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#160 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 08:47
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No audio from the conference...
Post-docking leak checks are under way
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#161 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 09:19
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ISS crew is preparing for hatch opening
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#162 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 09:32
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Aprox. 20-25min till hatch opening
Exp 17 preparing for the welcoming ceremony in the transfer tunnel
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#163 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 09:58
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Hatch open now
Big hello up there
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#164 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 10:00
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Everyone's on board
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#165 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 10:03
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Joint crews getting the "phonecall" from Moscow
Joking about Oleg beeing due for a haircut
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#166 by Cbased on 14 Oct, 2008 10:05
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Richard is quoting Lenin: "Study, study and study"
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#167 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 10:13
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Crew now off for safety briefing and post docking activites......well and I'm off for lunch
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#168 by Cbased on 14 Oct, 2008 10:18
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Thanks for the coverage cb6785!
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#169 by cb6785 on 14 Oct, 2008 10:19
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My pleasure
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#170 by pm1823 on 14 Oct, 2008 11:28
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Are the small fins at the base of the Soyuz launch vehicle (see launch photo) added at the pad?
Looking at the base of the vehicle in the photo where it is being transported, I don't see any fins.
You're right, they place it after, on the launch pad.
Some close picture.
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#171 by John44 on 14 Oct, 2008 11:59
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Expedition 18 - Docking to the International Space Station
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4334&Itemid=2
Expedition 18 - Spaceflight Participant - Post-Docking News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4335&Itemid=2
Expedition 18 - Spaceflight Participant Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4336&Itemid=2 -
#172 by jacqmans on 14 Oct, 2008 16:17
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SPACE ADVENTURES’ ORBITAL CLIENT, PRIVATE ASTRONAUT RICHARD GARRIOTT, ARRIVES AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Vienna, Va. – October 14, 2008 – Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced today that its orbital client Richard Garriott and his crew successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after launching onboard the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 12.
The spacecraft docked to the ISS at 4:38 a.m. (EDT) with Garriott and Expedition 18 crewmembers NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov. They were greeted at 6:00 a.m. (EDT) by the Expedition 17 crew, which includes Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko and NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, when the hatch to the space station opened.
In preparation for his spaceflight, Garriott, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, completed a training program at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center located in Star City, Russia. This historic mission marks Garriott as the world’s 1st second-generation astronaut and the first time a Space Adventures’ mission will incorporate commercial activity aboard the ISS, to include educational outreach, scientific and environmental research.
Garriott will share his experiences through his Web site, www.richardinspace.com. The site’s “Tracking The Mission” section will feature live and playback video from NASA TV and Garriott will also be responding to questions posed on his site via audio recordings, direct from space.
Garriott will complete more than 170 orbits of the Earth before returning home with Expedition 17 crewmembers Volkov and Kononenko on October 24.
About Richard Garriott
Garriott’s mission to the ISS is the latest destination in a life defined by adventure and innovation. In recent years, Garriott has conquered incredible adventures that span the globe including searching for meteorites on the continent of Antarctica, tracking mountain gorillas in Rwanda, canoeing down the Amazon, deep ocean hydrothermal vent expeditions and dives to the Titanic. Now, Garriott will embark on his most incredible adventure to date: space exploration. To monitor Richard Garriott’s mission, please visit www.RichardinSpace.com.
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#173 by Jeff Bingham on 14 Oct, 2008 17:16
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SPACE ADVENTURES’ ORBITAL CLIENT, PRIVATE ASTRONAUT RICHARD GARRIOTT, ARRIVES AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Shot I took earlier today in the MCC-Moscow Gallery; Owen Garriott signing an autograph as the time for hatch opening approached, followed by a view--unfortunately a bit out of focus, that I took of the launch.
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#174 by Pheogh on 14 Oct, 2008 17:18
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Sorry if this has been asked before but have the Russian's ever put a "rocketcam" on a Soyuz launch. I would love to see what staging looks like on one of these?
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#175 by jacqmans on 14 Oct, 2008 21:48
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-206
NASA SETS MEDIA BRIEFING FOR CREWS ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HOUSTON -- The astronauts, cosmonauts and spaceflight participant
aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news
conference at 12:20 p.m. CDT, Monday, Oct. 20. Reporters at
participating NASA centers may ask questions.
Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg
Kononenko, who have been on the station since April, are scheduled to
return to Earth with spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, a U.S.
citizen, in the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft Oct. 23, landing in central
Kazakhstan. Garriott, who flew under an agreement with the Russian
Federal Space Agency, arrived at the station with Fincke and
Lonchakov.
Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg
Kononenko, who have been on the station since April, are scheduled to
return to Earth with U.S. spaceflight participant Richard Garriott in
the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft Oct. 23, landing in central Kazakhstan.
Garriott arrived at the station with Fincke and Lonchakov.
A change of command ceremony between the two crews will be broadcast
on NASA Television at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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#176 by Nicolas PILLET on 17 Oct, 2008 12:21
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#177 by Jeff Bingham on 18 Oct, 2008 08:24
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A scan of the mission patch that I was handed at the launch.
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#178 by glanmor05 on 18 Oct, 2008 08:29
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Wow! Insanely jealous!
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#179 by pm1823 on 22 Oct, 2008 13:00
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Nice gallery in NK on this launch
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/photogallery/gallery_163-1/index.shtml
