NASASpaceFlight.com Forum
International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: jacqmans on 11/25/2014 06:33 am
-
The Soyuz TMA-17M patch is inspired on the design of the Apollo 17 patch. The main element in this logo is a portrait of Sergei Korolev, the legendary 'main constructor', who shaped the early years of Soviet cosmonautics. He is depicted watching the Soyuz spacecraft on its celestial voyage, trailing three red lines. They symbolize the three crewmembers, but also represent the three manned craft that Korolev developed; Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz. Behind the earth, a red sun rises. After the American Apollo element and the Russian Korolev item, the sun is Japan's element in this design. The constellation of Scorpio tops off the patch, with the star Antares highlighted, as this is the callsign for this particular Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
The patch was designed by Luc van den Abeelen and Blake Dumesnil with Oleg Kononenko. Copyright Roscosmos/spacepatches.nl
-
Mission poster
-
April 24, 2015 (JST)
Launch Date and Time of Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut Kimiya Yui aboard for ISS Expedition 44/45 Long Stay Mission
The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), which Astronaut Kimiya Yui will be onboard, is officially confirmed as follows as a result of the Stage Operation Readiness Review (SORR) held on April 23, 2015 in Houston.
Astronaut Yui will stay at the International Space Station for about six months as a crewmember of the Expedition 44/45, and will return to Earth in November on the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M.)
1. Launch time and date:
At 04:46 a.m. on May 27 (Wed.), 2015 (Japan Standard Time)
At 01:46 a.m. on May 27 (Wed.), 2015 (Baikonur Time)
At 22:46 p.m. on May 26 (Tue.), 2015 (Moscow Time)
2. Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.)
3. Expedition 44/45 Crewmembers:
Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (FSA)
Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui (JAXA)
Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgrean (NASA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
-
May 06, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-071
NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Available for Interviews Before Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who is making final preparations for his launch this month to the International Space Station, is available for live satellite interviews from 8 to 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 12.
Lindgren will participate in the interviews live from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The interviews will be preceded at 7:30 a.m. by a video highlighting his mission training.
To participate, reporters must contact Karen Svetaka at 281-483-8684 no later than 3 p.m., Monday, May 11. Media participating in the live shots must tune to NTV-3. Satellite tuning information is available at:
http://go.nasa.gov/1pOWUhR
Lindgren hails from the Midwest, but spent most of his childhood in England. Board certified in emergency and aerospace medicine, Lindgren is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, and Colorado State University, in Fort Collins. Lindgren received his medical degree from the University of Colorado and began working as a flight surgeon at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, in 2007 before being selected as an astronaut in 2009.
His space station mission team includes cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The three are scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 3:47 p.m. EDT on May 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
They will join the Expedition 44 crew, which includes NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, who launched to the station in March, marking the start of a one-year mission for Kelly and Kornienko.
Together, the six crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity’s only orbiting laboratory.
Lindgren is scheduled to return to Earth with crew members Kononenko and Yui in November.
Lindgren’s biography is available at:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lindgren-kn.html
Follow Lindgren via Twitter:
http://twitter.com/astro_kjell
Follow Expedition 44 and 45 crew members on Instagram:
http://instagram.com/iss
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For more information about NASA TV coverage, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
-
Expedition 44 - Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9405
-
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/05/progress-m-27m-demise-russia-schedule/
-
油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya
ソユーズの最終試験も無事に合格しました！昨夜はパーティーがあったので、皆さんに連絡できずに申し訳ありませんでした。We passed Soyuz final exam! We had a great party last night.
-
油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya
ソユーズの最終試験も無事に合格しました！昨夜はパーティーがあったので、皆さんに連絡できずに申し訳ありませんでした。We passed Soyuz final exam! We had a great party last night.
As this launch will likely be delayed, will the primary/backup crews have to take another final exam before the delayed launch? Or is a month or two considered ok regarding the retention of their operational preparedness?
Zubenelgenubi
EDIT: question clarification
-
Per NK, the Russians are tentatively looking at July 24 as the new launch date. (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic14815/message1374988/#message1374988)
-
Slightly OT but still relevant, I think.
Is it only the immediate Soyuz-TM and Progress-M flights that are being delayed? I have not seen anything definitive as to whether the original descent dates will be maintained, thus making a few missions shorter than originally intended. The launch dates could get back to those already announced next year.
-
Slightly OT but still relevant, I think.
Is it only the immediate Soyuz-TM and Progress-M flights that are being delayed? I have not seen anything definitive as to whether the original descent dates will be maintained, thus making a few missions shorter than originally intended. The launch dates could get back to those already announced next year.
According to an episode of Space Station Live a few days ago, they haven't made any decision yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1eHWpOtWQw
-
According to reports the "nominal launch time" on July 24 is 20:14 UTC, although launching on the 23rd/25th is also in the cards pending getting new ISS orbit parameters after some future re-boosts.
-
Does(Did) NASA get input to this decision/schedule or is it sole responsibility of Russia?
-
Does(Did) NASA get input to this decision/schedule or is it sole responsibility of Russia?
I don't think NASA has a voice in the launch scheduling decisions, but they do have the option of saying that, in a given situation, they don't feel it safe for a NASA astronaut to fly in/on a given vehicle.
I don't think we've ever come close to that situation in re the Soyuz, but didn't NASA cut short Shuttle/Mir by a couple of segments, citing Mir safety concerns?
-
Looks like the launch date has been settled on July 22 at 21:02 UTC according to NASA's launch schedule page, and the Russians sort of confirmed it (http://ria.ru/space/20150611/1069517786.html) reporting a July 23 (MSK) launch date (though just barely as it would be 2 minutes past midnight).
-
油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya
マニュアル操作でのドッキング訓練がありました。通常のドッキングは自動ですが、不具合があった場合の対処訓練です。想定される不具合であれば、いかなる状況でも手動でドッキングする技量に達しています。皆さん、安心して下さいね！
(There was docking training in manual operation. Normal docking is automatic, but it is addressed training when there is trouble. If a bug that it is assumed, will not reach the skill to dock in any situation manually. Ladies and gentlemen, you do not worry!)
-
June 30, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-099
NASA Astronaut Preps for First Space Station Mission, Available for Media Interviews
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who is making final preparations for his launch next month on his first mission to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 8 to 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 7.
Lindgren will participate from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. The interviews will be preceded at 7:30 a.m. by a video on NASA Television highlighting his mission training.
To schedule an interview, media must contact Stephanie Stoll at 281-483-9071 or [email protected] no later than 3 p.m. Monday, July 6. Media participating in the live shots must tune to NTV-3. Satellite tuning information is available at:
http://go.nasa.gov/1pOWUhR
Lindgren hails from the Midwest but spent most of his childhood in England. Board certified in emergency and aerospace medicine, Lindgren is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Lindgren received his medical degree from the University of Colorado and began working as a flight surgeon at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 2007 before his selection to the astronaut corps in 2009.
His space station mission team includes cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The three are scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft at 5:02 p.m. July 22 (3:02 a.m. July 23, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
They will join the Expedition 44 crew of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, who launched to the station in March, marking the start of a one-year mission for Kelly and Kornienko.
Together the six crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity’s only orbiting laboratory.
Lindgren is scheduled to return to Earth with crew members Kononenko and Yui in late December.
Follow Lindgren on Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/astro_kjell
Follow Expedition 44 and 45 crew members on Instagram at:
http://instagram.com/iss
For more information about NASA TV coverage, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
-
What, if any, logistics will be included in the capsule?
-
What, if any, logistics will be included in the capsule?
Not very much, but Soyuz's orbital module has some logistics capacity. Usually Russian payloads, and NASA's small items.
-
Expedition 44 - Crew News Conference and Ceremonial Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9492
-
https://youtu.be/GvKHae74Yo8
-
https://youtu.be/lVk17_Q5_S4
-
The CPC held a preflight press conference of the ISS-44/45
July 8, 2015
Today in the Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Gagarin took preflight press conference the main and backup crews 44/45 minutes long expedition to the International Space Station.
Before the press conference, a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission. According to the results of the crews were recommended to continue the preflight preparation at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. In the main crew includes commander of the manned transport spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M", ISS , Oleg Kononenko (Roskosmos), flight engineer of "Soyuz", ISS-44/45 Kimia Yui (JAXA) and Flight Engineer-2 spacecraft, flight engineer of Moscow Cable Networks 44/45 Chell Lindgren (NASA). The backup crew - cosmonaut of the Russian Space Agency Yury Malenchenko , NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra and ESA astronaut Timothy Peak .
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3073
-
ROSCOSMOS: Interagency Commission approved the crew the next mission to the ISS
07/08/2015 14:37
July 8 at the Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Gagarin Interdepartmental Commission approved the crew of the next mission to the International Space Station, which will go into orbit on July 23 transport manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M."
In the main crew includes: commander - ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer-1, JAXA astronaut Kimia Law Institute and flight engineer-2, NASA astronaut Chell LINDGREN.
Their stand-ins have become a Russian Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Timothy piling Briton Timothy PIC representing the European Space Agency.
On Friday, July 10, the astronauts fly to Baikonur, where they will spend the final preflight training. There will be held the final approval of the state commission crews.
Start carrier rocket "Soyuz-FG" with the manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" is scheduled for 00:03 MSK July 23.
For Oleg Kononenko, this will be the third spaceflight. The total duration of his space flight is 391 per day. Astronauts K.YUI JAXA and NASA CH.LINDGREN commit first spaceflight.
Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency
http://www.federalspace.ru/21574/
-
"Flight Engineer-2 spacecraft, flight engineer of Moscow Cable Networks 44/45 Chell Lindgren (NASA)"
"Flight Engineer-1, JAXA astronaut Kimia Law Institute"
"American astronaut Timothy piling Briton Timothy PIC"
Are they really not trying to translate anymore? :P
-
Are they really not trying to translate anymore? :P
I put this in Google translate, so its Google not Roscosmos.....
-
油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya · 8 jul.
星の街で、プライムクルーとして認定を受けました！その後、記者会見、博物館にあるガガーリン飛行士の執務室での行事、モニュメントへの献花式に参加しました。歴史を感じる素晴らしい体験！認定時にロシア語を褒めて頂いた事は嬉しかったです(笑)。
-
Are they really not trying to translate anymore? :P
I put this in Google translate, so its Google not Roscosmos.....
OK, I thought it was the Russian PAO themselves doing it. Didn't check whether there was English or Russian behind the links.
-
Soyuz TMA-17M primary and backup crews arrived to the Baikonur launch site
Primary (Oleg Dmitrievich KONONENKO (Roscosmos, Russia), Kimiya YUI (JAXA, Japan) and Kjell Norwood LINDGREN (NASA, USA)) and backup ( Yuri Ivanovich MALENCHENKO (Roscosmos, Russia), Timothy Lennart KOPRA (NASA, USA) and Timothy Nigel PEAKE (ESA, Great Britain)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-17M 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-17M spacecraft acceptance.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-10.html
-
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3075
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrz57DQXG0
-
ROSCOSMOS Crew 44/45 MISSION ARRIVED at Baikonur
07/10/2015 14:33
Today, July 10, 2015, arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome main crew of the manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M."
The airport complex "Jubilee" cosmonauts and astronauts ship Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos, captain), Kimii Law Institute (JAXA Flight Engineer-1) and Cella Lindgren (NASA Flight Engineer-2), as well as their stand-ins - cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, astronauts Timothy COPRA (NASA) and Timothy peak (ESA) welcomed representatives of Roscosmos, the FSUE "TsENKI" - Space Center "South", JSC "RSC" Energy. Korolev "and the administration of the city of Baikonur.
After a brief meeting, the participants of the forthcoming mission to the ISS and their understudies accompanied Task Force FGBU "NII CTC after. Yuri Gagarin "went to test a training complex, where for two weeks to hold the final stage of preparation for the flight.
Tomorrow in the assembly and testing facility spaceport site 254 crew will hold the first training - fitting in the transport manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M."
Start spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" to the ISS with the crew 44/45 minutes long expedition is scheduled on July 23 at 00:02 MSK.
Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency
http://www.federalspace.ru/21576/
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_IWCj_Htko
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhVQNgQA7g
-
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3081
-
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3084
-
Fuelled SC Soyuz TMA-17M was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz TMA-17M 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/iss44/photo_07-13.html
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ezdvnqmUQ
-
Kjell Lindgren @astro_kjell
12 days till our launch! Our crew is in Baikonaur. Final preparations underway for our trip to the ISS
====================================
Kjell Lindgren @astro_kjell
L-12 Departure highlight: Advice from Alexey Leonov, 1st spacewalker. I took a selfie in my mind.
-
Kimiya.Yui @Astro_Kimiya
Soyuz first confirmation work! We boarded a real spacecraft wearing a real space suit, do a variety of confirmation. After their work, and report the results. I was reported as "Thank you for preparing so far. There is no problem with the" Our spacecraft. "Perfect.".
================================================
When you go to a zero gravity environment, the blood that has been down to put on the ground in the direction of the foot also spreads in the body, blood volume of the head as the result will be many. By simulating the situation, adaptation is like accelerated by keeping the pre-shakedown training. First a little head will Innovation Bo, but I will get used immediately.
-
A transfer compartment was docked with SC Soyuz TMA-17M
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
A transfer compartment was docked with Soyuz TMA-17M transport manned vehicle in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-13_2.html
-
Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-17M and payload shroud roll were performed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft was performed.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-15.html
-
July 15, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-108
NASA Television Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch
The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch Wednesday, July 22. NASA Television will provide coverage of the launch and the crew’s arrival at the orbiting laboratory less than six hours later.
Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:02 p.m. EDT (3:02 a.m. Thursday, July 23 in Baikonur). NASA TV coverage will begin at 4 p.m.
The trio will ride to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which will rendezvous with the space station and dock after four orbits of Earth. Docking to the space station's Rassvet module will take place at 10:46 p.m. NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 10 p.m.
The crew will open the hatches between the Soyuz and the station around 12:25 a.m. Thursday, July 23. Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos, as well as Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, will greet Lindgren, Kononenko and Yui. NASA TV hatch opening coverage begins at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Lindgren, Kononenko and Yui will remain aboard the station until late December. Kelly and Kornienko, who have been aboard since March 27, will return to Earth in March 2016 at the end of their one-year mission. Padalka, who also has been aboard since March 27, will return to Earth in September, leaving Kelly in command of Expedition 45.
Together the six crew members will continue the several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science currently underway and scheduled to take place aboard humanity’s only orbital outpost.
For the full schedule of prelaunch, launch and docking coverage, as well as NASA TV schedules and video streaming information visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
Follow the space station crew members on social media at:
http://instagram.com/iss
and
http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
-
July 16, 2015 (JST)
New Launch Date and Time of Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut Kimiya Yui aboard for ISS Expedition 44/45 Long Stay Mission
As a result of the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) held at Houston, U.S.A, on July 15, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and partner agencies of the International Space Station (ISS) project officially decided the launch date and time for the
Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), which Astronaut Kimiya Yui will be onboard, as follows after confirming the safety and preparation status.
Astronaut Yui will stay at the International Space Station for about five months as a crewmember of the Expedition 44/45, and will return to Earth around December 22 on the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M.)
1. Launch time and date:
At 06:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (Japan Standard Time)
At 03:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (Baikonur Time)
At 00:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (Moscow Time)
2. Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.)
3. Expedition 44/45 Crewmembers:
Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (FSA, Russian Federal Space Agency)
Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui (JAXA)
Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgrean (NASA)
URL:
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2015/07/20150716_yui.html
National Research and Development Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
-
Expedition 44 - Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9511
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJc5ppaT4uw
-
A check inspection of the SC Soyuz TMA-17M was performed
July 17, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the assembly/test building (Oleg Dmitrievich KONONENKO (Roscosmos, Russia), Kimiya YUI (JAXA, Japan) and Kjell Norwood LINDGREN (NASA, USA)) and backup ( Yuri Ivanovich MALENCHENKO (Roscosmos, Russia), Timothy Lennart KOPRA (NASA, USA) and Timothy Nigel PEAKE (ESA, Great Britain)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-17M transportation manned spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-17.html
-
Orbital module of the LV Soyuz-FG with SC Soyuz TMA-17M was transported for the general integration with LV
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-17M manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-17_2.html
-
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3093
-
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M 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.federalspace.ru/21592/
-
Soyuz-FG was rolled out to the launch pad.
Photos:
https://twitter.com/DanNASA
https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake
-
Colonel Tim Kopra @astro_tim
At the rocket rollout -- what an awesome vehicle.
-
Tim Peake @astro_timpeake · Kazakhstan
TMA-17M standing proud. Fuelling occurs L-8hrs. The Soyuz will look mostly white then due to frosting (cryogenic LOX)
-
More photos from the employee of TV Roskosmos.
-
Roscosmos: "Soyuz-FG" with "Soyuz TMA-17M" delivered to launch complex
Today, July 20, 2015, in accordance with the decision of the State Commission at 04:00 MSK began exportation launch vehicle (LV), "Soyuz-FG" with transport manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" from the operations and checkout building site 112 at launch pad 1 ("Gagarin's Start").
After the operations verticalization ILV "Soyuz-FG" and information services farms starting calculations of rocket-space industry of Russia began work on the program of the first launch day.
Tomorrow, July 21, scheduled a meeting of the State Commission, which is based on the results of training cosmonauts and astronauts will adopt the main crew 44/45 Expedition to the International Space Station.
Start carrier rocket "Soyuz-FG" with transport manned ship "Soyuz TMA-17M" is scheduled in July 23 00:02:45 MSK. The ship will deliver into orbit Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Kjell Lindgren (NASA) and Kimiya Yui (JAXA).
http://www.federalspace.ru/21594/
-
LV Soyuz rollout to the launch pad
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-17M 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-17M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-20.html
-
And from TsENKI.
-
From NASA - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/sets/72157655697289879/
-
Roscosmos video of the roll-out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixTQ4WttCRo&feature=youtu.be&a
-
Expedition 44 - Crew’s Final Fit Check
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9518
-
https://youtu.be/ZHhgdc6-J_8
-
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3096
-
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=3096
Are we going to have a UK launch party for Chris??
-
https://youtu.be/Qo8cCAe9yu4
-
We have some problems..
http://www.interfax.ru/russia/455011 (in Russian)
10:56, 21 July 2015
They found problems during prelaunch testing rocket "Soyuz"
The launch, which will orbit a manned spacecraft with three crew members on board, was appointed on July 23; sending it to the crew delayed
Moscow. July 21. INTERFAX.RU - When checking the performance of systems rocket "Soyuz-FG" that July 23 should be put into orbit a manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" with an international crew of Russian Oleg Kononenko and astronauts Chela Lindgren (USA) and Kimii Yui (Japan ) revealed remarks, "Interfax" in the space industry.
"During the general tests rocket" Soyuz-FG "on the launch complex revealed remarks to the individual devices. Now the problem by specialists starting calculations," - said the agency.
The launch of "Soyuz-FG" with the manned spacecraft is scheduled for 00:02 GMT on July 23.
"Interfax" does not yet have an official comment on the situation the Russian Space Agency.
According to the source, to eliminate the comments will take a few hours. There will be additional checks. If necessary, start the rocket can be transferred to the backup date - the 24th of July.
Transfer start
This crew of "Union" was supposed to go into orbit on May 26, but due to the April crash truck "Progress", stayed on Earth.
The launch of "Soyuz-2.1a" with the cargo ship "Progress M-27M" held on April 28. However, after the undocking of the third stage and the truck with the "progress" has ceased to act telemetry. In the future, experts Mission Control Center (MCC) found that the ship opened two of the five antennas rendezvous system "course", and the truck was much higher than the calculated orbit.
MCC tried unsuccessfully to regain control of the "Progress", and the truck started spinning and uncontrollable decline. Later MCC stopped trying to regain control. "Progress" was burned up in the atmosphere on May 8th.
The accident "Progress" and the subsequent investigation have led to further changes in the schedule starts. In particular, the start of the spaceship "Soyuz TMA-17M" was moved from May 26 to July 23, and was at that time the crew of the ISS was delayed for a month, until 11 June.
A bad start "Progress" was not the only incident in the global space industry. Since June 28, the American truck Dragon was supposed to deliver to the ISS for about 2 tons of cargo, but the conclusions it into orbit rocket Falcon 9 exploded after launch.
-
Let's keep an eye on that situation. Also, and I'm sure it's been answered but I can't find it, are we back to a six hour rendezvous with this mission?
-
Let's keep an eye on that situation. Also, and I'm sure it's been answered but I can't find it, are we back to a six hour rendezvous with this mission?
Latest elements show ISS passing over Baikonur 3 minutes before the launch time so it certainly seems likely. Not sure if a delay will allow the 6 hour rendezvous though.
-
Let's keep an eye on that situation. Also, and I'm sure it's been answered but I can't find it, are we back to a six hour rendezvous with this mission?
Yes, this will be a 6 hour rendezvous mission.
-
We have some problems..
http://www.interfax.ru/russia/455011 (in Russian)
Tass smackdown on Interfax with Roscosmos denial. ;)
http://tass.ru/kosmos/2133465
Launch still on track.
-
Tass smackdown on Interfax with Roscosmos denial. ;)
http://tass.ru/kosmos/2133465
Launch still on track.
"Translation" for uninitiated - there was a problem, but it was either fixed, or in the process of being fixed and launch team is confident it would be fixed in time for launch.
-
The State Commission meeting
The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-17M were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.
Prime crew: Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-17M Commander; Kimiya Yui (JAXA, Japan), Soyuz TMA-17M Flight Engineer-1; Kjell Norwood Lindgren (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-17M Flight Engineer-2.
Backup crew: Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-17M Commander; Timothy Lennart Kopra (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-17M Flight Engineer-1; Timothy Nigel Peake (ESA, England), Soyuz TMA-17M 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-17M spacecraft to the ISS Orbital Complex is planned for July 23, 2015 at 00:02:45 a.m. Moscow time.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss44/photo_07-21.html
-
ROSCOSMOS: final press conference CREWS TPK "Soyuz TMA-17M" at Baikonur
Today, July 21, 2015, the crews of manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" 44/45 expedition to the International Space Station held a final press conference at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Crew members have confirmed the need for continued cooperation between the two countries in space exploration.
During the press conference, Oleg Kononenko said that the truck accident "Progress" in April this year has made adjustments not only in the training of astronauts, but also in the work of ground services. "The reasons clarified, made the necessary changes in the operation of the systems in charge of our security. Here, in Baikonur, we have trained twice in the "Soyuz", no problems have been identified. I think that everything will be nominally "- said KONONENKO.
He was supported by other members of the crew. Kimiya Yui noted that the "Soyuz" - a very reliable vehicle, and he is happy to be an astronaut. Kjell Lindgren added that Russian experts "once again very carefully checked all of the "Soyuz" after the accident "Progress".
American astronaut Kjell Lindgren noted that recently celebrated the anniversary of our country's mission of "Soyuz-Apollo". "I hope that the next 40 years we will also closely cooperate with Russia," - said Kjell Lindgren.
According to him, two and a half years preflight training Russia became his second home.
The launch of the spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-17M" is scheduled on July 23 at 00:02 MSK to "Gagarin's start" (site №1) Baikonur Cosmodrome.
http://www.federalspace.ru/21598/
-
Expedition 44 - Pre-Launch Crew News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9520
-
Moved for live coverage!!!!
-
Expedition 44 Crew Meets Officials And Reporters As Launch Approaches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IdKkLO-W_Q
-
Tim Peake:
Enforced post-lunch nap today... prime crew wakes in 5 hours to begin final preparations. Launch 03:02 local time #excited.
-
Tale of two patches: Soyuz crew launching to station pays tribute to Apollo.
July 22, 2015 — What is blue, gold and silver and links the final manned mission to launch to the moon with the next crew lifting off for the International Space Station on Wednesday (July 22)?
The Soyuz TMA-17M mission patch.
The emblem, which represents the 43rd crew to launch on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the space station, borrows its design from the insignia for NASA's Apollo 17 mission, launched 43 years ago.
"I am a big fan of the Apollo program and it would have been a pity not to use this coincidence between Soyuz 17 [M] and Apollo 17," Soyuz commander Oleg Konenenko, a cosmonaut with Russia's space agency Roscosmos, told collectSPACE. "So that is how this patch came about."
Read more: http://www.collectspace.com/…/news-072215a-soyuz-tm17m-patc…
(Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls / composite: collectSPACE)
-
Experiments planned for the Russian segment of ISS mention Gagarin From Space - Open amateur radio transmission of archive photos of Yuri Gagarin’s life and work. ( http://www.tsenki.com/en/launch_services/help_information/launch/2015/?EID=127263#tab-Experiments-link )
Anyone have more info on that?
-
Kjell Lindgren @astro_kjell ·
Training…check.
Equipment…check.
Rocket…check.
Press conference…check.
We are ready to fly!!
-
https://youtu.be/CWr8j0IkMfc
-
Five minutes ago...
-
More...
-
The State Commission gave the approval for the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket.
http://www.federalspace.ru/21602/ (http://www.federalspace.ru/21602/) (in Russian)
-
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq5ZB54FQek&feature=youtu.be&a
-
Article for this mission:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/07/soyuz-tma-17m-astronaut-trio-speedy-iss-trip/
-
TsENKI webcast has started
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Note the R2D2-doll as the 'weightlessness-indicator' in the top of the frame!
-
-
Note the R2D2-doll as the 'weightlessness-indicator' in the top of the frame!
Nice spot. Missed it first time around, but tweeted that and my Twitter just exploded. Prof. Brian Cox even RTed. :)
Everyone loves a Star Wars reference.
-
-
T-75 mins.
-
NASA feed about to start
-
started 66F
-
Now live.
-
some docking schedule
-
T-60 mins.
-
MCC-H ISS FCR shift change.
-
David St. Jaques in white and Doug Wheelock in blue on CAPCOM.
-
R2D2 gets the reference from PAO ;D
Not sure what the song is.
-
The earlier blessing - with Tim Peake in the background thinking "soon this will be my turn!"
-
a nice shot
-
retract
-
One of the journalists in the visiting rooms camera's shutter was really loud, and quite fast, bothered me.
-
Gantry fully retracted.
-
-
close up
-
T-23 mins.
-
LES has been activated and tested.
-
Just saw a LEGO Orion and ARM mockup in a promo video, neat.
-
T-12 mins.
-
T-10 mins.
-
For someone who's apparently spent his childhood in England, he has no sign of it in his accent.
-
7 min
& R2
-
Wow, Lunatic Fringe on the audio. Flashback to the '80s
-
Into autosequence.
-
T-4 mins. Purging the combustion chamber.
-
ISS flying overhead.
-
Tanks into press for flight.
-
T-120 seconds. Everyone grab launch shots. :)
-
Launch !!!
-
LAUNCH!!
-
-
MaxQ
-
Nominal first stage flight.
-
Staging. Booster sep.
-
4,000 mph.
-
the view inside
hold on R2
-
R2D2 is feeling the Gs.
-
Staging .
-
Staging. 2-3.
-
into 3rd stage...
-
Looks like the software in MCC-M has been upgraded.
-
Orbit!
-
3rd stage done.....sep
-
That went smoothly!
-
Second solar array needs manual deployment?
-
Only one solar array deployed?
-
Only one solar array deployed?
Yup. They're manually re-issuing the sep commands right now. Still waiting on the Kurs antennas as well.
-
Screen capture :
-
some views
-
uh oh.....
sounds like both deployed now....
-
Second array deployed.
EDIT: I think that's what she said.
-
Both arrays confirmed as deployed, if that translation is correct.
-
KURS testing is complete.
-
Nominal orbit.
-
some issues with the battery
sounds like everything is good to go ;)
-
Yep. PAO thinks he heard confirmation too. And confirmation they are good to go on the short profile, so under six hours to docking.
-
Everything is nominal
So good to hear that. I haven't been this nervous about a launch since the STS-114 RTF mission.
-
Cool. So see you all back here for this:
-
Congratulations to the launch and ground teams, and to Chris and company for the great job! Thanks and hope the guys have a good one! ;D
-
Expedition 44 - Interview with NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9522
Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-17M Pre-launch Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9523
Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-17M Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9524
-
Congratulations :-) !!!
Exact launch time - 21:02:44.618 UTC.
-
Expedition 44 Launches to the Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=21&v=WbQbt2PfOvA
-
Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-17M Launch Replays
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9525
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwMPLhGEdsg
-
ISS Cosmonauts just checked in with Moscow who reported one solar array did NOT deploy (plane 4?) but the 4 orbit rendezvous is still a go.
-
ISS Cosmonauts just checked in with Moscow who reported one solar array did NOT deploy (plane 4?) but the 4 orbit rendezvous is still a go.
SFN twitter feed is reporting NASA confirmation of the non deployment
-
ISS Cosmonauts just checked in with Moscow who reported one solar array did NOT deploy (plane 4?) but the 4 orbit rendezvous is still a go.
Plane 4 is one of the segments of the solar arrays. I believe that is the most outboard segment.
-
Moscow confirmed plane 4 did not deploy. Requesting multiple photos of that array during approach.
-
Plane 4 is one of the segments of the solar arrays. I believe that is the most outboard segment
There are two solar arrays on Soyuz spacecraft: one on the starboard side (plane 2) and one - on the port side (plane 4).
-
Plane 4 is one of the segments of the solar arrays. I believe that is the most outboard segment
There are two solar arrays on Soyuz spacecraft: one on the starboard side (plane 2) and one - on the port side (plane 4).
So the different planes refer to the different sides of the spacecraft and not the segments of the solar arrays?
-
Moscow confirmed plane 4 did not deploy. Requesting multiple photos of that array during approach.
And not the first time this has happened, TMA-14M also had the same issue until it docked and the force of the contact knocked free the stuck array:
-
So the different planes refer to the different sides of the spacecraft and not the segments of the solar arrays?
Yes.
-
And not the first time this has happened, TMA-14M also had the same issue until it docked and the force of the contact knocked free the stuck array:
Going back further in history, Soyuz-1 and Soyuz T-9 failed to deploy one of their solar arrays in 1967 and 1983 (they remained stuck throughout the mission). This would appear to be the fourth such malfunction in Soyuz history.
-
Was anything more said of the battery problem? They were rushing that conversation before LOS.
-
25 mins to docking coverage.
-
Was anything more said of the battery problem? They were rushing that conversation before LOS.
I suppose we will see soon enough when Soyuz gets close to the station.
-
Live docking coverage time.
-
-
45 mins to docking.
-
-
Upcoming config
-
-
Waiting Tally Ho.
-
like 9 miles out, everything on the station up and running
-
Left to right Doug Wheelock, Kathy Bolt, Dina Contella, Zeb Schoville (sp?).
-
I believe he reads NSF :)
-
Soyuz has tally ho on ISS.
-
Pretty pictures.
-
iss still looking far away
ahhh talking the es ka dah activation......
-
I believe he reads NSF :)
Was going to mention that - referring to Ronsmytheii's post about TMA-14M.
-
Burn underway.
Edit: and complete.
-
Aussies below.
-
1.5 km.
-
better
-
interesting vibration when thruster fires
-
Last impulse burn complete.
-
Can't really make out the array and lack thereof yet.
-
Bit better view.
-
Can now.
-
there she is....
-
Coming up on flyaround.
-
Into the flyaround.
-
-
Orbital sunset in 10 min.
-
-
poor thing not fully deployed
-
Poor Soyuz.
-
That radiator panel on the Station looks a bit worse than previously too.
-
Rolling to align.
-
in roll
-
A lot of movement back and fourth.
-
-
wow all over the place on the views
-
OK they are getting it lined up now.
-
Be interesting to see if the contact shakes the array loose--didn't that happen once before?
Edit--thanks ronsmytheiii...
any operations/mission duration implications if it does not deploy?
-
Final approach.
-
100 meters.
-
finals
-
20 meters.
-
any operations/mission duration implications if it does not deploy?
None. Soyuz/Progress are powered by the station when docked.
-
-
Docking confirmed!
-
docking and cap
-
Sounds like the array deployed at 5 meters ???
-
Seems/sounds like some comm issues. Are they relaying through Baikonur?
-
I heard a translated comment about the array deploying, but nothing from NASA. The translator got it wrong after sep, so let's wait.
-
Sounds like the array deployed at 5 meters ???
Nice timing. And in darkness yet.
-
Heh! Visual sighting of both arrays deployed! :)
-
Heh! Visual sighting of both arrays deployed! :)
Good deal--thruster firings suffice!
-
Ok guys, if we could perhaps grab some hatch opening images that would be great. I've got to head off.
-
Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-17M Docking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9526
Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-17M Post-launch Interviews
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9527
-
a visitor
-
15 min to hatch,
some delays
-
Launch photos from Roscosmos.
-
ISS
-
Gennady has opened the hatch of the Rassvet module.
-
HATCH OPEN!
-
-
all in now.....
-
-
-
-
Fruit :)) !
-
Scott and Mikael get to go through a couple more of these! Event concludes.
-
The end of the broadcast.
-
Expedition 44 Crew Docks To The International Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7ybMx_F-4
New Crew Joins Expedition 44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLf-g2GP1I
-
Another video of the roll-out (yesterday you could see in the broadcast).
-
July 23, 2015 (JST)
Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut Kimiya Yui aboard
The Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) launched the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), which astronaut Kimiya Yui is aboard, as follows. The Soyuz has been injected into the scheduled orbit.
Launch Date/Time:
06:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (JST)
03:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (Kazakhstan Time)
Launch Location:
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS):
11:46 a.m. on July 23, 2015 (JST)
05:46 a.m. on July 23, 2015 (Moscow Standard Time)
Crewmembers:
Oleg Kononenko (FSA)
Kimiya Yui (JAXA)
Kjell Lindgren (NASA)
Reference links for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/yui/
URL:
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2015/07/20150723_43s.html
==========================================================
July 23, 2015 (JST)
Astronaut Yui Starts the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Mission
Astronaut Kimiya Yui, who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) by the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), has begun his long-duration stay as the 44th and 45th expedition crew member. He will remain onboard the ISS for about five months until
returning to the ground on the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) in December 2015.
Docking Date/Time:
11:45 a.m. on July 23 2015 (JST)
05:45 a.m. on July 23 2015 (Moscow Standard Time)
Hatch Open Date/Time:
01:56 p.m. on July 23 2015 (JST)
07:56 a.m. on July 23 2015 (Moscow Standard Time)
Reference links for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/yui/
Comment by JAXA President
Astronaut Yui Commences his Long-Duration Mission on the ISS
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2015/07/20150723_expedition.html#president
URL:
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2015/07/20150723_expedition.html
-
July 23, 2015
RELEASE 15-155
Launch, Docking Returns International Space Station Crew to Full Strength
Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and Japan have arrived at the International Space Station to continue important research that advances NASA's journey to Mars while making discoveries that can benefit all of humanity.
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:02 p.m. EDT Wednesday (3:02 a.m., Thursday, July 23 in Baikonur) and docked at the station at 10:45 p.m., after orbiting Earth four times. Hatches between the two spacecraft will open at about 12:25 a.m. Thursday, July 23.
The arrival of Lindgren, Kononenko and Yui returns the station's crew complement to six. The three join Expedition 44 commander Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and flight engineers Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, who have been aboard the complex since March 27. During more than five months on humanity’s only microgravity laboratory, the Expedition 44 crew members will conduct more than 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences, and technology development.
Lindgren, Kononenko and Yui will remain aboard the station until late December. The station will host nine crew members for 10 days in September during a Soyuz taxi flight that includes Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov and Denmark’s first astronaut Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency. At the end of the handover, Mogensen and Padalka will return to Earth in the Soyuz launched in March, leaving Kelly in command of Expedition 45.
Shortly thereafter on Sept. 15, Kelly and Kornienko will reach the halfway point of their one-year mission to advance understanding of the medical and psychological challenges astronauts face during long duration spaceflight, in addition to developing countermeasures that would reverse those effects. The pair will return to Earth in March 2016 after 342 cumulative days living in space.
Expedition 44 crew members are expected to be the first to harvest and eat crops grown aboard the station, another necessary advance for astronauts traveling on deep space missions. Astronauts will be allowed to eat half of the second crop of lettuce in the Veggie investigation, freezing the other half for a return to Earth where scientists will analyze the plants and compare them to a control set grown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
While a favorite pastime for astronauts aboard the station is photography, these crew members will take moon imagery that also will help calibrate navigation software on the Orion spacecraft. Crew members will photograph the moon’s phases during one 29-day cycle, providing images of varying brightness to calibrate Orion’s camera software to guide the spacecraft in case its transponder-based navigation capability is lost.
Ongoing research on the station also includes the Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space (OASIS) study to examine the behavior of liquid crystals in microgravity. This investigation may shine light on how microgravity affects the ability of liquid crystals to act like both a liquid and a solid. Liquid crystals are used in television and laptop screens, watches and clocks, and a variety of other electronics with flat panel displays. Studying them in microgravity may help researchers design better liquid crystal display devices on Earth. Engineers also could use certain types of liquid crystals in small screens applied directly to the face shields in future space helmets, enabling astronauts to easily view the small screens and read important information during a spacewalk.
The crew members also are scheduled to receive several cargo spacecraft – including the fifth Japanese HTV resupply flight and two Russian Progress resupply missions – each delivering tons of food, fuel, supplies and research. Russian crew members are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk for station maintenance and upgrades in August.
The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that enables us to demonstrate new technologies and make research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. It has been continuously occupied since November 2000 and, since then, has been visited by more than 200 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next giant leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
To follow activities on orbit, visit the space station Facebook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/ISS
Follow the crew members and the station on Twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/nasa_astronauts
and
http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
Follow the station on Instagram at:
https://instagram.com/iss/
-
Expedition 44 - Soyuz TMA-17M Hatch Opening and Other Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9528
-
Scott Kelly @StationCDRKelly
New #ISSCrew arrival. The other solar array snuck out between my taking this photo and docking. #YearInSpace
-
Expedition 44 Crew Opens Hatch And Enters The International Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJExh5U77c
-
http://www.energia.ru/ru/iss/iss44/photo_07-23.html
-
Roscosmos video of the launch
[youtube]sLyHStr-He8[/youtube]
-
Video from GCTC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmz39a044kI
-
After docking they showed a short replay of the array deploying. It is hidden behind soyuz's light, so I couldn't see it the first time, but I found the moment in the replay. It swings down below the craft counterclockwise from the left, and then rebounds clockwise.
Go to 1:56:05
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/68419619
I did notice a slight roll and correction during the live docking as seen from the soyuz camera - I'm guessing it was the array deploying.
-
First good view of the PMM in its new location on Node 3 Forward.
-
At one point during the docking approach, I think Soyuz was about 100 meters or so out from ISS (after the supposed fly-around), I heard a flurry of difficult-to-follow conversation that included the statement that some specific system was activated, and I wondered, does this mean they've turned off KURS and are doing a manual docking? This was immediately preceded by a lot of nodding back-and-forth movement of the ISS in the Soyuz's image of it, and was followed by a translated comment that "it would take nerves of steel to dock that way," as best I could understand it. (I am very certain of the "nerves of steel" portion, as one of my roommates looked up from his book and said "Nerves of steel to do what?")
Anyone have any idea what that was all about?
-
View of Soyuz TMA-17M from the ground; an hour before docking.
-
Anyone have any idea what that was all about?
Recently a part of Kurs system inside Zarya module was replaced. And then there were problems with testing of new component. Problems were resolved. But it was the first docking to Rassvet module after replacing a part of Kurs system inside Zarya module. And a flight director of ISS Russian segment Vladimir Solovyov tells Oleg Kononenko that in case of problems with new part there can be manual docking which he should be prepare to. He said: "I know, Oleg, that there should be nerves of steel to dock that way" But all was okay, and docking was in automatic mode.
-
There are info about the cause of not opening solar panel ?
-
There are info about the cause of not opening solar panel ?
The cause of PE with a solar battery "Soyuz" will be called before the next start
http://ria.ru/maks/20150826/1207860982.html
Google translate.
It is the entry of foreign objects into the lock that holds the solar panel,
-
Will it be December 11 or December 22 when TMA-17M lands?
-
Will it be December 11 or December 22 when TMA-17M lands?
At ~13:09 UTC on December 11.
-
Will it be December 11 or December 22 when TMA-17M lands?
At ~13:09 UTC on December 11.
When was it revised from the 22nd?
NASA had been say recently that there would be another 9p crew on station for the week Dec 15-22nd~.
-
When was it revised from the 22nd?
The revised plan was officially signed a week ago, unofficially it was known about half of month ago.
-
About how long before landing will TMA-17M undock from the station?
-
About how long before landing will TMA-17M undock from the station?
According to anik´s schedule undocking is planned for 09.47 UTC and landing 13.10 UTC.
-
Thanks.