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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: jacqmans on 06/06/2015 02:29 pm
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NSF Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/station-trio-soyuz-tma-15m/
June 05, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-088
NASA Television to Air Return of Three Space Station Crew Members
NASA astronaut Terry Virts with crewmates Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
After more than six months of performing scientific research and technology demonstrations in space, three International Space Station crew members are scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory Thursday, June 11. NASA Television will provide coverage of their station departure and return to Earth.
Coverage begins at 10:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 10, when Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA hands over command of the space station to cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).
At 6:20 a.m. the following day, Virts and Flight Engineers Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the space station and land in Kazakhstan at 9:43 a.m. (7:43 p.m. Kazakh time).
Their return wraps up 199 days in space, during which they traveled more than 84 million miles since their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 24. Their return date was delayed four weeks to allow Roscosmos to investigate the cause of the loss of the unpiloted Progress 59 cargo ship in late April.
NASA Television will broadcast departure and landing activities at the following times:
Wednesday, June 10
•10:40 a.m. - Change of command ceremony in which Virts hands over station command to Padalka
Thursday, June 11
•2:30 a.m. - Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure scheduled for 2:55 a.m.)
•6 a.m. - Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 6:20 a.m.)
•8:30 a.m. - Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn scheduled at 8:51 a.m., with landing at 9:43 a.m.)
•noon. - Video File of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
•10 p.m. - Video File of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interviews with Virts and Cristoforetti in Kazakhstan
When the Virts, Shkaplerov and Cristoforetti land in Kazakhstan Thursday, Virts will have logged 212 days in space on two flights, the first of which was on space shuttle mission STS-130 in 2010. Shkaplerov will have spent 364 days in space on two flights, the first of which was on Expedition 29/30 in 2011. This was Cristoforetti’s first flight into space.
Expedition 44 formally begins aboard the station, under the command of Padalka, when the Soyuz undocks. He and crewmates Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos will operate the station until the arrival of NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, who are scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan in July.
Kelly and Kornienko are spending one year in space, twice the typical mission duration, to provide researchers the opportunity to learn more about the medical, psychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts during long duration spaceflight.
For the NASA TV schedule and coordinate information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Our Soyuz, time to wake her up
Here she is, our Soyuz. It's been sleeping for over 6 months, it's time to wake her up. On Monday: thrusters test.
Credit: ESA/NASA
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Our Soyuz, time to wake her up
Here she is, our Soyuz. It's been sleeping for over 6 months, it's time to wake her up. On Monday: thrusters test.
Not to nitpick, but in Russian the Soyuz (and Progress) is he, not she :)
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There has been some hitch while waking him up.
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.federalspace.ru%2F21530%2F
http://www.federalspace.ru/21530/
While testing the vehicle for departure an unintended burn of the Soyuz engine occured. There was a minor change of the ISS position. The situation is under control and an investigation of the reasons is under way.
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That's been picked up by at least one national newspaper over here in the UK so far. Not the kind of publicity the station could do with.
But probably closer to things here's RT's piece.
http://rt.com/news/266146-soyuz-iss-thrusters-misfire/
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In the Soyuz, getting ready for landing
Yesterday Terry, Anton and I spent some quality time in the Soyuz getting ready for landing!
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Moved for live coverage.
Please note the thruster fun is covered in the ISS update section.
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The crew checked in for a "very" early DPC in their words so they are starting the process for departure. No issues impacting departure were mentioned.
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Soyuz cargo loading complete with no issues
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NASA PAO talking about Soyuz re-entry with Barry Wilmore (who returned March 2015 on TMA-14M). A reference to Mr Toad's Wild Ride. Not sure if he meant Wind in the Willows, or Disneyland.
Didn't catch the coverage schedule on screen, but based on the website:2:30 a.m., Thursday, June 11 - ISS Expedition 43 Farewells and Hatch Closure Coverage (hatch closure scheduled at appx. 2:55 a.m. ET) (all channels)
6 a.m., Thursday, June 11 - ISS Expedition 43/Soyuz TMA-15M Undocking Coverage (undocking scheduled at 6:20 a.m. ET) (all channels)
8:30 a.m., Thursday, June 11 - ISS Expedition 43/Soyuz TMA-15M Deorbit Burn and Landing Coverage (Landing scheduled at 9:43 a.m. ET) (all channels)
Hatch closure in less than an hour from now?
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Expedition 43 Hands Over the Space Station to Expedition 44
The reins of the International Space Station were passed from NASA’s Terry Virts to Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) during a ceremony on the orbital outpost on June 10. Virts will return to Earth on June 11 in the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) to wrap up more than six months in orbit. Padalka, who became the first four-time commander of the station, remains on board with Scott Kelly of NASA, and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, who are in the midst of a year-long mission on the complex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXjwiopT9Y
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Soyuz TMA-15M crew farewell and hatch closure. NASA TV coverage starting.
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MCC-Korolyov
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Landing Events
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Landing site
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ISS live view.
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Selfie :D !
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Soyuz TMA-15M
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The hatch of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is closed.
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The hatch of the Rassvet Module is closed.
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Expedition 43 - Farewells and Hatch Closure
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9446
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Morning folk! So we're about 30 mins from NASA TV undocking coverage.
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And live:
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Live coverage has begun:
Sir Rob of Navias commentating.
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The Soyuz DM Crew Seating
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Hooks to drive in 60 seconds.
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Soyuz view.
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Undocking confirmed!
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Physical separation!
Undocking confirmed!
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Great views!
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First sep burn complete.
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Article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/station-trio-soyuz-tma-15m/
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Second burn complete.
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2.5 hours to the deorbit burn.
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HDEV:
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Warm temps in the landing area.
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Pre-sunset landing.
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Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-15M Undocking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9447
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Scott Kelly @StationCDRKelly
Fair winds and following seas to my good friends @AstroTerry, @AstroSamantha, and @AntonAstrey. #YearInSpace
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Now for the business end.
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Under 20 mins to the deorbit burn.
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10 mins to the burn. NASA TV reviewing what we've already watched.
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Scott Kelly with some great words. Far less formal than usual, clearly got on really well with each other.
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Five minutes to what will be a 4 mins 40 second burn.
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Recovery choppers are now powering up.
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Engine covers open. Deorbit burn is underway!
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Engine provides acceleration of 0.46 m/s^2 (~0.05G)
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Nominal so far.
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Burn complete!
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And just dropped comms, as expected.
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Ustream is as choppy as the comms at the moment.
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Yeah, UStream is a bad joke these days.
All nominal with the entry so far.
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Coming up on module separation.
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30 mins to landing.
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Module sep!
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Riding through the plasma.
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Choppers are circling the landing site.
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18 mins to landing.
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If someone can get some nice res shots of Soyuz under chutes - when they become available, I'd appreciate it for the article on site. I'm not getting much joy from this crappy Ustream feed.
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Comms re-established! This one has been really good for the comms.
Standing by for chutes.
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If someone can get some nice res shots of Soyuz under chutes - when they become available, I'd appreciate it for the article on site. I'm not getting much joy from this crappy Ustream feed.
Try this stream on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyMOYHiatos
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4Gs max G-load
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Chutes! Sam Cheers! ;D
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We see them!
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nice live feed of the deployed chute
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Few more minutes to go.
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NTV: "... as the crew is returning after a bonus month on orbit" :D
~5 minutes to touchdown.
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chopper TAKING A LOOK
now Soyuz is home
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TOUCHDOWN!
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Those soft landing engines really give the illusion that it burst into flames after touchdown.
Congrats on a great mission!
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View in Houston.
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Pick the camera up! ;)
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Great landing!
But I'm going to miss Samantha and her updates. She's so sweet...and incredibly talented. I've learned much of the ISS operations through her blogs from pre-launch to now. Here's hoping she joins another Expedition, boosts her endurance time, and gets to be a Dragonrider. Congrats to Roscosmos and NASA.
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Ladder....means they landed upright.
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And there we are!
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Hatch open.
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Out they come.
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Like a boss!
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"- I'm traumatologist. Do you have any complaints?
- No, nothing at all! I feel great!"
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Sam's out!
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Samantha is out. She went straight into setting a new record for longest time spent in space in a single mission.
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Terry's thumbs up!
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"Yeah, I just popped into space for a bit. What's for dinner?" He's so relaxed!
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Terry: "I've made it!" :)
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Most relaxed crew I can remember after a Soyuz landing.
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Off to the medical tents.
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Replay from chopper!
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Shaky, but cool.
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Welcome home to the crew, and congrats to the teams that got them there and back!
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Replay of before the crew was extracted.
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Waving.....
(There's always some Russian guy shouting. Not sure if it's a Russian thing to shout at people! ;D )
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There's the most obvious battle scar.
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And that's coverage ending. Congrats on a successful return!
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Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-15M Landing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9448
Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-15M Landing Replay
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9449
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Welcome home, Anton, Sam and Terry :) ! Congratulations!
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Thanks for the coverage guys. Glad they're back safe on Terra Firma.
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June 11, 2015
RELEASE 15-120
Expedition 43 Crew Departs Space Station, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
ISS Expedition 43 returns to Earth
Three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth Thursday after a 199-day mission that included several spacewalks, technology demonstrations, and hundreds of scientific experiments spanning multiple disciplines, including human and plant biology.
Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA, Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) touched down at 9:44 a.m. EDT (7:44 p.m., Kazakh time), southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
During their time aboard the orbiting laboratory, the crew members participated in a variety of research activities focusing on the effects of microgravity on cells, Earth observation, physical science, and biological and molecular science. Their research included the start of a one-year study into human health management over long-duration space travel with the March arrival of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko – the One-Year Crew.
The team members welcomed three cargo spacecraft during their stay on station. One Russian ISS Progress cargo vehicle docked to the station in February carrying tons of supplies, and Virts assisted with grapple and connection of two SpaceX Dragon deliveries in January and April -- the company's fifth and sixth NASA-contracted commercial resupply missions.
In preparation for the arrival of U.S. commercial crew vehicles, Virts ventured outside the station for three planned spacewalks to make adjustments for new International Docking Adapters (IDA) that can accommodate the spacecraft. The first IDA is scheduled to arrive on SpaceX’s seventh commercial resupply flight later this month.
The crew also had the opportunity to participate in the demonstration of new, cutting-edge technologies such as the Synthetic Muscle experiment, a test of a new polymer that contracts and expands similar to real muscle. This technology has the potential for future use on robots, enabling them to perform tasks that require considerable dexterity but are too dangerous to be performed by humans in space.
The crew engaged in a number of biological studies, including one investigation to better understand the risks of in-flight infections and another studying the effects microgravity has on bone health during long-duration spaceflight. The Micro-5 study used a small roundworm and a microbe that causes food poisoning in humans to study the risk of infectious diseases in space, which is critical for ensuring crew health, safety and performance during long-duration missions. The Osteo-4 study investigated bone loss in space, which has applications not only for astronauts on long-duration missions, but also for people on Earth affected by osteoporosis and other bone disorders.
The returning crew members will celebrate individual milestones in their space exploration careers. With the completion of his second mission, Virts now has spent 212 days in space. Shkaplerov, having completed his second long-duration mission on the station, has spent 364 days in space. Cristoforetti set a new record for single mission duration by a female astronaut with 199 days in space on her first flight, surpassing NASA astronaut Suni Williams’ previous record of 195 days as a flight engineer on Expeditions 14 and 15 from December 2006 to June 2007.
Expedition 44 now is operating the station with Roscosmos’ Gennady Padalka in command. Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, are continuing station research and operations until three new crewmates arrive. Kelly and Kornienko are on the first joint U.S.-Russian one-year mission, an important stepping stone on NASA’s journey to Mars.
NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Roscosmos’ Oleg Kononenko and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui are scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan in late July.
For more information on the International Space Station and its crews, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For b-roll and other media resources, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews
For breaking news and features, follow the station on Twitter using @Space_Station. On Monday, June 15 at 5 p.m., the account and @usairforce will send a link for a live Periscope event the U.S. Air Force is hosting, enabling Virts to continue to tell the world about his mission now that he is back on Earth.
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Crew of spacecraft Soyuz TMA-15M returned to Earth
June 11, 2015
The descent vehicle of spacecraft Soyuz TMA-15M carrying the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 42/43 crew made a successful landing 148 km to the South East of Dzhezkazgan (Kazakhstan). The touch-down occurred at 16:43 Moscow Time. The crew consists of Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, as well as NASA astronaut Terry Virts.
The manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-15M built by RSC Energia was launched to the ISS using Soyuz-FG launch vehicle on November 24, 2014 from the Baikonur launch site.
During the Increment cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov took part in operations with Russian transport cargo vehicles "Progress М-М", European logistics spacecraft ATV and supported docking of manned spacecraft "Soyuz ТМА-16М" to the Station. During the ISS mission А. Shkaplerov performed about 50 applied scientific investigations and experiments, photo and video imagery of the ISS.
Until the arrival of participants in the next expedition to the ISS, the station will be manned by the crew consisting of Gennady Padalka (Roscosmos), Mikhail Kornienko (Roscosmos) and Scott Kelly (NASA).
The manned transportation spacecraft (MTS) of a new series "Soyuz TMA-M" developed and built by RSC Energia is an upgraded version of Soyuz TMA. New devices of the motion control and navigation system, advanced onboard measurement system are installed in the spacecraft. All devices are manufactured using modern electronic-component base and completed with the latest software. As a result of the spacecraft upgrade the onboard hardware mass was reduced, and thus the payload ascent capacities were advanced.
The spacecraft is designed to deliver crews of up to three crewmembers and associated cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and return them to Earth. While being docked to the ISS, "Soyuz TMA-M" serves as a crew rescue vehicle and is maintained in a constant readiness for urgent crew descent to Earth. This may be necessary in the event of an emergency situation aboard the station, illness or injury of any of the crew members.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss42/news_06-11.html
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Some landing pics (credit: Roscosmos facebook)
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(There's always some Russian guy shouting. Not sure if it's a Russian thing to shout at people! ;D )
Almost any talk on the language unknown to you sounds like shouting.
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Congratulations to all. But a special mention of Samantha who made me watch a lot about the ISS. I have a weak side for the Italian astronauts. Probably because I share the passport and understand the language :-)
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Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-15M Post-Landing Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9452
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EXPEDITION 42/43 CREW RETURNS TO HOUSTON
Published on Jun 12, 2015
NASA astronaut Terry Virts and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti returned to Houston, Texas, June 12. They and their crewmember, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, landed in Kazakhstan June 11 at 8:44 a.m. CDT after spending 199 days in space.
https://youtu.be/wKGnJtxPBk8
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EXPEDITION 42/43 CREW RETURNS TO HOUSTON
Published on Jun 12, 2015
NASA astronaut Terry Virts and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti returned to Houston, Texas, June 12. They and their crewmember, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, landed in Kazakhstan June 11 at 8:44 a.m. CDT after spending 199 days in space.
Impressively steady on their feet already. The exercise program is really showing its merit.
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Green bananas :o
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, pictured on her first morning in her temporary Houston yesterday, says: "Enjoying sounds, smells, flavours of Earth. Doing great, but gravity is tough!" Her t-shirt reads #GravityGetsMeDown
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Green bananas :o
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, pictured on her first morning in her temporary Houston yesterday, says: "Enjoying sounds, smells, flavours of Earth. Doing great, but gravity is tough!" Her t-shirt reads #GravityGetsMeDown
To each their own...I hate it when they start to go brown (even the slighest). I can only tolerate a mild banana flavour.
But full credit to her for her love of Mangos! Yumm.
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I love that shirt.
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Green bananas :o
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, pictured on her first morning in her temporary Houston yesterday, says: "Enjoying sounds, smells, flavours of Earth. Doing great, but gravity is tough!" Her t-shirt reads #GravityGetsMeDown
To each their own...I hate it when they start to go brown (even the slighest). I can only tolerate a mild banana flavour.
But full credit to her for her love of Mangos! Yumm.
Ditto! (on both counts)
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High-res (TsPK) video of landing day activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slr_szNPcTs
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Soyuz TMA-15M landing, view from inside the capsule.
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/635733376834629632
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Why are there two impacts? I thought the soft landing rockets firing and then landing would almost blend into one 'bang', but these are one second apart.
Do the rockets actually propel the capsule up a tiny bit, and then it falls back down?
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I see that and it does look rough, but then you read about Boris Volynov on Soyuz 5 and his reentry, losing some teeth on the landing. Wow.
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Re: Awesome footage of a Soyuz landing from inside. (https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/635733376834629632)
Why are there two impacts? I thought the soft landing rockets firing and then landing would almost blend into one 'bang', but these are one second apart.
Do the rockets actually propel the capsule up a tiny bit, and then it falls back down?
Insightful question. I figured that the first jolt was the ignition of the solid landing engines and the second was the landing itself, but if the landing engines really fire at only one meter above the ground (per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_%28spacecraft%29#Reentry_Capsule)) then one second between events does sound way too long.
Responding to "so is that the retros firing and then the capsule hitting dirt?", Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro (https://twitter.com/Thom_astro)) said "That's what it is indeed", but question and answer were not really specific enough to explain things.
Do we know if the total impulse of the landing engines is enough to bring the capsule to a complete halt.
~Kirk
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Soyuz TMA-15M landing, view from inside the capsule.
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/635733376834629632
Anton Shkaplerov @AntonAstrey · Aug 24
@Thom_astro Why not?
:D