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LIVE Soyuz TMA-8 launch - March 30
by
anik
on 22 Dec, 2005 19:47
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Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft (11F732 No. 218) will be delivered on Baikonur cosmodrome on January 30, 2006 and will be launched by Soyuz-FG rocket (11A511U-FG No. 018) on March 22, 2006...
Current Soyuz TMA-8 prime crew: Pavel Vinogradov (Russia) - Jeffrey Williams (USA) - Marcos Pontes (Brazil)
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#1
by
anik
on 02 Jan, 2006 09:38
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#2
by
anik
on 11 Jan, 2006 17:00
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Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft will be delivered on the Baikonur cosmodrome on January 26...
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#3
by
anik
on 13 Jan, 2006 15:28
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#4
by
anik
on 18 Jan, 2006 17:00
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MCC-M expert told me yesterday that the launch of Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft is postponed from March 22 to March 30…
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#5
by
anik
on 19 Jan, 2006 14:34
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Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft will be launched approximately at 02:30 UTC on March 30...
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#6
by
anik
on 24 Jan, 2006 15:06
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Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft will dock to Zvezda module approximately at 04:15 UTC on April 1... Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft will land at ~23:40 UTC on April 8...
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#7
by
SMS
on 24 Jan, 2006 17:32
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#8
by
Davros
on 25 Jan, 2006 03:59
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So very cool pictures
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#9
by
anik
on 01 Feb, 2006 20:07
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Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft will be delivered on the Baikonur cosmodrome on February 10...
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#10
by
Chris Bergin
on 01 Feb, 2006 20:21
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Is it a new thing to have images of the Moon and Mars in the crew image? I wonder if they are making a point about the ISS' importance towards the VSE and Russian bids to exploration!
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#11
by
anik
on 08 Feb, 2006 19:46
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The Vinogradov's call-sign is "Karat"...
Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov will be officially confirmed as the Marcos Pontes's backup on the Russian Interdepartmental Commission on February 13-14...
The Expedition 13 crew will take examinations on March 9-10...
The program of Marcos Pontes's flight is named "The Century Mission" ("Missao Centenario" in Portuguese language)...
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#12
by
SMS
on 09 Feb, 2006 19:42
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[img=http://mosnews.com/files/13520/astro.jpg]
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#13
by
anik
on 10 Feb, 2006 19:43
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Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft was delivered on the Baikonur cosmodrome today!...
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#14
by
anik
on 18 Feb, 2006 19:19
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Next week independent and complex Soyuz TMA-8's tests will be completed... Then it will arrive in the unechoed chamber...
In the beginning of March Soyuz TMA-8 will be placed in a pressure chamber for pneumovacuum tests...
Prime and backup Soyuz TMA-8's crews should arrive on Baikonur cosmodrome from Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) on March 19... The training of crews in the spacecraft is planned on March 20...
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#15
by
anik
on 01 Mar, 2006 18:52
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The complex tests of Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft was completed today...
Now Soyuz TMA-8 prepares for transportation into unechoed chamber, where spacecraft’s radio systems will be checked…
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#16
by
anik
on 04 Mar, 2006 09:55
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The Yurchikhin's call-sign is "Olimp"...
The post of Marcos Pontes will be "spaceflight participant" during his spaceflight (from March 30 till April
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#17
by
anik
on 06 Mar, 2006 16:39
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Soyuz TMA-8 was transported into the pressure chamber on March 4... Pneumovacuum tests of spacecraft in the pressure chamber are planned till March 8...
Preparation of Soyuz TMA-8 is very intense... Roskosmos's specialists work on the Baikonur cosmodrome in two shifts without days off...
P.S.: Venezuela wants to send its astronaut on ISS, but this flight is impossible earlier than autumn of 2008...
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#18
by
anik
on 10 Mar, 2006 14:37
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Spacecraft was returned from the pressure chamber yesterday after successful tests for leak tightness...
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#19
by
SMS
on 10 Mar, 2006 20:19
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