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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: jacqmans on 12/26/2012 12:24 pm
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
My Russian on orbit flight suit. This is sometimes used for media events from the Russian segment. http://pic.twitter.com/OU8QXlzu (http://pic.twitter.com/OU8QXlzu)
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Another fit check in my Sokul suit, except this time I was in an altitude chamber. Up to 56km, suit maintained .42 atm http://pic.twitter.com/qNj2b2Lv (http://pic.twitter.com/qNj2b2Lv)
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Had very challenging sim last week. Fire scenario, had to put on Sokul with gas mask, then do emergency descent. Hot! http://pic.twitter.com/pKS7rTuG
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Had my first centrifuge run today simulating the normal ascent and descent profiles. G-load peaked at 4.5 http://pic.twitter.com/sysf7hIl
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
I had a suited Soyuz sim a few days ago to review life support & emer functions of the Sokul integrated with vehicle http://pic.twitter.com/RgyT9GTp
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
In addition to my Sokul, I also tried on my water ldg survival gear. I have on a snow suit under this dry suit. Hot! http://pic.twitter.com/kihBxe0p
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Had a fit check yesterday in my Sokul suit (what we wear in Soyuz). Had to sit in this position for 2 hrs. Ouch! http://pic.twitter.com/eluVj0Yg
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
On orbit, we have a limited number of EVA suits. I normally wear L, but here I'm fit-checking XL just in case http://pic.twitter.com/ptQZJISx
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Class on BCAT experiment today which is investigating crystallization of particles suspended in a liquid. Cool science http://pic.twitter.com/nnYd1LiS
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Flew to KSC last week to look at real h/w being prepped for launch. Pictured is a spare MBSU (h/w suni & aki R&R'd) http://pic.twitter.com/PqYTiHZK
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
One of my payload classes this week. I'm changing out some of the h/w on a combustion chamber experiment. http://pic.twitter.com/tkaoMNPJ
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Had EVA practice today & my Russian crew mate, Sergey R., was able to observe. Hopefully we'll both do EVAs on orbit. http://pic.twitter.com/lfTtyqtA
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Rick Mastracchio@AstroRM
@astroillini being lowered into the water for space walk practice. http://pic.twitter.com/0tWHzvsn
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Setting up the FASTER exp in Columbus. Investigates dynamics of adsorption and emulsion stability (like vinaigrette) http://pic.twitter.com/djKxDtXu
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Emergency sim today with my Russian crew mates. Here we are exiting Node 1 which has filled up with smoke. Great trg! http://pic.twitter.com/sB33b8CO
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Another day in the EVA suit for a fit check on hardware that will be available on ISS. Pretty cool morning! http://pic.twitter.com/Oj4E2ifT
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Made it back to the states. Had a prep/post EVA lesson today. Here I'm checking the comm before donning the suit. http://pic.twitter.com/6SAcDoxJ
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
Soyuz suited sim. Here we are going through checks before undocking. Had a simulated fire during ldg. Exciting day! pic.twitter.com/K8Zizh1AyI
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Mike Hopkins@AstroIllini
My crewmates are in town for a few weeks. Yesterday we did a routine ops sim in ISS & took pics with the trainers. pic.twitter.com/sjSxalmGza
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Amazing patch for TMA-10M. The patch was designed by Kotov's daughter, Valeria.
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According to Kaktus from the NK forum (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic13627/message1077787/#message1077787), the launch is planned at 20:58 UTC or 21:01 UTC on September 25th.
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Pictures of Oleg Kotov training in Hydrolab. We can see the Olympic flame !
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RELEASE M13-104
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Next Station Crew Meet Media
WASHINGTON -- The next International Space Station crew, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, will be available for news media interviews and filming opportunities Wednesday, July 17, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Hopkins, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, is in the final phase of his mission training as he and his crewmates prepare for their Sept. 25 launch to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
A news conference with the three Expedition 37-38 explorers will be carried live on NASA Television at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT). It is one of several opportunities NASA is offering media representatives to learn more about how Hopkins and other astronauts prepare for long duration missions.
The schedule of activities is as follows (all times CDT):
-- 9 a.m.: Tour of International Space Station training facilities, including astronaut exercise devices.
-- 1 p.m.: Interactive Expedition 37-38 Crew News Conference.
-- 2:15 p.m.: Interview opportunities (in-person, by phone or through Internet platforms).
-- 4:30 p.m.: Train Like An Astronaut demonstration with local area youth.
News media representatives who want to attend any of the activities in person or interview the crew members after the briefing should contact Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p.m. July 15. The deadline for international journalists is 5 p.m. July 9.
Reporters who want to participate in the crew news conference by telephone should call the Johnson newsroom no later than 12:45 p.m. July 17. Reporters who want to ask questions from participating NASA centers should contact those centers' newsrooms for specific deadlines.
Hopkins enjoys numerous fitness-related hobbies such as weight lifting, hockey and football -- he was captain of the University of Illinois football team. To share his passion for lifelong fitness, Hopkins is inviting the public to train alongside him in the months leading up to his mission, while in space and through his post-flight rehabilitation.
For Mike Hopkins' full biography, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hopkins-ms.html
To see training and mission posts from Hopkins on Twitter, follow:
@AstroIllini
To join the conversation about the International Space Station on Twitter, follow the hashtag #ISS. To learn more about to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit:
http://www/nasa.gov/connect
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station and its crews, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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According to http://www.interfax.ru/world/news.asp?id=318276 Soyuz TMA-10M has arrived to Baikonur cosmodrome.
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Meet the Expedition 37/38 Crew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc1yrLSYNhM
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Here is prime crew portraits...
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According to http://www.interfax.ru/world/news.asp?id=318276 Soyuz TMA-10M has arrived to Baikonur cosmodrome.
The spacecraft is visible in this picture, showing the departure of Progress M-20M to the MIK-40, taken on 23rd July 2013...
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Prime and back-up crew members portraits...
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MEDIA ADVISORY M13-140
NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins Available for Interviews before Space Mission
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in September, will be available for live satellite interviews from 7-8 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 9.
Hopkins will answer questions from news media representatives via satellite from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, where he is making final preparations for a Sept. 25 launch. Before the interviews, NASA Television will air footage of Hopkins' mission training, beginning at 6:30 a.m.
Reporters who would like to participate in the interviews should contact Seth Marcantel at [email protected] or 281-792-7515 no later than 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6.
Selected for the astronaut corps in 2009, Hopkins holds bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., respectively. He is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
An advocate of lifelong fitness, Hopkins encourages the public to follow his mission preparations through the "Train Like an Astronaut" program. He shares his workouts and fitness demonstrations through social media and plans to continue doing this throughout his spaceflight.
Hopkins will launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 4:58 p.m. Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He will travel to the space station with crewmates Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).
When the Soyuz arrives at the orbiting outpost, the crew will join Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.
The crew members will assist in several hundred experiments that cross the fields of biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science during their mission, which will last nearly six months. Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy are scheduled to return to Earth in March 2014.
For Hopkins' complete biography, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hopkins-ms.html
Follow Hopkins and other NASA astronauts via Twitter at:
@AstroILLINI
and
@NASA_Astronauts
For more information about Expeditions 37 and 38, visit:
http://go.nasa.gov/15jN1Ze
For more information about the "Train Like an Astronaut" program, visit:
http://www.Facebook.com/TrainAstronaut
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
Spent all day yesterday in Russian segment of ISS prepping for our exam next week. Sergey is taking pics of earth pic.twitter.com/G2YeRq4Tlt
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
Reviewed all the Russian medical kits on board station as well as the Soyuz. Hopefully we won't need to use them. pic.twitter.com/2vHetzFjE7
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The ISS-37/38 prime and back-up crew are in the midst of their final exams.
The back-up crew had their 'fast-track' and 'two-day' ISS approach & docking exams on Sep 2 and 3, respectively, and the prime crew had their ISS exam on Sep 3.
Exams will continue on Sep and 4.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2127
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Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and their backups, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Steve Swanson of NASA, conducted final Soyuz spacecraft and ISS Russian Segment qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, on Sept. 3 and 4. The crew members are scheduled to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 13 to prepare for a Sept. 26 liftoff, Kazakh time, of Kotov, Ryazanskiy and Hopkins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIbIKDWQjjw
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Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and their backups, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Steve Swanson of NASA participated in traditional ceremonies at Red Square in Moscow, laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall and touring the Kremlin as they paid tribute to iconic Russian space heroes. Kotov, Hopkins and Ryazanskiy are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Sept. 26, Kazakh time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKJKfViQUU
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Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and their backups, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Steve Swanson of NASA, fielded questions from the news media at their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow on Sept. 6 as part of traditional pre-launch activities before their departure Sept. 13 for their launch site in Kazakhstan. Kotov, Hopkins and Ryazanskiy are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Sept. 26, Kazakh time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrM9rdQyKfw
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
That's it! End of training exams though the biggest test is yet to come. Hopefully it will go as well. pic.twitter.com/ULseRZxgSg
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
Soyuz TMA-10M crew reporting in for the 1st day of 2 Soyuz exams. pic.twitter.com/EKVgSQ7fbC
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
Start of our final ISS Russian segment exam with questions from press. We passed! pic.twitter.com/L3Zis7eQYv
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2142 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2142)
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Soyuz TMA-10M prime and back-up crews arrive at Baikonur.
http://www.federalspace.ru/19802/
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Soyuz TMA-10M primary and backup crews arrived to the Baikonur launch site. Photo.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-13.html
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
Just arrived in Baikonur. Hard to describe how excited I feel. Still 12 days to launch, but getting soooo close! pic.twitter.com/PzRLsGJ4T2
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDWEF1CFFs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbfjb49skQA
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http://www.federalspace.ru/19807/
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Soyuz TMA-10M crews initiated a final training phase
The prime and backup crews for the ISS-37/38 initiated a final training phase in the processing facility.
Oleg Kotov (Roscosmos, Russia), Sergei Ryazanskiy (Roscosmos, Russia), Michael Hopkins (NASA, USA), Aleksandr Skvortsov (Roscosmos, Russia), Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos, Russia) and Steven Swanson (NASA, USA) 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.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-14.html
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Traditional flag raising ceremony
http://www.federalspace.ru/19808/ (On Russian)
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MEDIA ADVISORY M13-142
LIVE: NASA TV Airs September Space Station Crew Launch
NASA Television will provide extensive coverage live from Kazakhstan of the Sept. 25 launch of three crew members of Expedition 37-38, as they begin their journey to the International Space Station.
Michael Hopkins of NASA and Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will depart from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:58 p.m. EDT (2:58 a.m. Kazakh time Sept. 26) aboard a Soyuz spacecraft headed for the space station. NASA Television coverage will begin at 4 p.m. and will include video of pre-launch activities leading up to spacecraft boarding.
Hopkins and Ryazanskiy are flight engineers, and Kotov commands the Soyuz spacecraft, which will rendezvous with the space station and dock after four orbits of Earth. Docking to the Poisk module on the Russian segment of the station will take place at 10:47 p.m. NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 10 p.m.
At about 12:25 a.m. Sept. 26, hatches between the Soyuz and the space station will open. Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, as well as Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will greet Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy. Hatch-opening coverage begins on NASA TV at midnight.
Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy will remain aboard the station until mid-March. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano, who have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since late May, will return to Earth Nov. 11, leaving Kotov as commander of Expedition 38.
For the full schedule of prelaunch and launch coverage, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews
For information on the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
Amazing day yesterday.Had 1st fit check in our actual vehicle & actual space suit.Pic of suits drying out afterwards pic.twitter.com/VELKE4n76v
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Fueled SC Soyuz TMA-10M was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-16.html
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A transfer compartment was docked with Soyuz TMA-10M transport manned vehicle in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-17.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UQ-NgqKU8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sc_DuHTsIA
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2161 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2161)
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Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-10M and payload shroud roll were performed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-10M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft was performed.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-19.html
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Expedition 37/38 - Crew Activities and Soyuz TMA-10M Spacecraft Processing in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8498
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A check inspection of the SC Soyuz TMA-10M was performed
In the assembly/test building primary (Oleg Kotov (Roscosmos, Russia), Sergei Ryazanskiy (Roscosmos, Russia) and Michael Hopkins (NASA, USA)) and backup (Aleksandr Skvortsov (Roscosmos, Russia), Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos, Russia) and Steven Swanson (NASA, USA)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-10M 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.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-20.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BkaVdSWbHI
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Mike Hopkins @AstroIllini
2nd fit check today. Vehicle is packed and ready for mating to the rocket. Five days to go! pic.twitter.com/IBd1MtnC81
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3wMVn-47Ew
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Orbital module of the LV Soyuz-FG with SC Soyuz TMA-10M was transported for the general integration with LV
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-10M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-10M manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
More images at http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-21.html
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LV Soyuz general integration is completed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-10M 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.
More images at http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-22.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-10M 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-10M transport manned spacecraft to the launch facility and its preparation for launch planned for September 26, 2013 was adopted.
More images at http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-22_2.html
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Soyuz TMA-10M was transported to the launch pad today!
http://www.roscosmos.ru/19824/ (in Russian)
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A very nice set of pictures of the roll out can also be found at the Yuri gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center page http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2165 (in Russian).
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At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-10M 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-10M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss37/photo_09-23.html
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Expedition 37/38 - Crew Activities and Soyuz TMA-10M Spacecraft Mating, Rollout to the Launch Pad
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8502
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Thanks for the images - I never get sick of the Soyuz.
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Bizarre 'press release' in London today claims the Olympic torch for the November handover is being launched on this mission -- nonsense, but got me wondering. What about the 'stunt double' replica torch that will actually be outside [the real torch stays sealed in packing container, and is only moved from one Soyuz to the other -- it is NOT unpacked or taken outside]? When will THAT item be launched? I would presume the crew would like to play around with it well prior to beginning EVA prep for Nov 9.
Is that flat-cardboard 'torch' shown at the press conference the 'stunt double' that will be on the EVA? If so, when does it arrive at the ISS?
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Only Russians know answer to this good question, Jim!
After all we will know the backstage of November events...
It seems that backup torch was sent to the ISS onboard the Progress TM-20M in the end of July, a prime will be taken onboard the Soyuz TMA-11M by EVA CDR Kotov?
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...It seems that backup torch was sent to the ISS onboard the Progress TM-20M in the end of July, a prime will be taken onboard the Soyuz TMA-11M by EVA CDR Kotov?
Terrific response!!! I tracked it back to http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31613.165
where the RSC Energiya statement is explicit. From this statement, which seemed puzzling in July when we were still fixated on believing there was only ONE torch flying, now clearly indicates the replica ['stunt double'] for the spacewalk has already been delivered on the Progress.
Thank you VERY much!
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Video of the roll-out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkHEZbVLejY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItqOqetm9g
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Launch phases and cyclogram for the Soyuz TMA-10M launch
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_10m/start.htm
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An Orthodox priest blesses members of the public at the the Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz launch pad on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/
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Expedition 37/38 - Pre-Launch Crew News Conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8505
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As she sits......
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Moved for live coverage!
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At this time the crew should have already reported to the delegations present at Baikonur.
The next major event occurs at T-3h with the completion of the oxidizer loading on the launch vehicle.
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I have time listed as: September 25 – Soyuz TMA-10M (No. 710) – Soyuz-FG Baikonur 1/5 – 20:58:50 UTC
NASA stream should be like 1hr before?
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I have time listed as: September 25 – Soyuz TMA-10M (No. 710) – Soyuz-FG Baikonur 1/5 – 20:58:50 UTC
NASA stream should be like 1hr before?
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html
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T-3h
Everything looks fine for the launch of Soyuz TMA-10M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
At this time the oxidizer loading on the launch vehicle should be completed.
Next major event should be the arrival of the crew to the launch pad in 20 minutes or so...
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With the oxidizer loading process now completed, the wagon train is no longer necessary so it is moved away from the vicinity of the launch platform.
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The crew will arrive to the launch pad shortly...
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cam move
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ah! There she is!!!
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Cosmonauts arriving to the launch pad!
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the crew
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By now the crew is inside the Soyuz TMA-10M and preparing themselves for the last minutes of the countdown.
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Next major event will be the closing of the hatch at T-2h.
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they rolled a Soyuz history film very good ;)
couple of screen shots of the factory floor.
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inside
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I swear the stream doesn't last 10 seconds before freezing, requiring me to refresh the page. I've tried
http://www.federalspace.ru/316 (http://www.federalspace.ru/316) (MCC-M / TSuP - this one doesn't open at all)
http://www.federalspace.ru/317/ (http://www.federalspace.ru/317/) (Baikonur)
As well as all four streams on Tsenki: http://www.tsenki.com/en/broadcast/broadcast/ (http://www.tsenki.com/en/broadcast/broadcast/)
Any other links, or do I have to wait until NASA TV picks it up?
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I swear the stream doesn't last 10 seconds before freezing, requiring me to refresh the page. I've tried
http://www.federalspace.ru/316 (http://www.federalspace.ru/316) (MCC-M / TSuP - this one doesn't open at all)
http://www.federalspace.ru/317/ (http://www.federalspace.ru/317/) (Baikonur)
As well as all four streams on Tsenki: http://www.tsenki.com/en/broadcast/broadcast/ (http://www.tsenki.com/en/broadcast/broadcast/)
Any other links, or do I have to wait until NASA TV picks it up?
Try http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live6.php
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is this the pad that was refurbished? I remember some work had to be done and another pad was used for some time. We back to the first pad again?
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Is there video of the astronauts actually entering the Soyuz from the access tower? I have never seen video of that.
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NASA TV coverage:
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And Josh is commentating!
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Orbit 2-3 handover at MCC-H ISS FCR.
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Suit leak checks are good.
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is this the pad that was refurbished? I remember some work had to be done and another pad was used for some time. We back to the first pad again?
That was for routine maintenance and on 31/6 for completion of recertification process to conduct manned launches from 31/6 while 1/5 is down for all/most of 2014 into early 2015. According the latest info I have is 1/5 will go down at the end of 2013 for the planned heavy modernization programme to allow Soyuz 2 series launchers and launchers with Fregat, Volga and wider fairings to also launch from 1/5. AFAIK all manned launches 2014 are still planned from 31/6 to allow for this work.
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more...
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Josh calling it Soyuz TMA "1" "0" M. I always thought it was Soyuz TMA "Ten" M. Might be an interesting learning curve if I'm wrong.
Not that it matters much ;)
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This is interesting....
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L-53 mins.
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Wonder what music they'll be playing in the Soyuz. Hope it's something decent and not Miley bloody Cyrus.
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Getting a Soyuz tour...
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All those traditions....
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Heh, the walk out music is the Russian Eurovision Song Contest entry! :D
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Heh, the walk out music is the Russian Eurovision Song Contest entry! :D
I like it.
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It IS from the 80-ies! ;)
Called "Zyelyonaya trawa" (green grass) by the group "Zyemlyani" (Earthlings).
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Saying goodbye the family. Not sure this should be a public event, personally.
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Not as good as the Astrovan:
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Coming up on T-30 mins.
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clocked
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30 mins to launch. Then six hours to the ISS.
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LAS armed.
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Rob Navias at the launch site.
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Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Pre-launch Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8508
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T-19 mins.
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The cosmonauts, prior to climbing up a small staircase to get to the elevator next to the rocket, were each given a playful kick in the butt. Is this a long-standing tradition? Any interesting stories behind this?
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According the latest info I have is 1/5 will go down at the end of 2013 for the planned heavy modernization programme to allow Soyuz 2 series launchers
Modernization of 1/5 for Soyuz-2 rockets has been canceled.
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They said something along the lines that Sergey Nikolaevich Ryazanskiy's father Nikolai Mikhailovich was a space engineer? I was wondering
if there was any relationship to late chief guidance designer Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazanskiy? (like maybe, grandad?)
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Early November for the NINE person crew, per the torch fun.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/04/winter-olympics-torch-relay-iss-spacewalk/
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According the latest info I have is 1/5 will go down at the end of 2013 for the planned heavy modernization programme to allow Soyuz 2 series launchers
Modernization of 1/5 for Soyuz-2 rockets has been canceled.
Because the Soyuz spacecraft will not be launched by Soyuz 2, or because 1/5 is going to be shut down when Soyuz FG is out of production, or ......................... ?
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T-10 mins.
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10 min.
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On board:
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Some classical music being played onboard.
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Here we go. T minus 6 minutes and counting.
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T-5 mins.
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Range Green.
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Into the engine purges.
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T-120 seconds.
Press for flight.
Watch for the umbilicals to retract shortly.
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LAUNCH!!
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Nominal first stage.
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Mach 1. MaxQ
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pre launch-launch
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Staging. Booster jettison.
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"All is nominal"
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3,900mph at 150sec
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Shroud jettison.
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On board with the crew.
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Staging. On to the third stage.
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All nominal during third stage flight.
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Coming up on MECO.
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There's the jolt of Third Stage MECO and Sep.
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Wow! That 3-g to zero g jolt looked severe. haha
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Arrays and antenna deployed.
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Dramatic MECO.
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Six hours to the ISS.
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T+10 mins.
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command
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9pm Central for docking coverage.
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Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8509
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NASA TV signing off until docking coverage.
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Because...
...money go to Vostochniy.
if there was any relationship to late chief guidance designer Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazanskiy? (like maybe, grandad?)
Yes, Mikhail Sergeevich is grandad.
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Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Launch Replays
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8510
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Caught the Korolyev cross - sorry for the mouse pointer, though.
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Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8509
Thank you John44 as always for your rapid turnaround of these videos.
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Because...
...money go to Vostochniy.
if there was any relationship to late chief guidance designer Mikhail Sergeevich Ryazanskiy? (like maybe, grandad?)
Yes, Mikhail Sergeevich is grandad.
Ahah! Interesting, thank you
Amazing the number of space dynasties that are turning up on both sides of the Atlantic
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It gets said all the time, but....I was in a building that acts as an effective Faraday cage, I had about the bandwidth of an acoustic modem on my phone, and because of this thread, the coverage within, and the new mobile site, I still got to follow this launch. Thanks so much NSF!
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range 122 (km?) range rate 6.0 (m/s?)
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Moscow asking Oleg about the burn--major interference on both sides
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range 80, rate 7.5
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Soyuz describing ISS position in the cross hairs
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Station welcoming Oleg back, range 37
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I so want the NASA TV soundtrack.
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TV coverage in 10 minutes--from the Soyuz
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typical Russian banter, "everything is fine for everyone"
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range 22.5 rate 36?
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range 10 range rate 33
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Nooo Josh!! I was enjoying that ;)
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48 mins to docking.
MCC-H ISS FCR polling.
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Good notes on Cygnus there from Josh. Posted in the relevant thread.
6kms to go.
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Impulse 4 burn complete. 4kms to go.
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Waiting for a Tally-ho.
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Soyuz has tally ho!
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Rob Navias with guests and VIPs in a former cinema.
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NASA Soyuz PAO on his shirt. Nice!
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Impulse 5 burn complete.
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I think I see the Soyuz, above the clouds on the left.
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ISS big in the window on Soyuz. Always so impressive.
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700 meters. Flyaround in four mins.
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Flyaround taking place.
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there it is!
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ATV on the right.
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Cameras manage to find it.
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wicked view
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18 min to docking
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17 mins to go.
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Final approach.
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166 m distance
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Were still in Stationkeeping. Now on final approach.
166 meters.
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140m (docking early)
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95m / 0.47 m/sec
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less than 90m
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0.3 m/s
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60m
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60 meters. Will be an early docking.
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47m
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range rate 0.15 m/s
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25m
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20m
0.13 m/s
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20 meters.
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17m
0.1 m/s
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15 meters.
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10m
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9m
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10 meters.
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5m
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contact!
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Contact and Capture!
45 mins past the hour. Under six hours from launch!
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capture confirmed
Congrats to our Russian friends on a job well done!
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Hooks and latches driving.
New configuration:
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Congrats all, job well done. All clear for Cygnus, then there will be a total of 5 vehicles berthed at ISS.
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And now into leak checks.
Great work by all involved. Anyone staying up, please keep coverage going as best as possible. Thanks!
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Is this the fastest docking yet?
Josh just said hatch opening in ~ 60 min!
That makes it what... 9 hours from hatch closure to hatch opening?!
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my last image of the night
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My congratulations :) !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKgJqY1LphQ
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http://www.nasa.gov/content/expedition-37-soyuz-launch/
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Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Post-Launch Interviews
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8511
Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Docking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8512
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQMOm1uBVQ
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(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9941740035_b3ac68d4c0.jpg) (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9941740035_ec66a87c46_o.jpg)
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Go to open hatch on station side I think.
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Yup.. inner hatch on ISS opened.
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I heard a chuckle from the crew after the cover was opened, seemed like they were thinking "oh wow, there's actually a spaceship here!"
Also, that was a nice little flip he did while popping the cover off.
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Waiting for Soyuz inner hatch to be opened up.
(Maybe waiting for vestibule pressurisation?)
ISS passing over Guatemala, coming up on KSC in a few minutes.
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Before open hatches
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Back after some LOS.
Stable pressure in Soyuz (761)
Now directly passing over Cocoa Beach.
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Hatch open at 04:34 UTC
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Hatches open! 23:34 Central time (00:34 Eastern Time)
Garrulous laughter :D , and a hearty "WELCOME"
Moved away to Zvezda for the Family and freinds conference (with those in Baikonur) immediately, but by the time they set up they go into a short comm gap.
Noticed that only the ingressing crew members were wearing the surgical masks. Odd.
Orbit 3-4 handover going on during comm gap at JSC.
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Houston just patching comms through to Baikonur.
Here again - the guys who just came in are wearing those masks but the others aren't.
Mrs. Kotov: "It's a pity we're not able to see your smiles behind the masks".
...so naturally, masks come off - and it's a huge smile.
Jr. Kotov: "Glad to see you back in your space home"
"Understood, thanks"
Sergey's family now, wishing him health.
"Did you get to see the launch?"
"I'm unable to describe my feelings, I'm speechless. Just the usual words: 'wow'"
"Thanks"
PS: Chris, I I know you said you'd rather the family moments be private, but they seem like they're having some fun :)
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LOL. Mike now, and his son's pulling his leg.
"Hello..."
"Hey, that's got to be my 15 year old.. love you buddy"
"I can't hear you."
And Oleg's dad, while wishing them luck: "Don't worry about the Earth, it'll be fine".
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Event concluded a couple of minutes back, but they heard some transmission toward the end. Unintelligible really, so now asking MCC-M to check comms.
Still standing by though. Josh clarifies: The Baikonur transmission ended, but they're waiting on some calls from MCC-Moscow apparently.
Right.. lost Ku, so MCC-M wishes them bon appetit, and says they'll talk later. Oh wait, they're communicating congratulations over audio now. NASA TV wraps up coverage though.
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Expedition 37/38 - Soyuz TMA-10M Hatch Opening and Other Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8513
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http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=102938
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Roscosmos video of the launch (HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYE5y6eRhTw
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http://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss37/photo_09-26.html
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Thanks for covering the greetings!
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Great coverage, folks! My qestion: what's going on with the surgical masks? Never saw that before.
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what's going on with the surgical masks?
It is joke because two of three Soyuz TMA-10M crewmembers have medical degree.
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what's going on with the surgical masks?
It is joke because two of three Soyuz TMA-10M crewmembers have medical degree.
In-joke amongst the crew, aye! Thanks!
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Is there video of the astronauts actually entering the Soyuz from the access tower? I have never seen video of that.
I had the same question last year. On page 16 of the linked Q and A thread there is a Russian TV video that shows footage that I haven't seen anywhere else, including entry into the spacecraft at the launch complex. It's in Russian obviously, but it's still very interesting.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=5966.750
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Prime and back-up crew members portraits...
Heyy !!!
These "new" portraits are fake ! Compare with the official portraits made for Soyuz TMA-08M backup crew : they just put a TMA-10M patch on the spacesuits with PhotoShop !
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Good find Nicolas...not only NASA saves... :'(