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LIVE: Progress M-56 ISS Dock - April 26
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 10:57
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Progress M-56 cargo ship will dock to aft end port of the Zvezda module approximately at 17:40 UTC (18:40 UK)
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#1
by
Hotol
on 26 Apr, 2006 12:24
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I take it this will be covered by NASA TV in some way to allow or this sort of live event coverage?
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#2
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Jester
on 26 Apr, 2006 13:06
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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)
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#3
by
Tap-Sa
on 26 Apr, 2006 13:40
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Any bets on KURS doing the trick or resorting to TORU?
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#4
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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
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#5
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 15:06
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Well record the docking part of the coverage, as we do with launches.
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#6
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SimonShuttle
on 26 Apr, 2006 15:13
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Will it be pretty similar to a Soyuz arrival?
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#7
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 15:28
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#8
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 15:41
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View from Progress - still a far distance away.
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#9
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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.
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#10
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 15:56
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#11
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 16:12
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NASA TV coverage to resume in one hour.
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#12
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John44
on 26 Apr, 2006 16:30
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#13
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:06
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Less than an hour till docking.
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#14
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:15
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#15
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:20
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Commands about to be sent to TORU about to begin.
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#16
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Jim
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:20
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5 bucks on TORU
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#17
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:24
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30 minutes and 6km from Docking.
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#18
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:28
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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
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:29
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2KM to go. View from Progress 21's camera. 5 metres per second.
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#20
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:31
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ISS view of Progress 21. Five minutes before flyaround the ISS (around the Destiny Module).
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#21
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:32
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#22
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:35
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Flyaround about to begin.
(Recording the video now - will be two parts. Flyaround and docking).
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#23
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:36
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#24
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:37
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#25
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:39
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Flyaround proceeding with no issues in works.
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#26
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:42
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Closing at a 1/10th of a metre. About to start station keeping.
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#27
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:44
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Great image. You can see Progress 21 in line ready to approach for docking.
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#28
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Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:45
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#29
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:47
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7 minutes to docking. Final Approach.
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#30
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:48
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#31
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:49
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#32
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:50
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#33
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:52
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#34
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:54
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10 metres. Standby for contact and capture.
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#35
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 17:55
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Docking confirmed at 41 minutes past the hour. Nice work
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#36
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 18:04
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Video replays in 5 minutes. Link to come.
Hard mate confirmed.
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#37
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 18:12
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#38
by
Flightstar
on 26 Apr, 2006 19:29
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Thanks for the coverage and videos!
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#39
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 Apr, 2006 19:43
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No problemo.
Here's a release from NASA with some official figures etc.
International Space Station Status Report: SS06-020
New supplies arrived at the International Space Station today as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft linked up to the Zvezda Service Module. The ISS Progress 21 is filled with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and personal items for the station's Expedition 13 crew.
Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams will open the hatch to the supply ship once leak checks are completed later today. The crew will begin unloading items Thursday.
Automatically guided by its computers, the Progress docked to the aft port of Zvezda at 1:41 p.m. EDT as the spacecraft and the station sailed 219 miles above Greece. The Progress was launched Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The supplies include food, fuel, oxygen and air, clothing, experiment hardware and spare parts, as well as personal items from the crew's families. The new Progress joins an older Progress supply ship that arrived at the station's Pirs Docking Compartment just before Christmas. Progress 20 will remain docked until mid-June. It will be used to stow trash, and its supply of oxygen will help replenish the station's atmosphere.
ISS Progress 21 holds 1,918 pounds of propellant for the Russian thrusters, 103 pounds of oxygen and air in tanks as a backup supply for the oxygen generated by the Russian Elektron system and 661 pounds of water to augment the supplies already on board. The spacecraft's cargo also includes more than 2,300 pounds of spare parts, experiment hardware and life support components.
The next station status report will be issued on Friday, April 28, or earlier if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
