LIVE: Progress M-56 ISS Dock - April 26

• LIVE: Progress M-56 ISS Dock - April 26 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 10:57
• Progress M-56 cargo ship will dock to aft end port of the Zvezda module approximately at 17:40 UTC (18:40 UK)
• #1 by Hotol on 26 Apr, 2006 12:24
• I take it this will be covered by NASA TV in some way to allow or this sort of live event coverage?
• #2 by Jester on 26 Apr, 2006 13:06
• NASA TV schedule for today
  
  April 26, Wednesday
  4 a.m. - 8 a.m. - CALIPSO/CloudSat Launch Coverage (Launch 6:02 a.m.) - VAFB/KSC (Mission Coverage) (Public and Media Channels)
  1 p.m. - ISS Progress 21 Docking to ISS Coverage (docking scheduled at 1:52 p.m. ET) - JSC (Mission Coverage) (Public and Media Channels)
  2:00 p.m. or following conclusion of ISS Progress Docking – Live Coverage of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing with Administrator Griffin – HQ (Special Broadcast) (Public and Media Channels)
  4:30 p.m. - STS-121 NASA TV B-Roll Feed -JSC (Media Channel)
  5 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Live Interviews with STS-121 Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak - JSC (Media Channel)
  8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – STS - 1 Anniversary Gala from National Air and Space Museum – HQ (Special Broadcast) (Public and Media Channels)
• #3 by Tap-Sa on 26 Apr, 2006 13:40
• Any bets on KURS doing the trick or resorting to TORU?
• #4 by Jester on 26 Apr, 2006 13:54
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  Tap-Sa - 26/4/2006  3:40 PM
  
  Any bets on KURS doing the trick or resorting to TORU?

  
  I'd opt for a speargun and a winch
  
• #5 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 15:06
• Well record the docking part of the coverage, as we do with launches.
• #6 by SimonShuttle on 26 Apr, 2006 15:13
• Will it be pretty similar to a Soyuz arrival?
• #7 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 15:28
• NASA TV screenshots.
  
  www.nasa.gov/ntv

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• #8 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 15:41
• View from Progress - still a far distance away.

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• #9 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 15:48
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  SimonShuttle - 26/4/2006  4:13 PM
  
  Will it be pretty similar to a Soyuz arrival?

  
  Very similar, according to Rob (I think it's the excellent Rob Navis) on NASA TV just now.
• #10 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 15:56

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• #11 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 16:12
• NASA TV coverage to resume in one hour.

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• #12 by John44 on 26 Apr, 2006 16:30
• Expedition 13 Training with Russian-built Telerobotically Operated Rendezvous Unit (TORU) manual docking system inside the space station’s Zvezda module
  
  Video http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=2
• #13 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 17:06
• Less than an hour till docking.

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• #14 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 17:15
• Coverage has begun.

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• #15 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 17:20
• Commands about to be sent to TORU about to begin.

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• #16 by Jim on 26 Apr, 2006 17:20
• 5 bucks on TORU
• #17 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 17:24
• 30 minutes and 6km from Docking.

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• #18 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 17:28
• From left to right. Soyuz-TMA8, Progress 20....and the far right is where the Progress 21 (M-56) is heading.

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• #19 by Chris Bergin on 26 Apr, 2006 17:29
• 2KM to go. View from Progress 21's camera. 5 metres per second.

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