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#300
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Artyom.
on 07 Nov, 2013 11:42
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#301
by
Artyom.
on 07 Nov, 2013 11:43
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That is very cool. Is that a first?
3 Soyuz and 9 people were present at the ISS in October 2009
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#302
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Artyom.
on 07 Nov, 2013 11:49
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Hatch is open!
Soyuz TMA-11M crew enter the ISS!
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#303
by
Artyom.
on 07 Nov, 2013 11:52
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#304
by
Hog
on 07 Nov, 2013 12:02
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Mikhahl looked like he was holding a Zippo in his left hand and was going to fire that Olympic torch in his right hand.. But unfortunatley he was holding the microphone switch in his hand.
Great event, 40 years ago, who would have though we would have heard a Russian family "send kisses" up to the Russian Commander in space? We have come a long way as a civilization, and still have a long way to go.
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#305
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Space Pete
on 07 Nov, 2013 12:36
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From the ISS stream - the crew are doing some PR shots with the Olympic flame! Hopefully we'll get to see some of this footage during the Sochi 2014 opening ceremony.
Also, Rick Mastracchio has now become the first ever person to see the Cupola on two separate flights (STS-131 and now). Previously, every human being who has entered the Cupola after arriving at the ISS has been seeing it for their first time.
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#306
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collectSPACE
on 07 Nov, 2013 12:40
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the crew are doing some PR shots with the Olympic flame!
Hopefully, not the flame and just the torch. Wouldn't want a fire aboard the ISS!
Also, Rick Mastracchio has now become the first ever person to see the Cupola on two separate flights (STS-131 and now). Previously, every human being who has entered the Cupola after arriving at the ISS has been seeing it for their first time.
Stephen Bowen flew on STS-132 and STS-133, hence he saw the Cupola twice.
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#307
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d3jf
on 07 Nov, 2013 12:44
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From the ISS stream - the crew are doing some PR shots with the Olympic flame! Hopefully we'll get to see some of this footage during the Sochi 2014 opening ceremony.
I hope we'll get those on L2 tomorrow
Also, Rick Mastracchio has now become the first ever person to see the Cupola on two separate flights (STS-131 and now). Previously, every human being who has entered the Cupola after arriving at the ISS has been seeing it for their first time.
Interesting piece of trivia. The next person with that experience will be Aleksander Samokutyayev in September 2014, if I'm not mistaken.
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#308
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Space Pete
on 07 Nov, 2013 12:46
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Hopefully, not the flame and just the torch. Wouldn't want a fire aboard the ISS!
Station, Houston, on Space to Ground 2, we're seeing a smoke alarm indication in the Lab, could you confirm?
Stephen Bowen flew on STS-132 and STS-133, hence he saw the Cupola twice.
Ah yes, this is true. I forgot about Shuttle missions. Thanks.
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Interesting piece of trivia. The next person with that experience will be Aleksander Samokutyayev in September 2014, if I'm not mistaken.
Just to confirm, per what Robert said: I was mistaken, Rick Mastracchio is NOT the first person to see the Cupola twice, he is the second. The next person to experience the Cupola twice will be Aleksandr Skvortsov on Soyuz TMA-12M in March 2014.
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#309
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Artyom.
on 07 Nov, 2013 12:57
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#310
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John44
on 07 Nov, 2013 13:16
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#311
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Nicolas PILLET
on 07 Nov, 2013 14:07
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Stephen Bowen flew on STS-132 and STS-133, hence he saw the Cupola twice.
Ah yes, this is true. I forgot about Shuttle missions. Thanks.
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Interesting piece of trivia. The next person with that experience will be Aleksander Samokutyayev in September 2014, if I'm not mistaken.
Just to confirm, per what Robert said: I was mistaken, Rick Mastracchio is NOT the first person to see the Cupola twice, he is the second. The next person to experience the Cupola twice will be Aleksandr Skvortsov on Soyuz TMA-12M in March 2014.
You have forgot Kotov and Yurchikhin too !
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#312
by
jacqmans
on 07 Nov, 2013 14:18
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#313
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Ares67
on 07 Nov, 2013 20:01
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Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Great coverage BTW. Thanks all.
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#314
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theonlyspace
on 08 Nov, 2013 10:08
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How about seeing if we can get the Expedition 37.5 patch with nine names on it, since there are now for the next few days nine members of the Expedition 37 crew?
A special Expedition "37.5" patch was made for the crew .
It is a a different design than the Expedition 37 patch.
Can the art be shared ?
thanks..maybe Jester can get for us please?
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#315
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baldusi
on 08 Nov, 2013 10:51
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Wasn't this the 120th maned Soyuz? That's a lot of Soyuz! The other interesting point is that they've been flying since 1967 and won't surpass the STS record of manned launches until 2017 or 2018. That will be 50 years of maned Soyuz! It took 30 years for STS to achieve 135 launches. And, they've already had two LOM. So the safety record of STS, won't be surpassed until the 135th fligt. And that's just considering LOM. On the other hand it has 42 years and 109 straight launches without a LOM, and that is the record that really matters in my book.
Congratulations on a mission well done.
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#316
by
asmi
on 08 Nov, 2013 18:55
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Wasn't this the 120th maned Soyuz? That's a lot of Soyuz! The other interesting point is that they've been flying since 1967 and won't surpass the STS record of manned launches until 2017 or 2018. That will be 50 years of maned Soyuz! It took 30 years for STS to achieve 135 launches. And, they've already had two LOM. So the safety record of STS, won't be surpassed until the 135th fligt. And that's just considering LOM. On the other hand it has 42 years and 109 straight launches without a LOM, and that is the record that really matters in my book.
Congratulations on a mission well done.
Well how about looking at on-orbit time? In that case one Soyuz flight would cover like half of all Shuttle flights
The point is that you can always pick the right statistic to get the desired result...
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#317
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Artyom.
on 09 Nov, 2013 05:20
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#318
by
Artyom.
on 14 Nov, 2013 11:19
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Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and JAXA Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata. The Soyuz docked to the Rassvet docking compartment at 5:27 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 7, 2013.
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