Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-05M Undocking, Re-Entry and Landing - November 18, 2012 (Read 63345 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 11/13/2012 04:51 pm »

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-215

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SOYUZ LANDING COVERAGE NOV. 18

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage as three of the
crew members on the International Space Station come back to Earth
Sunday, Nov. 18.

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, Flight Engineer Aki
Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russian Soyuz
Commander Yuri Malenchenko will undock their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft
from the station, heading for a pre-dawn landing in Kazakhstan,
northeast of the remote town of Arkalyk at 7:53 p.m. CST (7:53 a.m.
Kazakhstan time on Nov. 19). Their return will wrap up 127 days in
space since their launch from Kazakhstan on July 15, including 125
days spent aboard the station.

At the time of undocking, Expedition 34 formally will begin aboard the
station under the command of NASA's Kevin Ford. He and his crewmates,
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, will tend to
the station as a three-man crew for one month until the arrival of
three new crew members in December. They are Tom Marshburn of NASA,
Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency and Russian cosmonaut
Roman Romanenko.

NASA Television landing coverage will begin Saturday, Nov. 17, with
the change of command ceremony when Williams will transfer the helm
of the orbiting laboratory to Ford. Coverage will continue Nov. 18
and 19 with Expedition 33 landing and post-landing activities.

(All Times Central)

Saturday, Nov. 17:
1:15 p.m. -- Expedition 33/34 Change of Command Ceremony

Sunday, Nov. 18:
12:45 p.m. -- Farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure scheduled at
1:10 p.m.)
4:00 p.m. -- Undocking (undocking scheduled at 4:26 p.m.)
6:30 p.m. -- Deorbit burn and landing (deorbit burn scheduled at 6:58
p.m.; landing scheduled at 7:53 p.m.)
9:00 p.m. -- Video File of hatch closure, undocking and landing
activities

Monday, Nov. 19:
9:00 a.m. -- Video File of post-landing activities and interviews

For live streaming of NASA Television and program schedules, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

jacqmans · « **Reply #1 on:** 11/17/2012 11:13 am »

星出彰彦 (JAXA宇宙飛行士)‏@Aki_Hoshide

明日の帰還に向け、準備中。 Preparing for our return tomorrow. http://pic.twitter.com/CFt52Oi2

Artyom. · « **Reply #2 on:** 11/17/2012 02:22 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #3 on:** 11/18/2012 11:47 am »

Moved for live coverage.

spectre9 · « **Reply #4 on:** 11/18/2012 11:49 am »

How's the landing site?

Bit of a white blanket I'm guessing?

Good luck Aki, Suni and Yuri. It's been a great mission

Space Pete · « **Reply #5 on:** 11/18/2012 01:34 pm »

Main event times in GMT.

Sunday, Nov. 18:
6:45 PM -- Farewells begin
7:10 PM -- Hatch closure
10:26 PM -- Undocking

Monday, Nov. 19:
12:58 AM -- Deorbit burn
1:53 AM -- Landing

Space Pete · « **Reply #6 on:** 11/18/2012 01:38 pm »

Quote from: spectre9 on 11/18/2012 11:49 am

How's the landing site?

Bit of a white blanket I'm guessing?

http://weather.weatherbug.com/Kazakhstan/Arkalyk-weather.html

Sunday night:
Partly cloudy. Temperature of 6°F/-15°C. Winds S 8mph/13kmh. Humidity will be 94% with a dewpoint of 4°F/-16°C and feels-like temperature of -6°F/-21°C.

Monday morning:
Snow flurries. Partly cloudy. Temperature of 19°F/-7°C. Winds NW 9mph/15kmh. Humidity will be 89% with a dewpoint of 16°F/-9°C and feels-like temperature of 8°F/-14°C.

In short: Cold! Especially after four months in a constant-temperature shirt sleeve environment!

Space Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** 11/18/2012 03:02 pm »

Live on the ISS feed now - Suni & Yuri in the Lab, likely doing last-minute departure prep, in what is now into their last three hours aboard the ISS.