October 1 - Soyuz TMA-7 launch

• #80 by FransonUK on 03 Oct, 2005 18:40
• Of course! How did they forget about Helen!  
• #81 by Rocket Guy on 03 Oct, 2005 21:36
• I just realized the mistake...I forgot OLSEN! OF COURSE! 274 and 440 total it is. I deleted my previous posts to avoid my own confusion.
• #82 by JulesVerneATV on 03 Oct, 2005 21:55
• From UT
  
  New Crew Arrive at the Space Station
  
  http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/space_tourist_exp12_arrive.html?3102005
• #83 by Rocket Guy on 03 Oct, 2005 22:03
• And by the way, aside from Foale, the other British-born astronaut is Piers Sellers. STS-112 and slated for the next, 121.
• #84 by JulesVerneATV on 05 Oct, 2005 02:26
• everyone on board
  
  

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• #85 by Chris Bergin on 05 Oct, 2005 10:25
• Nicely done.
• #86 by realtime on 10 Oct, 2005 03:12
• Good blow-by-blow of a Soyuz landing sequence (TMA-6):
  
  http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp11/status2.html
  
  And for the naturally paranoid and anxious, a report on Soyuz landing safety by James Oberg that is sure to make you lose sleep  
  
  http://www.jamesoberg.com/soyuz.html
  
  
• #87 by t walker on 10 Oct, 2005 16:25
• bloomin heck, how many landing accidents have those little ships had? One for every five flights!
• #88 by Avron on 11 Oct, 2005 02:02
• "35. Soyuz TM-19. 1994 Nov 4. "Rough" landing, bounced once. Attributed to strong winds by crew commander at postflight press conference (ITAR-TASS, Nov 6). No reported injuries. "
  
  thats over a decade ago, I would rather bounce a little than not come back at all. Its a risky business this spaceflight, but would you rather come back from orbit on a Soyuz of a Shuttle?
• #89 by realtime on 15 Oct, 2005 04:58
• Expedition 11 return suffered depressurization (but not catastrophic, obviously) during re-entry.
  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9697668/
  
• #90 by anik on 02 Nov, 2005 17:19
• "Dangling strap to blame for scary space leak? Russian space officials say 'rushed' crew failed to shut hatch properly"
  
  By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst
  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9888881/
  
• #91 by Martin FL on 02 Nov, 2005 22:24
• Damn, that was a worry after all!
• #92 by lmike on 03 Nov, 2005 00:51
• So, why did the ground give 'go-ahead' 6 minutes after they saw 'off-nominal readings'?  I think that's a bigger reason to worry than a strap in the airlock.  If they'd requested hatch seal investigation they may have found the problem right there in 10 minutes.  Screw the biosamples and the straps, I'd replace some ground controllers after this!  There are some worthy causes for requiring bravery from crew, but this was just carelessness and neglect, IMO.
• #93 by Avron on 03 Nov, 2005 02:43
• Is it not the commanders call in the world of Spaceflight? Does he/she not have final go/no-go?
• #94 by lmike on 03 Nov, 2005 03:29
• The article above says the Mission Control gave the permission.  This is actually an old and general feature of Soviet/Russian space operations.  Most of the mission control and decision making is delegated to the ground who monitor sensors and even upload commands to the spacecraft.  The crew are more of an extra instrument to tell the ground what they observe in this sense.  (although there are manual overrides for some critical stages, as for docking for example, there's even a small periscope on the Souyz) , but generally... That's the sense I got from reading old memoirs and accounts of several cosmonauts.
• #95 by anik on 18 Feb, 2006 16:25
• Records offer rare look at space medical secrets
  Space passenger Gregory Olsen releases health files usually kept private
  By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst
  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11407761