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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Artyom. on 04/30/2013 09:23 am
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According to Kaktus from the NK forum (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic13050/message1065835/#message1065835), the undocking scheduled at 23:05 UTC on May 13 and the landing at 02:31 UTC on May 14 ;) .
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Good to know that after 5 months, my Sokhol pressure suit still fits. It's what we wear in the Soyuz. High fashion.
https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/331749180580192256/photo/1
It's not easy putting on the Sokhol pressure suit - a tight squeeze. Like being born in reverse.
https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/331709657305473025/photo/1
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Due to the ISS ammonia leak and US EVA-21 by Tom Marshburn, the landing may now be delayed.
Interestingly, the NASA Gulfstream III aircraft that will bring Marshburn and Hadfield back to the States from Kazakhstan is scheduled to fly out there today - so whether it does or not will be a good indication of whether or not the landing has been postponed.
Track the aircraft here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
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Edit:
And the aircraft took off on time.
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http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_07m/shema_spusk.htm
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Moved for live coverage.
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Major Tom is coming home! (A patented BtSB No Prize if you get the reference. ;) )
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Listening to the exchanges between the Cosmonauts and Moscow preparing for departure is interesting and somewhat troubling. They are disagreeing about procedures, messages, and responsibilities endlessly. They almost seem to be making this up as they go along...
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An interesting interview with Shannon Walker on the Soyuz and crew responsiblities...
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NASA TV is live.
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NASA TV is live.
Isn't this a replay of the change of command ceremony from yesterday?
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Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
Reviewing Soyuz procedures onboard, but I wanted to thank every person at the Cdn Space Agency. Your work takes Canada into orbit. Be proud.
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Isn't this a replay of the change of command ceremony from yesterday?
Yes it was. But that is part of live coverage.
Farewell and closing hatch happened during LOS so we'll get video after it downlinked.
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From ISS audio:
Hatch closed. Video of hatch closing ceremonies completed. (I guess it will be down linked later)
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LOL
MCC - "Please check if there are any foreign objects near your heads that don't belong there"
CDR - "There are our heads there, but I'm pretty sure they are supposed to be there" :D
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NASA TV is signing off until undocking.
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Undocking coverage starting in a few minutes (6:45pm ET)
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Here we go, with the epic music. Absolutely love this music.
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Here we go, with the epic music. Absolutely love this music.
Totally agree.
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Farewells.
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Big hugs for Roman.
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MCC-H is GO for undocking.
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Hatch closure.
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What they don't want:
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8 mins to undocking.
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Nice weather at the landing site.
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Command about to be sent, which takes three mins to physical sep.
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Undocking command sent.
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Now views from Soyuz.
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Hooks and latches driving.
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Soyuz
Xbox Computer view.
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less than 1 min
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Physical Separation!
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35 sec
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Sounds like Roman's cracking some jokes again. Lots of laughter, and then some nice farewells.
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255 statute miles above MOngolia
1/10 m/s
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First sep burn.
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"Don't worry, we're accelerating" :)
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sep burn confirmed (15 sec)
1/2 m/sec
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Awesome view.
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burn completed
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slowly moving to a distance 12km for de-orbit/landing burn
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Roman "We can see the entire ISS, with the solar arrays stretched out like arms saying farewell to us".
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landing teams getting into the helicopters to head to the landing zones
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Article for undocking:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/05/soyuz-tma-07m-return-to-earth/
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Which direction did the Soyuz depart? Zenith, from the front (ala the shuttle), or out the back?
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Get the coffee on if you're GMT+.
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(I wonder if Chris Hadfield is humming to himself: '...and I hope my Soyuz capsule knows which way to go..." hehe)
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Which direction did the Soyuz depart? Zenith, from the front (ala the shuttle), or out the back?
From the Nadir side (MRM-1), which was negative velocity vector due to the ISS' undocking attitude.
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Soyuz in the picture there somewhere...
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Looking for cities.
List off the local MLS teams it seems...."Vancouver, no Seattle, no Portland!" :D
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ISS camera pan
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life on station returning to normal...lol
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crew looking good for on schedule landing
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coverage ending for now.
Says they will replay other undocking views later
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Chris Cassidy just rang the ship's bell and said "Expedition 35 departing".
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NASA music has gotten better.
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1hr 10min to landing
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Kirk Shireman will be at the landing site
Josh will be there too!
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de-orbit burn will be at 9:37pm ET
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Parachute delpoy at 9:16pm CT / 10:16pm ET
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more helicopters are in the air at this time
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10 min to de-orbit burn
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5 mins.
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5 min to the de-orbit burn
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Expedition 35 - Farewells and Hatch Closure
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8261
Expedition 35/Soyuz - TMA-07M Undocking - May 13
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8263
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Thruster activation. Pressure nominal
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Burn underway.
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4min 45sec duration burn
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51 min to landing
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1 min to go
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Burn complete.
50 mins to landing.
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burn: nominal
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27 min to separation
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20 mins to module sep.
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everything nominal. looking good for an on-time landing
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"the stars were so beautiful"
"very busy"
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"please look into the mirror to make sure no foreign objects get into the helmet"
(getting ready to close helmets)
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"Have some wine when we get on the ground"
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entry interface will be around 62 miles above the earth's surface
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ratty comms
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just over 35min to landing
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5 min to module separation
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ISS flying over Sudan
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and we have module separation
confirmed successful
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Good sep of the modules. Another tick for the mitigation of the issue from a few years ago.
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approaching entry interface
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Entry Interface coming up.
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LOS, but totally expected.
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Nice to follow the night/day line having moved over Finland on the mcc-m map. Its approaching entry interface to bed here :P
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at entry interface (based on graphics)
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great ball of fire
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2 min to max G loading
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4 min to parachute deploy
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16 min to landing
max G loading
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hearing words from crew
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crew feeling heavy
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(pilot) Chute deploy
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Chute shown on MCC-M screens.
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Did I hear right 4-5 G's?
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"we feel good"
"everything is normal"
"proceeding with the descent"
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Did I hear right 4-5 G's?
yup
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pressure is dropping
successful chute deploy coonfirmation (via aircraft)
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12 min to landing
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Choppers in the landing zone.
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visual sighting!
(top lrightof big screen)
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Wooo!
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Live chute
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We might get this view all the way down, which would be great.
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"we don't see anything but the pressure's falling"
"the oxygen is being sent to us"
(sounds like a pressure leak)
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Crew reports they feel well.
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pressure falling, oxygen being fed, we did feel drop in pressure.
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how did they feel drop in pressure if sokol visors were closed?
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caught a glimpse of a helicopter in a frame, so they'll be close by
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going to open an antenna
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how did they feel drop in pressure if sokol visors were closed?
reading on a panel
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Five minutes to go.
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Did I hear "and close your mouth?"
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Chopper.
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recovery copter in frame
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low enough now that even ambient is no hazard -- whew!
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150 seconds.
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what is nominal altitude for opening pressure equalization valve to outside?
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Yeah - the landing is a bit hard - don't want them biting their tongues or otherwise banging their jaws on touchown....
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1-1/2 min to touchdown
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1 min
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60 seconds.
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Yest posadka!!
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touchdown!
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Touchdown!
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I thank our Russian friends for providing our astronaut a safe ride home :)
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Soyuz did land vertically
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Woot! Welcome home Expedition 35!
Congrats to all of the teams--well done.
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first helo on the ground
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helicopter landing just off screen, so it's in a depressed area not visible from this vantage point
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It would be amusing if Commander Hadfield was pulled out playing his guitar and singing the RSC Energia guys a song ;)
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"landing almost on the dot"
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Did I hear right 4-5 G's?
That is a bit on a higher side. I remember previous landing was 3.6G max.
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what is nominal altitude for opening pressure equalization valve to outside?
There is Soyuz manual on L2 - look it up. I'm sure this information is there.
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Welcome home Expedition 35 ;) !
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what is nominal altitude for opening pressure equalization valve to outside?
There is Soyuz manual on L2 - look it up. I'm sure this information is there.
If it's the 258 page document, I've bumped for people to check through it (I don't have time).
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now have live A&V
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noting that the Soyuz is now on its side
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temps in the high 50s
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Roman looks like he's just been for a trip to the shops!
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like watching torture, must be a better way.
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That was hard getting Tom out.
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HA. Roman really looks like he sounded during that EVA when he was cracking jokes.
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Chris' turn
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That was hard getting Tom out.
Sounded like his suit was getting stuck on something.
Looking at Chris, this is the first I recall getting a view inside the vehicle while they're still in there.
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HA. Roman really looks like he sounded during that EVA when he was cracking jokes.
Yea - he looks like he didn't fly anywhere at all - laughing and joking.
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Tom Doesn't look so hot, hurt his hands.
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Still waiting on Chris Hadfield...
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Any idea what's going on with Toms hands....they seem to be working on them quite a lot ?
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Roman getting interviewed.
Notes there are more people here this time. Last time was icy. Landing was nominal.
Doesn't know if he'll fly another time.
Hope he does. He's my favorite cosmonaut now ;D
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Still waiting on Chris Hadfield...
Maybe he just doesn't want to leave Soyuz capsule :D
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Happy commander.
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Ok all of them are out now. Yet another successful mission!
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"that was quite a ride home"
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Did his guitar stayed back on the ISS?
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Phone call with...........
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Did his guitar stayed back on the ISS?
Doubt there'd be room for it on the Soyuz!
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What a great ending to a successful mission.
This is Ground Control (Nova Scotia) to Major Tom signing off :)
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Did his guitar stayed back on the ISS?
If I remember right this guitar has actually been on orbit long before Chris got there.
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Josh B is out there for NASA PAO.
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Great live ground audio coverage this time around.
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Right, I'm off. Thanks for everyone that helped with the coverage (especially Robert).
Updated article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/05/soyuz-tma-07m-return-to-earth/
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Did his guitar stayed back on the ISS?
If I remember right this guitar has actually been on orbit long before Chris got there.
Correct. Just so happened to be made in Canada
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Wow! Just seen antenna cover popped! Cool - never seen that before. Looked like a beer cap popped :D
Sorry for the crappy screenshot - it's kinda hard to catch this thing flying :)
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Reminds me of a previous landing where the antenna cover almost hit the camera person.
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This is the best replay of the landing and ground operations.
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Crew inside right after opening the hatch.
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This is the best replay of the landing and ground operations.
Credit where it's due - Roscosmos PAO TV team is getting better and better with every landing, and considering that field conditions not always cooperate, they are doing amazing job at it! I just wish they would get some HD cameras, but I suppose there is more into it then just getting new cameras (like comm link bandwidth for live streaming).
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what is nominal altitude for opening pressure equalization valve to outside?
There is Soyuz manual on L2 - look it up. I'm sure this information is there.
Yes, it was. p. 170
Bottom Shield Jettison; Window Exterior Glass Jettison; БАРД Automatic Pressure Control
Unit Opening (H=5,5 km)
Thanks!!
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Expedition 35/Soyuz - TMA-07M Landing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8265
Expedition 35/Soyuz - TMA-07M Landing Replays
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8266
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RELEASE: 13-140
SPACE STATION EXPEDITION 35 ASTRONAUTS LAND SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN, EXPEDITION 36 BEGINS
WASHINGTON -- Three members of the International Space Station
Expedition 35 crew undocked from the orbiting laboratory and returned
safely to Earth Monday, May 13, wrapping up a mission lasting almost
five months. The departure marks the beginning of Expedition 36.
Space station Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency,
Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency
(Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn undocked their
Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the space station at 7:08 p.m. EDT.
They landed southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, about 10:31 p.m.
(8:31 a.m. May 14, Kazakh time).
Hadfield, Romanenko and Marshburn traveled almost 62 million miles
while completing 2,336 orbits of Earth. The trio arrived at the
station Dec. 21 and spent 146 days in space, 144 of which were aboard
the station.
Pavel Vinogradov of Roscosmos is in command of Expedition 36. He is
joined by NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonaut
Alexander Misurkin. That trio will work aboard the station until
three additional crew members, including NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg,
arrive May 28.
To follow Twitter updates from NASA's space station astronauts, visit:
http://www.twitter.com/@NASA_Astronauts
For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Reminds me of a previous landing where the antenna cover almost hit the camera person.
http://www.astronaut.ru/bookcase/article/article161.htm
Поисково-спасательное обеспечение полетов МКС с ПК «Союз».
При вертикальном положении СА после приземления, через 8 минут после срабатывания ДМП автоматически или ранее по решению космонавтов, отстреливается крышка ниши антенн АБМ-279 и вводится в действие боковая комбинированная KB/УКВ антенна, на которую включаются в работу:
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При положении СА после посадки на боковой поверхности, через 8 минут после срабатывания ДМП автоматически или ранее по решению космонавтов отстреливаются крышки и вводятся в действие боковая комбинированная KB/УКВ антенна и одна из 3-х донных УКВ антенн, находящаяся выше двух других.
Search and rescue facilities of the "Soyuz" landing
In the upright position after landing, RA, 8 minutes after switching DMP automatically or earlier to address the astronauts fires back cover niche antennas ABM-279 and put into effect a combined lateral KB / VHF antenna, which are included in the job :
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At the position of the CA after landing on the side, 8 minutes after switching DMP automatically or earlier to address the astronauts fired off the cover and put into effect a combined lateral KB / VHF antenna and one of the 3 bottom VHF antennas located above the other two.
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This is the best replay of the landing and ground operations.
Credit where it's due - Roscosmos PAO TV team is getting better and better with every landing, and considering that field conditions not always cooperate, they are doing amazing job at it! I just wish they would get some HD cameras, but I suppose there is more into it then just getting new cameras (like comm link bandwidth for live streaming).
I imagine transmission is the biggest/most expensive upgrade. But out of interest, has any HD video of a landing been recorded and showed later? I don't think I've seen any.
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Great coverage!
Happy to see another crew safely at home. :)
And sad to see CDR Hadfield out of the ISS :(
Tom Doesn't look so hot, hurt his hands.
Any idea what's going on with Toms hands....they seem to be working on them quite a lot ?
I think maybe his hand was injured by his EMU glove during the last EVA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQtc7DEdvL0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMV4dDdKkxk
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NASA2 is now scheduled to arrive in Houston at 9:36 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
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Congrats and well done to all the teams! Thanks NSF for the great coverage! :) We almost needed some lube to get Tom out... ;D
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2018
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I imagine transmission is the biggest/most expensive upgrade. But out of interest, has any HD video of a landing been recorded and showed later? I don't think I've seen any.
Roscosmos's youtube channel is almost exclusively HD so hardware is definetly not an issue. I suppose you're right about transmission being the problem here.
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Yes, it was. p. 170
Bottom Shield Jettison; Window Exterior Glass Jettison; БАРД Automatic Pressure Control
Unit Opening (H=5,5 km)
Thanks!!
This document is "everything you ever wanted to know about Soyuz but didn't know whom to ask" :D
I suppose the capsule is a bit overpressurized before equalization begins (capsule heats up during reentry and therefore air pressure increases), so pressure drop is normal. They can feel it as when pressure drops their Sokol suits expand (since the pressure inside suits is constant).
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NASA2 is now scheduled to arrive in Houston at 9:36 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
Which will be exactly 24 hours and 5 minutes after landing - long day of travel.
Shame they aren't refuelling at CFB Goose Bay (instead of Bangor) like they did for Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide last year - would be nice for Chris to be able to experience a brief bit of Canada.
Although maybe they thought all those CF-18s lined up waiting to go would be too much temptation for Hadfield, who hasn't been in a cockpit for over half a year! :D
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Interesting photo of Tom Marshburn (2nd from right) supporting the landing of Soyuz TMA-2 almost 10 years ago in October 2003, back when he was a NASA flight surgeon. Today he experienced the process from the "other side"!
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-7/html/jsc2003e60710.html
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Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but what in blazes is that smoke trail behind the capsule during descent under parachute? Seen in this post (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31793.msg1051916#msg1051916) of a photo collection one page back. This link shows a smaller version:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31793.0;attach=517572;image
Residuals from the entry? I've never seen that before.
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Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but what in blazes is that smoke trail behind the capsule during descent under parachute? Seen in this post (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31793.msg1051916#msg1051916) of a photo collection one page back. This link shows a smaller version:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31793.0;attach=517572;image
Residuals from the entry? I've never seen that before.
I have the same question. Pyrotechnic heat shield jettison? Burning off extra thruster prop? Wild guesses on my part.
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I have the same question. Pyrotechnic heat shield jettison? Burning off extra thruster prop? Wild guesses on my part.
I think it most likely is residual ablative material of heatshield. But I haven't seen this before either.
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Peroxide dump.
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Peroxide dump.
I think the Apollo CM did that too while on parachute descent?
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NASA2 is now scheduled to arrive in Houston at 9:36 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
Which will be exactly 24 hours and 5 minutes after landing - long day of travel.
Shame they aren't refuelling at CFB Goose Bay (instead of Bangor) like they did for Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide last year - would be nice for Chris to be able to experience a brief bit of Canada.
Although maybe they thought all those CF-18s lined up waiting to go would be too much temptation for Hadfield, who hasn't been in a cockpit for over half a year! :D
He's probably asking them to bypass Goose Bay: nothing there! lol
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I think the Apollo CM did that too while on parachute descent?
They did nitrogen tetroxide gas dump.
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Expedition 35 - Post-Landing Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8264
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
On the ground in Prestwick , Scotland, to refuel. Blue sky day, Nature smiling on us. Was 1st here in 1977 - who could have predicted this?
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
Forgot to mention: first long, hot shower since December. That felt so good! Step 1 of Return to Earth complete.
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Hadfield and Marshburn's aircraft - the NASA Gulfstream III "N992NA" - has now appeared on FlightAware, currently over the North Atlantic en route to Bangor, Maine.
Track the flight here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
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Hadfield and Marshburn's aircraft - the NASA Gulfstream III "N992NA" - has now appeared on FlightAware, currently over the North Atlantic en route to Bangor, Maine.
Track the flight here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
And he's going to fly overhead not too far from me! :)
(waves)
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The АБМ-279 antenna seems quite shorter on this flight ???
Compare this : https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/8738022929/in/photostream
With figure 2.4 in this page :
http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/soyouz/tech/rassviett/rassviett.html
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The АБМ-279 antenna seems quite shorter on this flight ???
Compare this : https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/8738022929/in/photostream
With figure 2.4 in this page :
http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/soyouz/tech/rassviett/rassviett.html
Yes, unless part of it is missing. Was it longer on last one? We will have to look at next one to determine if it is indeed shorter.
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Welcoming ceremony. Roman looks like he haven't just returned from space!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LQMpJJPZJg
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Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield
First News Conference Since Returning to Earth
Longueuil, Quebec, May 14, 2013 — Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield will be answering questions from media representatives on May 16th live via videoconference from Houston.
Media present on site at the CSA headquarters will be able to ask their questions directly to Chris Hadfield. Media not present on site can send one question by email to [email protected] between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on May 16. Questions sent prior to 10 a.m. will not be considered. Please indicate your name, media affiliation, city and question. Due to time constraints, only a limited number of questions will be selected.
The media session will be webcast live over the CSA website.
Individual interviews: Please note that there is no more availability for individual interviews at this time. The Canadian Space Agency’s Media Relations office is currently responding to those requests that have already been received. New requests will be placed on a waiting list pending a better determination of the Astronaut’s schedule and availability.
When: May 16, 2013*
What time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. EDT*
What: Chris Hadfield’s first news conference
Who: Chris Hadfield, CSA Astronaut (live from Houston via video)
Where: Canadian Space Agency
6767, route de l'Aéroport,
Saint-Hubert, Quebec J3Y 8Y9
* The date and time of the event may change without advance notice.
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Hadfield now flying over Canada! :)
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Hadfield now flying over Canada! :)
Over PEI Anticosti island now, next will be NB.
Of course we have rain here, so no chance of seeing the plane regardless (too far away)
He'll be coming home to a hero's welcome one day soon.
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NASA992 now on the ground in Bangor, Maine, but the flight on to Ellington has been delayed by 2 hours (which I suspect is a knock-on delay from the MI-8 helicopters in Kazakhstan that had mechanical issues, meaning more MI-8s had to be flown out in order to bring certain NASA personnel from the landing site to Karaganda, meaning NASA992 had to wait an additional 1.5 hours for those personnel to arrive before taking off).
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NASA992 now on the ground in Bangor, Maine, but the flight on to Ellington has been delayed by 2 hours (which I suspect is a knock-on delay from the MI-8 helicopters in Kazakhstan that had mechanical issues, meaning more MI-8s had to be flown out in order to bring certain NASA personnel from the landing site to Karaganda, meaning NASA992 had to wait an additional 1.5 hours for those personnel to arrive before taking off).
back in the air
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And just to bring this to a close - NASA992 landed at Ellington at 11:10 PM CDT last night - a 1h 25m delay from the scheduled arrival time (funny how a 1.5hr helicopter delay on the other side of the world can impact the whole operation - shows how well planned everything is).
Welcome home Chris & Tom!
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Some of us were at Ellington for the landing. Video turned out surprisingly well, considering that it was in the dead of night!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtZjBYYeIg
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Some of us were at Ellington for the landing. Video turned out surprisingly well, considering that it was in the dead of night!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtZjBYYeIg
Great video Nate, thanks! Awesome little jet, considering it flew half way round the world in less than a day. Being a Brit, I find it amazing that astronauts who woke up on the ISS visit the UK briefly on their way back home.
And I really love the aircraft's NASA colour scheme - so simple, but so effective. Less is more! :)
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Great video Nate, thanks! Awesome little jet, considering it flew half way round the world in less than a day. Being a Brit, I find it amazing that astronauts who woke up on the ISS visit the UK briefly on their way back home.
And I really love the aircraft's NASA colour scheme - so simple, but so effective. Less is more! :)
I was pretty amazed to see how quickly they got back! I used to think the return time was two days, not one. It was neat going to Ellington, as we had a four-car convoy rolling up the road and pulling into the lot near the hangar. Felt very organized and official, even though it wasn't.
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Hadfield's brief visit to Scotland seems to have created a buzz amongst local media, even getting Tweets from Scottish politicians :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22536830
Seems that wherever he goes he gets attention - we haven't had an astronaut who can do that for a long, long time.
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Edit:
Although this line is the above story is a bit dodgy:
"The commander, who built up a huge following tweeting from space, splashed down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning."
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Hadfield now flying over Canada! :)
I've heard of people taking up "train spotting" as a hobby, but you take the cake.
;D
Oh...I hope there's no aircraft anomaly to report.
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Some of us were at Ellington for the landing. Video turned out surprisingly well, considering that it was in the dead of night!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtZjBYYeIg
Great stuff, thanks Nathan for covering that!
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An update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
Spaceflight is a good model for accelerated aging. Today Chris feels like he's an old man! He sometimes shuffles his feet when he walks, he is sore in his back, has difficulty walking around corners and sometimes hits the corners! He feels dizzy and finds it challenging to walk up or down stairs. His manual dexterity is a bit off.
Although he does not feel it, his hip and back bones are not as dense as before his flight since they lost calcium in weightlessness (astronauts typically lose 1% of bone density per month in 0G). This is similar but not as severe as the osteoporosis that affects the elderly, since Chris will likely recover most of that bone density loss in about a year. Scientists are using Chris as a subject for their science experiments in order to collect data to better understand these effects and how to treat them, which will be important for our aging population.
In spite of these expected readaptation challenges to his body, Chris is doing well. He is in great spirits and is looking forward to the "rejuvenation" process of returning to gravity over the next weeks and months!
Today: medical check, science data collection (blood pressure regulation, coordination, sense of orientation etc) to compare these results to those of pre-flight and in-flight levels, and finally, the first of daily 2-hr sessions of exercise and reconditioning.
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Thanks for that update Jacques!
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I hope Chris is okay soon.
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I've heard of people taking up "train spotting" as a hobby, but you take the cake.
;D
The journey home 'aint over 'till it's over. ;)
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Second update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 16, 2013 at 12:13 p.m. – Chris is already showing noticeable improvement in his walk and equilibrium since yesterday, but it usually takes about 3 weeks until we are confident a returning astronaut can return to driving. He will be driven to where he needs to be until then.
Today is a bit of a lighter day for Chris to help him recover from effects of gravity, as well as the jet-lag and the 24-hour flight to Houston from the landing site. He has a medical check, a 2-hour reconditioning session and short debrief meetings in addition to this morning's press conference. He needs the rest as tomorrow is a full day of science data collection, medical checks and reconditioning.
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Following his return from space, Romanenko participated in a centrifuge test, aimed to check his ability for a manual landing on mars after a spaceflight of half a year.
see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022
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Following his return from space, Romanenko participated in a centrifuge test, aimed to check his ability for a manual landing on mars after a spaceflight of half a year.
see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022)
excellent person to do this test. Will a report be made available?
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Following his return from space, Romanenko participated in a centrifuge test, aimed to check his ability for a manual landing on mars after a spaceflight of half a year.
see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022)
excellent person to do this test. Will a report be made available?
Indeed, I've never seen a person in such a great condition after a long-duration spaceflight. He looked ready to go on another flight straight away.
Another test is planned for today: a simulated walk on the Martian surface (with spacesuit and all).
I guess we'll hear more about this in Romanenko's first preflight press conference. The same scenario was followed with the previous Russian crewmembers who returned from the ISS (Novitsky and Tarelkin).
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Following his return from space, Romanenko participated in a centrifuge test, aimed to check his ability for a manual landing on mars after a spaceflight of half a year.
see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022 (http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022)
excellent person to do this test. Will a report be made available?
Indeed, I've never seen a person in such a great condition after a long-duration spaceflight. He looked ready to go on another flight straight away.
Another test is planned for today: a simulated walk on the Martian surface (with spacesuit and all).
I guess we'll hear more about this in Romanenko's first preflight press conference. The same scenario was followed with the previous Russian crewmembers who returned from the ISS (Novitsky and Tarelkin).
Sounds like some great testing! Are the results shared?
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Third update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 17, 2013 – Chris' readaptation is going well and he continues to improve on a daily basis. His walk is more and more confident, the dizziness he was feeling is fading away every day and he is in good spirits!
He has a full day today of science data collection, amongst others, EEG recordings to evaluate how his sense of orientation and coordination are re adapting to gravity (see photo). He will also have a medical check with an ECG to evaluate his heart, as well as an eye ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of his eyes. These special eye examinations have become routine for all returning astronauts, since some of them have shown decreased vision during and after spaceflight, but the causes remain unclear. It is important to understand these and find ways to mitigate them before we consider longer duration missions to Mars for example.
The day will end with the usual 2-hour reconditioning session with the CSA exercise specialist Natalie Hirsch.
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Indeed, I've never seen a person in such a great condition after a long-duration spaceflight. He looked ready to go on another flight straight away.
Yea, I've noticed that RSA cosmonauts generally come back in much better condition then others. Does anyone know if consmonauts follow different countermeasures program then astronauts? Whatever they are doing is definetly working!
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I've noticed that RSA cosmonauts generally come back in much better condition then others
Not always.
Does anyone know if consmonauts follow different countermeasures program then astronauts?
Yes.
For example, they use Chibis-M suit.
http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/microgcm.html
http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/images/mo1-5-25.jpg
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
Pegboard task - testing hand-eye coordination as it changes back. Just like a test we did during astronaut selection. pic.twitter.com/eysQySwaHD
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
With the research team from U Waterloo. Danielle, Richard and Andrew studying the body's circulatory system controls. pic.twitter.com/xJSdVZ69oR
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
Spent 75 minutes imaging my innards in this MRI. You'd think I'd at least come out with a tan! pic.twitter.com/GcMQBrKzwg
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
This is your brain, on Earth. ESA neurological experiment measuring brainwave changes as I adapted to and from 0G. pic.twitter.com/j4qZ5kGmro
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
How I earned my breakfast this morning. Welcome back to Earth. pic.twitter.com/wEWSOw9neM
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Cosmonaut Romanenko, on the fourth day following returning from his long-duration spaceflight (May 18), continued his special test program. He donned an Orlan-MK space suit to simulate stepping down and working on the surface of Mars.
The test took place in simulator “Выход-2” (spacewalk-2) at TsPK. Romanenko, working at a gravity level of 0.38 that of Earth (possible in the upgraded simulator) had to carry out operations related to a “Mars walk,” such as donning the suit, raising and lowering the ladder, stepping down on the surface and walking on the surface.
See: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2035
for more info (in Russian) and pix
(Note: I hope I did the translation all-right).
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Fifth update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 21, 2013 – Today is R+7 (Return+7 days). Just a week ago, Chris landed in the Kazakh steppes after 5 months in microgravity. He continues his readaptation process as well as multiple medical examinations. Yesterday, a very comprehensive vision exam was conducted using sophisticated tools to look at his retina in fine detail, his visual fields and optic nerve. These will complete the examinations started on Friday with the eye MRI. Also yesterday, a fitness test on a cycle ergometer was conducted to compare his fitness to the last test he performed on orbit a month ago.
Today is very busy with a balance test on a special platform, MRI and ultrasound of his spine, isokinetic testing to evaluate muscle strength, debrief sessions and finally, reconditioning at the gym.
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Update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 31, 2013 – Today is R+17 (Return+17 days). In addition to several science and medical data collection as well as debrief sessions, Chris continues his daily 2-hour reconditioning in the gym, and he is doing much better in terms of walking, balance and coordination. He ran for the first time yesterday using a special treadmill that supports a percentage of his body weight. It is starting to be difficult to tell that he has just recently returned from space, although it'll probably take 3-4 months until he feels perfectly adapted to gravity again, and a year or more for his bone to regain the lost density during 5 months of weightlessness.
Early next week will mark 3 weeks since his return from space and he will be traveling to Russia for further debriefs and to attend the traditional welcome home ceremony with Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow.
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The ISS-34/35 was officially welcomed back in Star City on June 7.
They started with a press conference. Romanenko briefly discussed his post-landing Mars experiment. "It was not too difficult for me," he said.
The crew later visited the statue of Gagarin to lay flowers, after which they were welcomed with bread and salt in Star City, followed by another ceremony.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2055
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Canadian Space Agency
NEWS RELEASE: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield announces his plans to pursue new professional challenges: http://ow.ly/lTh4A
..."I am extremely proud to have shared my experience," said Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. "I will continue to reinforce the importance of space exploration through public speaking and will continue to visit Canadian schools through the CSA."
Mr. Hadfield's resignation is effective as of July 3rd, 2013.
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0610.asp
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Soyuz TMA-07M is now on display in Vostochny cosmodrome !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp8MOK33AYw