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#600
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:26
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Tracking data will be relayed via an Antonov aircraft.
MCC-M:
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#601
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:26
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#602
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:29
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I like how Fyodor gave the Soyuz a slap on the hatch like someone would to a van having its back door closed and ready to depart 
All crews do that upon hatch closure (I think it's mandatory). It lets the Soyuz CDR know that everything looks good on the Soyuz hatch, and that the station hatch is about to be closed.
I love it too - it's a typical Russian solution. Instead of using expensive radios, just give it a good slap! 
Yeah! One of the first Russian launches I watched involved a problem late in the count, with Russian engineers, carrying big hammers, turning up at the pad within seconds.
Can't imagine them giving an orbiter a slap!
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Four minutes to the deorbit burn.
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#603
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:30
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#604
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:32
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#605
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:33
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Deorbit burn. 4 minute, 21 second burn underway. TMA-18 will slow by 258 mph.
Hope we stay on the predicted trajectory on the right-most display:
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#606
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:37
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Deorbit burn complete.
Module separation coming up at 2356 CDT (0456 GMT).
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#607
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:37
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Good burn.
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#608
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:46
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From Bill Harwood's (CBS News Space Consultant) last update:
Describing a Soyuz re-entry earlier this week, Caldwell Dyson said "I've heard it described as a train wreck followed by a car crash followed by a falling off your bike kind of thing. ... All I can really say is I'm going to expect this to be 'Mr. Toad's Wild Ride' for me."
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#609
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:52
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4 minutes until module separation.
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#610
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:56
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Separation program confirmed as loaded on the TMA-18 computers.
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#611
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 04:58
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Ratty comm (expected).
Module sep!
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#612
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:00
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Should be at Entry Interface (~360,000 feet).
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#613
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:04
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G's building. Max-G in another minute.
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#614
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:07
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Coming up on the start of the deployment sequence.
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#615
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:09
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Soyuz beeping away with the radio signal. Crew feel fine.
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#616
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:11
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#617
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:13
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MCC-H VVO reports voice link with TMA-18.
Just inside 10 minutes until landing.
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#618
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:15
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Visual contact, chutes deployed!
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#619
by
GoForTLI
on 25 Sep, 2010 05:19
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Descending under a 518 square meter parachute.
Landing in 2 minutes.
