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#40 by Rocket Guy on 29 Mar, 2006 13:00
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Correcting my dumb earlier post:
And if it isn't too early to celebrate, tomorrows flight of Expedition 13 will mark the 100th Russian orbital flight, so good luck to them!
Pontes will become the 440th person to orbit the Earth; and the 443rd to travel beyond 100km in altitude.
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#41 by MartianBase on 29 Mar, 2006 14:52
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More info on Marcos César Pontes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Pontes
scheduled to be the first Brazilian to go into space. -
#42 by Chris Bergin on 29 Mar, 2006 15:20
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Launch preview: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4400
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#43 by anik on 29 Mar, 2006 17:09
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March 29, 2006 -- Baikonur Cosmodrome
http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/iss/iss13/photo_03-29.html
"A meeting of the State Board was held at which the Soyuz TMA-8 and ISS-13 prime and backup crews were approved, as well as a decision was made to continue the Soyuz-FG/Soyuz TMA-8 rocket & space complex processing for filling and launch within the scheduled time – on March 30, 2006, at 6:30 a.m. Moscow time [03:30 a.m. UK time - anik note]"
GOOD LUCK, PAVEL, JEFFREY AND MARCOS!!!
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#44 by John44 on 29 Mar, 2006 18:28
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Video Expedition 13 update of March 29
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=1
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#45 by Chris Bergin on 29 Mar, 2006 20:30
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-048
NASA TV COVERS SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING OF SPACE STATION CREWS
The launch of the next International Space Station expedition and
return of the current crew airs on NASA TV during two weeks of
coverage in March and April. Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov
and Flight Engineer and NASA station science officer Jeff Williams
launch tonight at 9:30 p.m. EST, on a Soyuz spacecraft from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Two days later, they dock with the station to begin a six-month stay.
For launch, they will be accompanied by Brazilian Space Agency
astronaut Marcos Pontes. He will spend eight days on the station
under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur, Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev
and Pontes will return to Earth at approximately 7:46 p.m. EDT, April
8. The Expedition 12 crew will have completed more than six months on
the station.
All five crew members will participate in a news conference at 10:55
a.m. EDT, April 3. Reporters at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston
and Kennedy Space Center, Fla. and the Russian Mission Control Center
will be able to ask questions. The news conference airs live on NASA
TV. Video highlights of pre-launch activities air on the NASA TV
Video File March 28 and 29.
Other broadcast events include: (all times Eastern):
Wednesday, March 29:
12 p.m. - Replay of the Expedition 13/Pontes final crew prelaunch news
conference from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
8:45 p.m. - Expedition 13/Pontes launch coverage begins; launch set
for 9:30 p.m.
Friday, March 31:
10 p.m. - Expedition 13/Pontes docking coverage begins; docking
scheduled for 11:19 p.m.
Saturday, April 8:
12:30 p.m. - Expedition 12/Pontes farewell/hatch close coverage
starts; closes at 1:12 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - Expedition 12/Pontes undocking coverage begins; undocking
at 4:28 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - Expedition 12/Pontes landing coverage
begins. The deorbit burn is at 6:55 p.m.
Landing scheduled for 7:46 p.m.
Videophone imagery of crew activities after landing in central
Kazakhstan is expected as part of the coverage. Video shot at the
landing site is scheduled to air on NASA TV as a special Video File
feed at approximately 5:30 a.m. EDT, April 9. NASA TV's Public,
Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital
C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west
longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In
Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude,
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For digital
downlink information, visit:
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#46 by DaveS on 29 Mar, 2006 22:41
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L-4 hours!
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#47 by Chris Bergin on 29 Mar, 2006 22:59
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Right, let's take this into the newsfeed section pre-launch.
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#48 by Chris Bergin on 29 Mar, 2006 23:23
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Launch preview: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4400
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#49 by James Lowe1 on 29 Mar, 2006 23:49
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T-3 hours.
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#50 by gladiator1332 on 30 Mar, 2006 00:32
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HAHA! Lucky 13!
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#51 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 00:41
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T-2hrs and NASA TV has started to do some ISS promo vids.
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#52 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 00:43
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#53 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 01:13
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Currrently NASA TV is just showing crew suit up preps.
T-1hr 30 mins.
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#54 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 01:21
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Nice picture of Jeff Williams.
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#55 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 01:30
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We've managed to work out how to record WMV feeds, so the launch video will appear here literally within minutes.
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#56 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 01:34
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Walkout:
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#57 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 01:36
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#58 by Chris Bergin on 30 Mar, 2006 01:38
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T-60 minutes and now we're live.
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#59 by Mark Max Q on 30 Mar, 2006 01:48
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Starting to "smoke" so propellant loading is going on.
