'm watching it here:
http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/live2.php
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Thanks!
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NASA TV starting up.
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NASA TV coverage started now.
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People in Times Square will be wondering why it's still daylight at the Kennedy Space Center ;)
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ouch barbed wire......
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View of crew inside Soyuz
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Hmm Vivaldi's "Spring" playing on the radio......this could be me boarding a flight to Miami, but apparently it's a Soyuz flight to the ISS instead. :P
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like the intro screen
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The presentation to the State Comission
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Service tower retraction...
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Service structure moving away.
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more
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Service tower retraction completed.
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Service tower retraction now completed...
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Overview of Soyuz LV and S/C :
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ouch barbed wire......
Most of the barbed wire seems to have been deployed to stop grazing animals like camels and horses, it seemed easy enough to roll or crawl under it. Seemed strange in such a high security zone.
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MCC - Korolyov
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Closeup. Can see the ice on the bottom of the rocket.
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Are any of the main-stream media covering this? I did see a couple of stories on the torch on the BBC a couple of days ago..
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T-10 minutes...
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T-10 mins.
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Are any of the main-stream media covering this? I did see a couple of stories on the torch on the BBC a couple of days ago..
This may be off-topic, but I honestly don't even know.
I've been watching space flights since Gemini in the mid-60s, and following them online today is so vastly superior to depending on MSM coverage it's not even funny.
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T-5 minutes and counting.
Commander's controls are now active. Crew are closing their helmets. MCC will be inserting the launch key at T-4 minutes.
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Into the business end. God Speed Soyuz TMA-11M.
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180 seconds.
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Booster into press.
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T- 2 mins
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Ground propellant feed turned off.
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T-60 seconds. Autosequence.
"We're ready"
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Probably off topic, but I'm happy to say that BBC international just cut in with the live footage :D
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Umbillical backing away.
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PUSK!
LAUNCH!!!
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LIFTOFF!
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That is one pretty bird
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LAUNCH!!
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MaxQ
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T+1 minute. Into Max-Q. Already 1,100 MPH.
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"Everything is nominal"
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"Some Gs but we take it alright"
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Booster sep.
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"Actually the launch was pretty smooth. Starting to feel some G load. Doing alright."
Strap on booster jettison.
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Staging. Booster sep.
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strap-on booster sep
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Second stage engines in great shape. Shroud jettison.
Vehicle is 48 statute miles high.
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48 miles altitude. Second stage performance nominal. 4,700 mph.
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Fairing jettison
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Look out of the window....you can see the angle of attack, etc.
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4:30 into the flight.
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Did anyone catch that exact launch time?
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Second stage sep.
Third stage has ignited...
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Stage 2/3 sep. Stage 3 ignition.
Rick getting blinded by the light, using his checklist to block it every once in a while.
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There's the jolt of staging. On to the third stage.
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Mikhail looks like he's reading a book, not launching into space! ;D
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13,000 miles per hour. Everything nominal.
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Third stage cut-off and separation of the Soyuz TMA-11M!
My congratulations!!!!
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Third stage shutdown and separation! They're weightless.
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And S/C Sep. Initial orbit achieved.
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Antenna and Arrays deployed.
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Congrats to the launch team. See you on station.
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Computers should be deploying the antenna and solar arrays here shortly. (More than likely done by now.) 143x118 statute miles preliminary orbit. Well below the ISS, but they'll get there!
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Six hours to docking! ;D
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Solar Arrays have deployed.
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Six hours to docking! ;D
Time to go to bed!
Have a good night and a good day!
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Great launch! Congratulations!
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Speedily :D 8).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/10719944073/in/set-72157637334451514 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/10719944073/in/set-72157637334451514)
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Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8562
Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Launch Replay
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8563
Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Pre-launch Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8561
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Roscosmos video of the launch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Tj2px49eU
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Replays from various angles around the Baikonur complex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1esI9y1e48
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Did anyone catch that exact launch time?
Exact launch time was 10:14:15.290 (Time in Kazakhstan), 04:14:15.290 UTC
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https://twitter.com/ChernyshenkoRu/status/398323496465727488
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http://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss38/photo_11-07.html (http://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss38/photo_11-07.html)
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Johnson Space Center @NASA_Johnson
Soyuz less than 50 miles from ISS.
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RELEASE 13-326
New Crew Launches to Space Station with Olympic Torch Aboard
Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and Japan are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:14 p.m. EST Wednesday, 10:14 a.m. Nov. 7, Kazakh time.
NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency took with them the Olympic torch that will be used to light the Olympic flame at Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, to mark the start of the 2014 Winter Games.
The Soyuz capsule carrying the crew is scheduled to dock with the space station about six hours after launch at 5:31 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. NASA Television coverage will begin at 4:45 a.m. Hatches are scheduled to open at 7:40 a.m., with NASA TV coverage starting at 7:15 a.m.
The arrival of Mastracchio, Tyurin and Wakata brings the station's crew complement to nine. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have served together aboard the space station. The crew will return to its normal complement of six on Sunday, Nov. 10, when Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Karen Nyberg of NASA, and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency return to Earth. After their departure, Expedition 38 will begin with Oleg Kotov of Roscosmos, who already is aboard, at the helm.
Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, also of Roscosmos, and NASA's Michael Hopkins will return home in March 2014. At that time, Wakata will become the first ever Japanese commander of the station for Expedition 39. Mastracchio, Tyurin and Wakata will return to Earth in May 2014.
Some of the cargo flown aboard this Soyuz will be used in ongoing or planned research investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. The cargo includes questionnaires for a space headaches investigation that crew members will complete to provide in-flight data about the prevalence and characteristics of headaches they may experience in microgravity. Other cargo includes hardware for an investigation looking at the impact of space travel on the immune system and on human microbiomes, which are microbes living in and on the human body.
Another delivery will contribute to an investigation known as Sarcolab, which studies the skeletal muscle fibers of station crew members. Microgravity is known to lead to loss of muscle mass, function and motor control. Sarcolab research will help create measures to combat loss to crew muscle mass, which may lead to measures for aging individuals or people with medical conditions on Earth in the form of new pharmacological, dietary or exercise-based interventions.
The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station has had continuous human occupation since November 2000. In that time, it has received more than 200 visitors and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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November 7, 2013 (JST)
Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M) with Astronaut Koichi Wakata aboard
The Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) has launched the Soyuz spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M), which astronaut Koichi Wakata is aboard.
Launch Date/Time:
11/07/2013 13:14 (JST)
11/07/2013 10:14 (Kazakhstan Time)
Launch Location:
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.)
Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS):
11/07/2013 19:31 (JST)
11/07/2013 14:31 (Moscow Standard Time)
Crewmembers:
Mikhail Tyurin (FSA)
Richard Mastracchio (NASA)
Koichi Wakata (JAXA)
Reference links for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
URL:
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/11/20131107_37s_e.html
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NASA TV coverage now live.
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NASA TV starting coverage
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Range: 15 Kilometers, The KURS-A & P short test is underway to confirm good performance of the navigation systems.
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View from Soyuz
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Rob Navias :)
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Nominal Rendezvous Impulse complete.
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Johnson Space Center @NASA_Johnson
Soyuz firing its engines to refine its approach to ISS for next few minutes as Exp38 gets ready to dock..
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ISS :) !
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The Soyuz is now inside one Kilometer to the Space Station. The Flyaround begins at a distance of 400 meters.
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Soyuz TMA-11M has finished another DPO Burn.
Range: 500 meters, Range rate: 1.8 m/s
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Around 20 mins to docking.
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Johnson Space Center @NASA_Johnson
Soyuz begins flyaround of ISS before docking to Rassvet module. Exp38 closing in at 1.5 meters per second.
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Amazing view during flyaround.
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Very nice view 8) !
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Station keeping.
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15 mins to docking.
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Range: 200 meters.
Range Rate: 0.1m/s.
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Final approach.
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FINAL APPROACH – Soyuz TMA-11M has fired its Thrusters to initiate a closing rate to start its approach to docking.
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Did anyone catch that exact launch time?
Exact launch time was 10:14:15.290 (Time in Kazakhstan), 04:14:15.290 UTC
Thank you, Artyom!!!
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This is the money shot if they keep coming back to it with Soyuz closing in.
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65 meters.
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Soyuz TMA-11M is coming up on KURS Antenna retraction to move its out the the way for docking.
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47 meters.
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45 meters.
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Passing over England! ;D
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25 meters.
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Wow. You could really see Soyuz stop, roll a bit and then continue!
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15 meters.
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12 meters.
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There we go with the best shot!
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5 meters.
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Contact and Capture! 27 mins past the hour.
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Contact and Capture!!!
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Six hours and 14 minutes launch to docking. Reminded over the loop it's not a record! ;D
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Contact and Capture!!!
Great coverage from you. Many thanks!
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Hooks now driving. Next up: leak checks.
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They should stick this on the big screen at Times Square. Really great viewpoint.
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Great coverage from you. Many thanks!
You are welcome :) .
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Everyone keep an eye on the greetings coverage as I'll be at work. NTV coverage ending until then.
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Webcast ending.
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Congratulations to all concerned.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPblwNe11M
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Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Docking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8565
Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Post-Launch Interviews
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8564
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So are there currently 3 Soyuz at ISS?
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So are there currently 3 Soyuz at ISS?
Yes - Soyuz TMA-09M, Soyuz TMA-10M and Soyuz TMA-11M :).
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And hatch open coverage has started ;) !
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Mike Fossum and Rob Navias
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The Rassvet Hatch is now being opened.
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So are there currently 3 Soyuz at ISS?
Yes - Soyuz TMA-09M, Soyuz TMA-10M and Soyuz TMA-11M :).
That is very cool. Is that a first? Is there still a Progress docked or did they get rid of it to free the port up?
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Rassvet hatch is open & Soyuz pressure equalization is in work ahead of Soyuz hatch opening.
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That is very cool. Is that a first?
3 Soyuz and 9 people were present at the ISS in October 2009 ;).
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Hatch is open!
Soyuz TMA-11M crew enter the ISS!
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Mikhahl looked like he was holding a Zippo in his left hand and was going to fire that Olympic torch in his right hand.. But unfortunatley he was holding the microphone switch in his hand.
Great event, 40 years ago, who would have though we would have heard a Russian family "send kisses" up to the Russian Commander in space? We have come a long way as a civilization, and still have a long way to go.
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From the ISS stream - the crew are doing some PR shots with the Olympic flame! Hopefully we'll get to see some of this footage during the Sochi 2014 opening ceremony.
Also, Rick Mastracchio has now become the first ever person to see the Cupola on two separate flights (STS-131 and now). Previously, every human being who has entered the Cupola after arriving at the ISS has been seeing it for their first time.
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the crew are doing some PR shots with the Olympic flame!
Hopefully, not the flame and just the torch. Wouldn't want a fire aboard the ISS! ;)
Also, Rick Mastracchio has now become the first ever person to see the Cupola on two separate flights (STS-131 and now). Previously, every human being who has entered the Cupola after arriving at the ISS has been seeing it for their first time.
Stephen Bowen flew on STS-132 and STS-133, hence he saw the Cupola twice.
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From the ISS stream - the crew are doing some PR shots with the Olympic flame! Hopefully we'll get to see some of this footage during the Sochi 2014 opening ceremony.
I hope we'll get those on L2 tomorrow :)
Also, Rick Mastracchio has now become the first ever person to see the Cupola on two separate flights (STS-131 and now). Previously, every human being who has entered the Cupola after arriving at the ISS has been seeing it for their first time.
Interesting piece of trivia. The next person with that experience will be Aleksander Samokutyayev in September 2014, if I'm not mistaken.
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Hopefully, not the flame and just the torch. Wouldn't want a fire aboard the ISS! ;)
Station, Houston, on Space to Ground 2, we're seeing a smoke alarm indication in the Lab, could you confirm? :D
Stephen Bowen flew on STS-132 and STS-133, hence he saw the Cupola twice.
Ah yes, this is true. I forgot about Shuttle missions. Thanks.
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Interesting piece of trivia. The next person with that experience will be Aleksander Samokutyayev in September 2014, if I'm not mistaken.
Just to confirm, per what Robert said: I was mistaken, Rick Mastracchio is NOT the first person to see the Cupola twice, he is the second. The next person to experience the Cupola twice will be Aleksandr Skvortsov on Soyuz TMA-12M in March 2014.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsdrdEvIVRc
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Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Hatch Opening and Other Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8566
Expedition 38/39 - Soyuz TMA-11M Post-Docking News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8567
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Stephen Bowen flew on STS-132 and STS-133, hence he saw the Cupola twice.
Ah yes, this is true. I forgot about Shuttle missions. Thanks.
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Interesting piece of trivia. The next person with that experience will be Aleksander Samokutyayev in September 2014, if I'm not mistaken.
Just to confirm, per what Robert said: I was mistaken, Rick Mastracchio is NOT the first person to see the Cupola twice, he is the second. The next person to experience the Cupola twice will be Aleksandr Skvortsov on Soyuz TMA-12M in March 2014.
You have forgot Kotov and Yurchikhin too !
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November 7, 2013 (JST)
Astronaut Wakata Starts the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Mission
Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) by the Soyuz spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M), has begun his long-duration stay as the 38th and 39th expedition crew member. He will
remain onboard the ISS for about six months until returning to the ground on the Soyuz spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M) in May 2013.
Docking Date/Time:
November 7, 2013 19:27 (JST)
November 7, 2013 14:27 (Moscow Standard Time)
Hatch Open Date/Time:
November 7, 2013 21:44 (JST)
November 7, 2013 16:44 (Moscow Standard Time)
Reference links for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Comment by JAXA President
Astronaut Wakata Commences his Long-Duration Stay on the ISS
（After the hatch opening）
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/11/20131107_expedition_e.html#at
URL:
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/11/20131107_expedition_e.html
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Sorry, I couldn't resist. ;)
Great coverage BTW. Thanks all.
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How about seeing if we can get the Expedition 37.5 patch with nine names on it, since there are now for the next few days nine members of the Expedition 37 crew?
A special Expedition "37.5" patch was made for the crew .
It is a a different design than the Expedition 37 patch.
Can the art be shared ?
thanks..maybe Jester can get for us please?
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Wasn't this the 120th maned Soyuz? That's a lot of Soyuz! The other interesting point is that they've been flying since 1967 and won't surpass the STS record of manned launches until 2017 or 2018. That will be 50 years of maned Soyuz! It took 30 years for STS to achieve 135 launches. And, they've already had two LOM. So the safety record of STS, won't be surpassed until the 135th fligt. And that's just considering LOM. On the other hand it has 42 years and 109 straight launches without a LOM, and that is the record that really matters in my book.
Congratulations on a mission well done.
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Wasn't this the 120th maned Soyuz? That's a lot of Soyuz! The other interesting point is that they've been flying since 1967 and won't surpass the STS record of manned launches until 2017 or 2018. That will be 50 years of maned Soyuz! It took 30 years for STS to achieve 135 launches. And, they've already had two LOM. So the safety record of STS, won't be surpassed until the 135th fligt. And that's just considering LOM. On the other hand it has 42 years and 109 straight launches without a LOM, and that is the record that really matters in my book.
Congratulations on a mission well done.
Well how about looking at on-orbit time? In that case one Soyuz flight would cover like half of all Shuttle flights ;)
The point is that you can always pick the right statistic to get the desired result...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u6XVYp0UFo
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Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and JAXA Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata. The Soyuz docked to the Rassvet docking compartment at 5:27 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 7, 2013.