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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: jacqmans on 09/03/2014 03:06 pm
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The mission logo.
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Soyuz TMA-16M Pre-Launch Processing Commenced at Baikonur
Having launched Soyuz TMA-15M manned transport spacecraft, Baikonur successfully accomplished the manned launched schedule for 2014, and today, the experts of the cosmodrome started the preparation for the next year’s launches: Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft, that has been stored on a technological prop in pad 254 of the cosmodrome, has now been placed into a stand.
The working teams of Korolev Rocket Space Corporation Energia and the Yuzhny Space Center, FSUE TsENKI division, are carrying out the depreservation of the spacecraft, and connecting its equipment to the ground-based check-up system.
After the assembly, the check-up of Soyuz TMA-16M electric systems will begin.
The check-up of the spacecraft will be carried out until the middle of December. During this period, Soyuz TMA-16M will undergo autonomous and complex tests, and tests in the anechoic chamber. After that, the spacecraft will be conserved and will undergo the immediate pre-launch preparation in February, prior to the launch scheduled for March 27.
The crew of Expedition 43/44 will go to the ISS on board Soyuz TMA-16M. The crews consisting of Gennady Padalka (Roscosmos), Mikail Kornienko (Roscosmos), Scott Kelly (NASA), and Alexey Ovchinin (Roscosmos), Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), and Jeffrey Williams (NASA) are preparing for the flight.
For the first time, during this expedition’s flight, two of the crew members will work one year instead of six months at the ISS.
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One-Year Expedition Crew News Conference at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9214
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Expedition 43/46 - (One-Year Crew) Mission Overview and Science Briefing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9247
Expedition 43/46 - Video B-Roll of One-Year Crew Training.
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9248
Expedition 43/46 - (One Year Crew) News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9249
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Official prime and backup crews portraits
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Soyuz TMA-16M delivered to MIK-2B for testing.
http://www.tsenki.com/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=118704
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Here are the photos of the delivery. From
http://www.tsenki.com/en/news/news_tsenki/?ELEMENT_ID=118718
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From the "Soyuz ST-B Flight VS11 - Galileo FOC-M2 (FM03 and FM04), March 27st 2015" discussion thread
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34129.0 (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34129.0)
launch time
18:46:18 Local
Clarification: that would be 2 hours after the new ISS 1-year expedition departs Earth (March 27 @ 19:43 UTC), correct?
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34129.msg1324905#msg1324905
our launch date changed to 27th because of Soyuz TMA-16M, we swapped I assume they launch on the 26th....
The reason for shifting the launch date and time of at least one of the two Soyuz LV lauches was given in an earlier post in the same thread:
Looks like the Russians are asking for a (short) slip to this launch because of conflicting schedules of TsSKB Progress engineers which needs to prepare for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M, which is currently scheduled on March 27 GMT, meaning that there won't be enough people to work on this down in the Amazon.
I guess this will be a several day slip?
Source: http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=365001 (http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=365001)
Will the Soyuz TMA-16M launch date shift to the 26th? Or later? Or is it staying on March 27 19:43 UTC, as currently posted?
Curious,
Zubenelgenubi
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The prime & back-up crew had their final exams yesterday and today.
For more info (in Russian), pics and videos, see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2925
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2928
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2929
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2933
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http://youtu.be/_GKLyBE1uD8
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Expedition 43 - Crew News Conference at Star City, Russia
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9303
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEZV9Sv-Wyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZExb0iI7c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo7k3Hldkjw
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Exact lift-off time will be 19:42:59 UTC.
Can anyone confirm which pad this one will use? Has the MIK-112 roof leakage been repaired yet?
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Exact lift-off time will be 19:42:59 UTC.
Can anyone confirm which pad this one will use? Has the MIK-112 roof leakage been repaired yet?
MIK-112 is repaired, it was used for Progress M-26M.
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https://www.facebook.com/131376260352637/photos/a.296045300552398.1073741825.131376260352637/449608008529459/?type=1&theater
"Last day in Star City is as the Inception riddle: waiting for a train, a train that'll take me far away #yearinspace "
Scott Kelly waxing poetic
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2950
https://youtu.be/-zg2OOa9rP8
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Crews arrived to Baikonur.
http://www.federalspace.ru/21361/ (http://www.federalspace.ru/21361/)
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This flight should be the first "serial" flight of Kaktus-2V altimeter, which has been tested on Soyuz TMA-08M and Soyuz TMA-09M.
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Soyuz TMA-16M primary and backup crews arrived to the Baikonur launch site
March 14, 2015
Primary (Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Roscosmos, Russia), Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Roscosmos, Russia) and Scott Joseph Kelly (NASA, USA)) and backup (Alexey Nikolaevich Ovchinin (Roscosmos, Russia), Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov (Roscosmos, Russia) and Jeffry Nels Williams (NASA, USA)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-16M transportation spacecraft arrived to the Baikonur launch site.
At the airport they were met by members of the State Commission and Technical Management.
Commanders of the crews reported on their readiness for pre-flight training and Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft acceptance.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-14.html
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Soyuz TMA-16M crews initiated a final training phase
March 15, 2015
The prime and backup crews for the ISS-43/44 initiated a final training phase in the processing facility.
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Roscosmos, Russia), Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Roscosmos, Russia), Scott Joseph Kelly (NASA, USA), Alexey Nikolaevich Ovchinin (Roscosmos, Russia), Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov (Roscosmos, Russia) and Jeffry Nels Williams (NASA, USA) had training sessions onboard the spacecraft, with laser ranger and satellite phone, acquainted with the onboard documentation and the content of cargoes launched and also made a fitting of the Sokol-KB space suits and individual liners.
Today a meeting of Technical Management was held where a decision to fill the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft with propellant components and compressed gases was accepted.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-15.html
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2957
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2961
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http://www.federalspace.ru/21364/
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The First Training of participants of One-year Mission to the ISS in Baikonur
Yesterday, on March 15, the day after the arrival on Baikonur, crew members of One-year mission to the ISS had conducted the first matchmate training on board the Soyuz TMA-16M.
The training started with the instruction, which was provided by the general constructor of manned space complexes of JSC RSC Energia Sergei Romanov. The crew members of primary and backup crews acquainted with the onboard documentation and the content of cargoes launched and also made a fitting of theSokol-KB space suits and individual liners.
The day after, March 16, the ceremony of hoisting flags of countries, which take part in this expedition: Russia, USA and Kazakhstan was conducted.
In addition to crewmates of 42/43 and 44/45 expeditions, specialists from the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center, as well as Roscosmos experts and Baikonur personnel took part in that ceremony.
http://en.federalspace.ru/20394/
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Expedition 43 - Crew Departure from Star City, Russia for Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9324
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Fuelled SC Soyuz TMA-16M was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility
March 17, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-17.html
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March 18, 2015
One-Year Crew Set for Launch to Space Station; NASA TV to Air Live Coverage
The first one-year crew for the International Space Station is set to launch Friday, March 27. NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the launch and the crew’s arrival to the orbital laboratory.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year living and working aboard the space station and will launch with cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. The trio will become part of the station’s Expedition 43 crew.
NASA TV coverage will begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT March 27, with launch scheduled for 3:42 p.m. (1:42 a.m. Saturday, March 28 in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will ride to space in a Soyuz spacecraft, which will rendezvous with the space station and dock after four orbits of Earth. Docking to the space station's Poisk module will take place at 9:36 p.m. Friday. NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 8:45 p.m.
Hatches between the Soyuz and the station will be opened at approximately 11:15 p.m., at which time Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA and his crewmates, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency), will greet Kelly, Kornienko and Padalka. Hatch opening coverage begins on NASA TV at 10:45 p.m.
Kelly and Kornienko will spend a year on the space station to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Data from the expedition will be used to determine whether there are ways to further reduce the risks on future long-duration missions to an asteroid and eventually Mars.
The crew will support several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science -- research that impacts life on Earth. Data and samples will be collected throughout the year from a series of studies involving Scott and his twin brother, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. The studies will compare data from the genetically-identical Kelly brothers to identify any subtle changes caused by spaceflight.
Padalka will spend six months aboard the outpost, during which he will become the first four-time station commander and record holder for most cumulative time spent in space.
For the full schedule of prelaunch, launch and docking coverage, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
For more information about the one-year crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
Follow the space station crew members on Instagram:
http://instagram.com/iss
Follow the space station via Twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
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A transfer compartment was docked with SC Soyuz TMA-16M
March 18, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
A transfer compartment was docked with Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-18.html
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Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-16M and payload shroud roll were performed
March 20, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft was performed.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-20.html
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https://youtu.be/3a0zrXaojc4
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How can you focus on your mission training with such an instructor.... ;) ::)
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2967
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http://www.federalspace.ru/21382/
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Didn't there used to be a model of a Proton rocket there?
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A check inspection of the SC Soyuz TMA-16M was performed
March 23, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the assembly/test building primary (Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Roscosmos, Russia), Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Roscosmos, Russia) and Scott Joseph Kelly (NASA, USA)) and backup (Alexey Nikolaevich Ovchinin (Roscosmos, Russia), Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov (Roscosmos, Russia) and Jeffry Nels Williams (NASA, USA)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-16M transportation spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-23.html
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Orbital module of the LV Soyuz-FG with SC Soyuz TMA-16M was transported for the general integration with LV
March 23, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-16M manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-23_2.html
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LV Soyuz general integration is completed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the LV Integration and Checkout Facility, the basic integration of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the upper composite has been completed.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-24.html
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March 24, 2015
NASA Invites Media to View One-Year Crew Launch in Mission Control
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-005
Launch their Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled for 2:42 pm CDT Friday, March 27. Media should pick up credentials by 12:30 p.m. Friday, and must be escorted and in place before NASA TV launch coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. Accredited media wishing must ensure seating to watch the final hour of the countdown by calling the JSC Newsroom at 281-483-5111 before 4 p.m. Thursday, March 26.
Offering one of Mission Control’s actual flight control rooms provides a rare opportunity to observe the launch, taking place half a world away at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazhakhstan. Seated in the Blue Flight Control Room, media may watch the countdown and launch from the same seats occupied by flight controllers during early station assembly, and more recently last December’s first test flight of the Orion spacecraft.
Meanwhile, Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for Johnson Space Center, invites space buffs, NASA employees and media to watch the launch live on the largest giant screen in Texas. Space Center Houston’s mission briefing officers will provide background on the launch and one-year crew. Discount tickets are available on-line.
Kelly and Kornienko are leaving Earth on a one-year mission to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Obtaining data to determine ways to further reduce the risks during future long-duration missions to an asteroid and eventually Mars. The crew will support several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science – research that impacts life on Earth. Data and samples will be collected throughout the year from a series of studies involving Scott and his twin brother, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. The studies will compare data from the genetically-identical brothers to identify any subtle changes caused by spaceflight.
Joining Kelly and Kornienko will be Gennady Padalka, who will spend six months aboard the outpost. During that time he will become the first four-time station commander and world record holder for most cumulative time ever spent in space.
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Meetings of the Technical management and State commission were held
March 24, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Meetings of the Technical management and State commission were held. A decision on rollout of the launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned spacecraft to the launch facility and its preparation for launch planned for March 27, 2015 was adopted.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-24_2.html
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https://youtu.be/JaP_ckiWVyA
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Anybody knows location of NOTAM for first stage and fairing drop zone?
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Expedition 43 - Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Soyuz TMA-16M Vehicle Mating Operations
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9335
Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Spacecraft Rollout to the Launch Pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9337
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http://www.federalspace.ru/21389/
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https://youtu.be/KecLJFI3wTE
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2971
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LV Soyuz rollout to the launch pad
March 25, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M 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-16M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-25.html
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Expedition 43 - NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Space Shuttle and ISS missions and associated training
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9338
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https://youtu.be/YBbImu6Q5nU
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http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2981
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The State Commission meeting
March 26, 2015
The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-16M were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.
Prime crew: Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Commander; Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-1; Scott Joseph Kelly (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-2.
Backup crew: Alexey Nikolaevich Ovchinin (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Commander; Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-1; Jeffry Nels Williams (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-2.
The members of the primary and backup crews reported their readiness for the mission.
The launch of the Soyuz-FG integrated launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the ISS Orbital Complex is planned for March 27, 2015 at 10:42 p.m. Moscow time.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-26.html
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Expedition 43 - Pre-Launch Crew News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9340
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Moved for live coverage! Best wishes to Scott, Mikhail and Gennady for their trip! :)
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Outline article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/03/soyuz-tma-16m-historic-one-year-expedition/
Obviously more on the one year mission during the mission.
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From Scott's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/NASA-Astronaut-Scott-Kelly/131376260352637?fref=nf
Just awoke from pre-launch nap. Last time in bed for a year. Tomorrow it will be like this on the International Space Station http://bit.ly/19p4uc3
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Webcast from TsENKI...
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Cosmonauts arriving at the pad...
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This will be the longest mission ever for a US Astronaut and the longest an astronaut has ever spent continuously on the ISS (the longer ones were all on Mir).
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Always surprises me the number of people just milling about at the base of the rocket.
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First time I have seen a tablet in action on Soyuz...
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Crew attaching a gopro to the back of the Soyuz cabin, Reminds me! We have some great gopro footage in L2 during a Soyuz landing.
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Crew attaching a gopro to the back of the Soyuz cabin...
Which is pretty unusual at this time in the launch preparation!
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Still people walking around near the base of the rocket.
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Gantrys moving.
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Still people walking around near the base of the rocket.
There still will be some 30 minutes before launch, at the time when the service towers are rotated down...
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suitup
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We need to get that GoPro footage on L2! :D
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And now fully retracting.
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i saw 4 yellow stars with red centers on the gantry, what are those from?
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service tower lower...
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i saw 4 yellow stars with red centers on the gantry, what are those from?
I think it is related to the number of launches that took plave from that launch pad.
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now retracted fully to pad surface
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Service towers fully retracted...
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30 minutes for launch
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Reid!
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Padalka e Korniyenko inside Soyuz TMA-16M.
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view inside
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"...this is getting boring, I'm going to look at NSF!", Padalka inside TMA-16M...
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Taking about a previous landing.
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It's been great to have Reid and Terry showing the Baltimore Orioles colors from Space! Good Luck to today's crew, a super-top-line of a crew; have a great flight!
Thanks to NSF,too :)
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time for the clock
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So CNN will livestream this launch because of the "1 year in space" mission. Probably some delay on their end.
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Taking about a previous landing.
No, I think he was talking about the memories from his dad that was part of the recovery groups and that his dad usually gave him parts of the parachutes and also that his mom usually made shirts from those parachutes. But I don't know what missions he was talking about.
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Playing "Killing me softly" on the tsenki live stream?
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Playing "Killing me softly" on the tsenki live stream?
And now cold play. :D
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7 minutes for launch...
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T-7 mins and I think NASA's got all their promos done.
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Green at T-5 mins (as per usual with this workhorse)
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On to internal power.
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Booster into press.
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Tanks to flight pressure.
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T-120 seconds.
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T-60 seconds. God Speed Padalka, Kornienko and Kelly!
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LAUNCH!!
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first arm away...
Launch
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So nominal he's checking his e-mails ;)
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Coming up on staging. Cloud cover has stopped the view of this from the ground.
And there's Staging.
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Nominal ascent. There's Scott Kelly.
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a different view inside. Hi scott
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Staging. 2-3!
Third stage ignition.
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What is the purpose of the tool that padalko is using to press buttons?
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What is the purpose of the tool the commander is using to press buttons?
It is a tool to reach the panel, which can't be reached without the tool.
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Judging by the way Genady holds and uses tablet I can tell that ascent is not nearly as violent and shaky as I imagined :)
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In orbit!
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MECO!
And the snowman is flying!
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Less than six hours to docking.
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Waiting on arrays and antenna.
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TMA-M readout.
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Still waiting on arrays and antenna.
AND CONFIRMED.
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What is the purpose of the tool the commander is using to press buttons?
It is a tool to reach the panel, which can't be reached without the tool.
They used a similar tool on the shuttle to reach certain switches/circuit breakers on the overhead panels when they were seated for launch/landing. It was called the "swizzle stick".
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Next up are Jester's babies.
21:46 UTC - Soyuz-STB - Galileo FOC-3/4
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Upcoming for this mission:
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What is the purpose of the tool the commander is using to press buttons?
It is a tool to reach the panel, which can't be reached without the tool.
(Excuse my ignorance, I am not versed in such things)
Why is he pressing the buttons to control the spacecraft?, i thought that the ship could control itself. This is probably completely wrong, I should do research before I ask things.
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Next up are Jester's babies.
21:46 UTC - Soyuz-STB - Galileo FOC-3/4
Webcast minus 1 hour and 25 minutes until its webcast starts
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(Excuse my ignorance, I am not versed in such things)
Why is he pressing the buttons to control the spacecraft?, i thought that the ship could control itself. This is probably completely wrong, I should do research before I ask things.
It does fly automatically. Manual inputs are required for auxiliary tasks (like switching between two onboard cameras).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiqkttfd8Cc
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Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9343
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ISS crew checked in after their nap and no issues were reported by Houston or Moscow. Anton reported seeing the rocket break through the clouds from the Cupola.
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Soyuz checking in with Moscow on VHF reporting a nominal 3 minute burn.
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Maneuvering thruster test completed successfully.
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reading back parameters. Burn 3 will be 13 meters (per second.)
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burn (4?) will be 16.5 meters
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Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Pre-launch Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9342
Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Launch Replays
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9344
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Next VHF comm pass started. Standing by for second burn on second maneuver. No issues reported.
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cleared to activate comm assets and attempt ISS contact at 300 (UTC, Moscow?)
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burn proceeded nominally--16 meters. No issues
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sounds like Soyuz is trying to talk to Moscow via the ISS on SG-1 ;)
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This is going to be real close timing between docking and the Galileo S/C Seps I think!
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second burn complete
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Soyuz reports tally-ho on the station as "a dot over there"
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range reported as 59 or 69 (km)
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range 51 or 61
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Coverage has begun
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Distance now 9.3 miles and closing
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48 minutes till docking
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Waiting for a tally ho!
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View from Soyuz?
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That's no moon...
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Going over those folk who are pretty decent at Cricket..... (Aussies)
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40 minutes till docking
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burn 17.2s for 7.3m/s
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And a nice place it is.
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3.2 km, moving in
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1.75 km
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1.7km out according to KURS display
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now 1km out
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Tally ho!
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Always epic:
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0.540km/540m out
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This IS a moon, under 1km now
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0.5km/500m out
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400m out
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Closing in.
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Into flyaround.
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fly around to docking port underway/ stationkeeping in 8 minutes
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Picture is frozen for me though NASA commentator doesn't seem to know.
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Picture is frozen for me though NASA commentator doesn't seem to know.
Same here
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Picture is indeed frozen in NasaTV website and also in Ustream.
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They mentioned a comm link going down for 5 min starting at 4:09.
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KU about to come back. They left a frozen screen on by mistake. Heading for final approach.
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PAO was referencing the bottom left distance measurement being much less than it is now, so the image is being received on the ground. Something went wrong on the streams.
edit: Now the image changed, hopefully the rest of this will work :)
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Picture is indeed frozen in NasaTV website and also in Ustream.
goto media version which is not frozen
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And KU is back!
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Picture is indeed frozen in NasaTV website and also in Ustream.
goto media version which is not frozen
The Media version was also stuck on that same image for the few minutes. All seems to be OK now.
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Final approach is GO.
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160 meters.
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Here we go
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Scott Kelly Tally Ho.
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Under 100m
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70 meters.
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60m
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70mer
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50m
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Standing by for antenna retract
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40 meters.
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retract confirmed
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great view
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Antenna retracted
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25m
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15m
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Contact and Capture! DOCKED!
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Capture
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Jumping over to VS-11
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control screen grab
NASA tv back on in aprox 1 hr with the hatch opening.
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Coverage resumes in one hour, hatch opening in 90 minutes.
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I need to get some shut eye ahead of the Indian launch, so coverage of that will be appreciated! :)
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Congrats to Roscosmos and NASA et al. for a most successful launch and docking!
8)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5PZANsbCvU
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ISS Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Docking Coverage
FULL COVERAGE
Published on Mar 27, 2015
ISS Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Docking Coverage
https://youtu.be/v0xsAEEJmhU
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Nice picture of the Soyuz approach from Terry Virts
https://twitter.com/AstroTerry/status/581634736050733056/photo/1
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And a couple of the launch from earlier by Terry Virts.
https://twitter.com/AstroTerry
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Resuming in a few.
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And back
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Leak checks in progress.
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There was a tape of Bolden and the head of Roscosmos.
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Mark Kelly and Rob Navias.
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twin brother awaits news
view of the hatch
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Crew pics
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Terry at the hatch, apparently someone needs to get dressed.
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Anton working on the hatch.
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Cover open
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we got one side open now
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Waiting for equalization
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and the 1 year crew on the iss
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Woot! Welcome aboard! Congrats to the launch teams, and best wishes on this historic expedition(s).
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Hatch open
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Gang is all here, talking to family
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Anton back in frame.
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Crew commenting on approximately 30 second transmission echo.
Gennady Padalka appeared to be timing the echo with his wristwatch.
There was an apology later for the echo; the source was not identified.
NASA TV live coverage ends.
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Press Conference/Ceremony concluded due to planned Station LOS. See everyone in the morning for the PSLV launch.
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End of coverage and a long day in space.
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Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Post-launch Interviews
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9345
Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Docking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9346
Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Hatch Opening and Other Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9347
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My congratulations :) !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34WYszUt7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsQf4ySBwM4
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Photo by Yuzhny Space Center/Roscosmos
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And from GCTC:
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According to my records, Padalka is 56 years old, Kornienko 54 and Kelly 51.
Is this the oldest crew launched into space ?
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From MCC-Korolyov:
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I read in Scott Kelly's preflight interview that if he didn't become an astronaut, his other goal was to become the captain of an aircraft carrier.
Well, I can just picture Scott as an aircraft carrier captain! ;D
(http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/original/75256.jpg)
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And a few more high-res photos from Anton Shkaplerov:
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I am well-known for being pedantic, but rather than being a "year long mission" as the media are promoting the long stay, it's far closer to being an "eleven months mission".
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Soyuz TMA-16M Crew Used Tablet Computer during the Flight for the First Time
For the first time in the history of the Russian cosmonautics, the crew of Soyuz TMA-16M manned spacecraft used a tablet computer during launch, rendezvous and docking with the ISS.
Manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-16M was launched from Baikonur with two Roscosmos cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on board at 10.42 p.m. Moscow time, on March 27.
All information necessary for the crew was entered in the memory of a tablet PC. The cosmonauts received in electronic form a complete set of on-board documentation, the schedule of the flight and ballistic information for dynamic operations. For a quick search of necessary data, software developers designed an easy navigation and hyperlinks.
The tablet computers are tested on the manned spacecraft of current Soyuz TMA-M series to select the right models, specifications and software for tablets which will be used by the crews in the future. In case of successful testing of the electronic devices, in the future, the paper on-board documentation will not be used.
http://en.federalspace.ru/20412/
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And a few more high-res photos from Anton Shkaplerov:
Ooohh ! The first one is exceptional : it shows the engine cover opened !!
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School Students Witness Start of Year-Long Flight to ISS
The young winners of Roscosmos contests have visited Baikonur cosmodrome and witnessed the launch of the manned spacecraft with the participants of the year-long expedition to the ISS aboard.
One of the biggest delegations came from Kirov region, where the Vyatka, Space Technology Territory contest was held on November 19, 2014, among the students of school centers of space services. Roscosmos invited the seven of the winners (Natalia Grudtsyna, Victoria Ryabova, Xenia Kashina, Xenia Kolyshnitsyna, Ivan Kolevatov, Leo Gagarin, and Daniel Zykov) to Baikonur to witness the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M manned spacecraft.
The nominees of the Korolev readings and the Robotics for Space festival from Kaluga (Daniel Kruchinin and Xenia Potekhina), Stupino near Moscow (Daniel Vorotov), Magnitogorsk (Dorofei Skripnikov), Ufa (Timur Galiev), and Shumerlya (Valeria Surkova) were also involved in the journey.
The children went on an excursion around the cosmodrome, visited S.P. Korolev’s and Yu.A. Gagarin’s memorial houses, Buran orbital spacecraft, the assembly, integration, and test building of pad 254, launch complex 1 (Gagarin launch site), and cosmonautics museums of Moscow and Baikonur. The school students participated in the training of the cosmonauts traveling to the ISS and witnessed the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M manned spacecraft.
http://en.federalspace.ru/20423/
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Great video of docking with the ISS here http://time.com/3893427/astronauts-docking-space-station/
Is this available for download anywhere?
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Great video of docking with the ISS here http://time.com/3893427/astronauts-docking-space-station/
Is this available for download anywhere?
Here you go:
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YouTube version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRaZgSVnsNs
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Oops it looks like everyone here forgot that this little spacecraft is going for a spin around the ISS from Poisk to Zvezda aft right now. :P
Currently live on NASA TV:
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what it will look like finished...
hatches closed ready to go
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Russian center at work
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17 min. until undocking..... ;)
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suns coming up...
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10 min
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Undocked:
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*Beep. Beep. Beep - This vehicle is reversing. Beep. Beep. Beep" :)
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Let's go.
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good quality pics.
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control panel
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different view
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getting ready for fly around..
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Flyaround!
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ahhh the color is back
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loving this roll
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25 meters
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3 m
contact and capture
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Great coverage guys! :)
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hooks driving
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Hooks closed confirmed..
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Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-16M Relocation from the Poisk Module to the Zvezda Service Module
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9573
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Thanks for the coverage Prober and Galactic Penguin SST!
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Screenshots from GoPro camera. Soon will be video.
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Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ZsahLvWfo
And some high-res screenshots:
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Soyuz TMA-16M has been relocated to another ISS module
August 28, 2015
Today, August 28, the operation was completed to undock the manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-16M from the Mini Research Module (MRM2) Poisk and dock it to the propulsion compartment of the Service Module (SM) Zvezda of the International Space Station (ISS).
After reactivation, the closure of transfer hatches and their leak check, the spacecraft was undocked from MRM2 at 10:11 Moscow Time. The docking at the propulsion compartment of SM Zvezda was completed at 10:30 Moscow Time. The spacecraft stayed in free flight for 19 minutes. The opening of transfer hatches between the crew transportation spacecraft and the SM propulsion compartment is scheduled to take place within the time interval of 12:40 through 13:00 Moscow Time.
Staying onboard the manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-16M during re-docking was the entire crew consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Gennadi Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and the NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.
The aim of the relocation operation is to free up the docking port on MRM2 Poisk to make it available for the docking of manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18M, which is to be launched on September 2, 2015. This spacecraft will deliver to the ISS members of the expedition crew and a visiting crew. The member of the ISS-45/46 Expedition crew is a Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, and the members of the visiting crew are a Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen and a Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.
It is planned that after Soyuz TMA-16M undocks and lands on September 12, the docking port on the SM Zvezda propulsion compartment will be used to dock cargo transportation spacecraft Progress M-29M, which is slated for launch on October 1, 2015.
The manned transportation spacecraft of the new series Soyuz TMA-M developed and built by RSC Energia is an upgraded version of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft. It is equipped with new devices for the motion control and navigation system and an improved onboard measurement system. All the devices are built around state-of-the-art electronic components and run the latest software. The upgrade made it possible to reduce the mass of the onboard equipment and thus enhance the capability to deliver payload to orbit.
The spacecraft is designed to deliver the crews of up to three and their accompanying cargoes to the International Space Station (ISS), as well as to return them to Earth. When attached to the ISS, Soyuz TMA-M serves as a crew rescue vehicle and is kept permanently ready for emergency crew return to Earth. This might be required in case of an emergency onboard the station, illness or injury of a crewmember.
http://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2015/news_08-28.html
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Andreas Mogensen controls ground rover from space
Published on Sep 8, 2015
Putting a round peg in a round hole is not hard to do by someone standing next to it. But on 7 September 2015 ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen did this while orbiting 400 km up aboard the International Space Station, remotely operating a rover and its robotic arm on the ground.
https://youtu.be/fFLwpfifIao
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MEDIA ADVISORY M15-136
NASA Television to Broadcast Friday Return of Space Station Crew
Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to leave the orbiting laboratory and return to Earth Friday, Sept. 11. NASA Television will provide complete coverage of their departure and landing.
Expedition 44 commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and visiting crew members Andres Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency will undock their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the space station at 5:29 p.m. EDT and land in Kazakhstan at 8:51 p.m. (6:51 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, Kazakhstan time).
Activities and NASA TV coverage times, all Eastern, are as follows:
1:45 p.m. -- Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure scheduled for 2 p.m.)
5 p.m. -- Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 5:29 p.m.)
7:30 p.m. -- Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn scheduled for 7:59 p.m., with landing at 8:51 p.m.)
10 p.m. -- Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
The three crew members’ return will wrap up 168 days in space for Padalka since launching from Kazakhstan in March. Mogensen and Aimbetov spent 10 days in space, arriving at the station Sept. 4 with Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos. The trio delivered a new Soyuz spacecraft that will return NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos at the end of their one-year mission next March, along with Volkov.
With landing, Padalka will have logged a record 879 days in space on five flights, more than two months longer than cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, the previous record holder.
At the time of undocking, Expedition 45 will formally begin aboard the station under Kelly’s command, along with crew mates Kornienko, NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonauts Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Expedition 45 will continue research and operational support of the station as it passes through the 15th anniversary of a permanent human presence on the laboratory that will be marked on Nov. 2.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
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Padalka, Mogensen and Aimbetov saying their goodbyes...
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Video finally came through
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more and schedule for later
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liuA5wEzEvA
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Driving Eurobot from space
Published on Sep 11, 2015
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen commanding the Eurobot rover from space. As part of ESA’s Meteron project, Andreas a second, car-sized rover from the International Space Station to repair a mockup lunar base in the Netherlands.
https://youtu.be/sFnhZj9Wlxs
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Expedition 44 - Visiting Crew Farewells and Hatch Closure
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9599
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It's a "Good day" from Rob Navias.
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Polling for undocking.
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MCC-M.
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Return crew.
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Current config.
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About 20 mins to undocking.
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10 mins.
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Polling is go for undocking.
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Hooks are driving to begin the undocking sequence.
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Amazing HD orbital sunrise.
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Standing by.
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hooks unlocking
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Undocking confirmed!
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undocked....
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Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/09/soyuz-tma-16m-trio-earth/
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No external views yet.
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waiting on the burn
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Sep burn.
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bye ISS
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Didn't get any views of Soyuz from the ISS.
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They heard me ;D
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another....
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Wow!
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So that got stunning at the end. Next is the deorbit burn in a few hours.
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Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-16M Undocking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9600
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Deorbit burn in 12 mins.
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Great HD views from the ISS
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Soyuz still in view!
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1 min till burn
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Deorbit burn underway, over the Falkland Islands.
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Delta Ve stable 3 min. in now
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Nominal half way through the burn.
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Burn complete. Nominal.
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Perfect burn......22 min till next "separation"
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Choppers airborne.
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we got a clock up now...
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Surprised NASA are uising such an outdated Soyuz graphic. Soyuz hasn't looked like that since Salyut days!
Keith
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Surprised NASA are uising such an outdated Soyuz graphic. Soyuz hasn't looked like that since Salyut days!
Keith
They sure are getting their money's worth out of that Commodore Amiga! ;D
37 mins to landing.
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less than 10 min until sep.
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ISS making an attitude change to try and allow for capturing of entry.
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30 mins to landing.
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Recovery crew.
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rare treat from the landing site......in wait.
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Module Sep confirmed, now into the heat :-\
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Still good comms with the Soyuz.
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Entry Interface!
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Out of Peak Heating. ISS cameras didn't manage to film it.
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some new graphics happening...
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chutes deployed
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Chutes!!
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Padalka said "Here we go guys, get ready!" ahead of chute deploy, due to the bumpy part ;D
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Gennady is making fun of rookies: "Have you fastened your seatbelts?" :D
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Seats primed for landing. We can hear them, but they can't hear MCC-M.
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this is going real well
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There they are!
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7 min...beeping and a flash going off..
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3200 meters
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They still can't get two way comms going.
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2500 meters
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now to get the money shot....the landing rockets..
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"Can any body hear us? Guys? ISS? Choppers? Guys??" Heh!
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1900 meters
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1900 feet.
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Gennady: do you feel how heavy you actually are, or you haven't been in space long enough to notice?
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1000 meters
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Just relax guys... Don't get all scrunched up... ;D
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400 meters
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Touchdown!
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Touchdown! Got it!!
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got it...
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Recovery time.
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Bull's eye landing... 8)
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Bullseye landing. Crews on the way.
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let's get them.....
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The chute seemed to deflate quickly, which means probably upright landing. Although it's hard to say for sure.
UPDATE: Nope, I was wrong - it's on the side.
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I've love to drive to the supermarket in one of these ;D
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Crew coming out.
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Side landing.
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opps on its side.....
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Commander Gennadi Padalka now out of the capsule.
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Record holder first out.
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Hairdresser already at work. What a diva! ;)
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Question to Padalka:
- How do you feel?
- Good enough to go back [to space]!
:D
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Flight Engineer 2 Aydyn Aimbetov now out of the capsule.
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Local hero.
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next...
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Flight Engineer 1 Andreas Mogensen now out of the capsule.
All three crew members are now adjusting to the gravity gradually.
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And Andres....
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little rough getting out.....
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Apple time for the crew!
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Top bloke!
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And that'll do it for me. Thanks for the help with the coverage guys, especially Prober.
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And that'll do it for me. Thanks for the help with the coverage guys, especially Prober.
All right; see you soon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm17T4MDv3I
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They all look great, welcome home! :)
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Gennady is saying to the head of Kazcosmos that it's better "up there" than it is on the ground :D
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Beginning to transfer Aimbetov, Padalka, and Mogensen to the medical tent. They will be carried one by one.
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Back to Mission Control Houston.
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NASA TV coverage now wrapping up.
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At one point, I heard the callout "chute jettisoned", which made me sit up straight. That was around the time of their communications difficulties. I hoped it was a bad translation of "chute deployed", and luckily that turned out to be the case.
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At one point, I heard the callout "chute jettisoned", which made me sit up straight. That was around the time of their communications difficulties. I hoped it was a bad translation of "chute deployed", and luckily that turned out to be the case.
You're probably referring to the DROGUE chute being jettisoned. The MAIN chute, if and only if a rare failure occurred, could be "jettisoned" if it shreds like the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator three months ago.
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I think I just heard "chute jettisoned" and I think it was after the main chute was already deployed, and before it became visible on video. So I had a moment of concern there.
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I think I just heard "chute jettisoned" and I think it was after the main chute was already deployed, and before it became visible on video. So I had a moment of concern there.
I see; I was just trying to clarify your concern.
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Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-16M Landing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9601
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Someone at the BBC got a bit overexcited over Padalka's record! ;) http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34232468
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Tz37W2vAI
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Mogensen received a Danish medal from Queen Margrethe.
See: http://blogs.esa.int/iriss/2015/09/16/medal-award-for-andreas/
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The Soyuz TMA-16M return crew was officially welcomed in Star City on Oct 9.
For more info (in Russian) & pics: see http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3186
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Videos of the Soyuz TMA-16 Star City welcoming ceremony and preceding crew news conference (in Russian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfL3EXCEPr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uELHTjljEiQ
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is that an early snow or the normal?
burr, looks cold :-X