Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz TMA-13M - May 28, 2014 (Read 74279 times)

Lewis007 · « **Reply #20 on:** 05/10/2014 07:24 am »

More info about and pictures of the press conference at TsPK folowing the final exams, and the subsequent "tour" of Moscow, Gagarin's office, etc. can be found here: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2487

Additional pictures can be found on NASA's Flickr page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/

Video:

jacqmans · « **Reply #21 on:** 05/12/2014 02:41 pm »

Lewis007 · « **Reply #22 on:** 05/15/2014 01:30 pm »

Following the traditional Star City departure ceremony, the ISS-40/41 crew has left for Baikonur.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2498

Video:

John44 · « **Reply #23 on:** 05/15/2014 05:18 pm »

Expedition 40/41 - Crew Departure from Star City, Russia for Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8897

jacqmans · « **Reply #24 on:** 05/16/2014 01:10 am »

Crew is in Baikonur

Lewis007 · « **Reply #25 on:** 05/16/2014 08:42 am »

More pics can be found at the TSPK website: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2500
NASA also has some pix on its Flickr page.

jacqmans · « **Reply #26 on:** 05/16/2014 01:31 pm »

March 15, 2014

Soyuz TMA-13M primary and backup crews arrived to the Baikonur launch site

Primary (Maksim Viktorovich SURAEV (Roscosmos, Russia), Gregory Raid WISEMAN (NASA, USA) and Alexander GERST (EKA, Germany)) and backup (Anton Nikolaevich SHKAPLEROV (Roscosmos, Russia), Terry VIRTS (NASA, USA) and Samanta CRISTOFORETTI (EKA, Italy)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-13M transportation spacecraft arrived to the Baikonur launch site.
At the airport they were met by members of the State Commission and Technical Management.

Commanders of the crews reported on their readiness for pre-flight training and Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft acceptance.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss40/photo_05-15.html

jacqmans · « **Reply #27 on:** 05/16/2014 07:30 pm »

March 16, 2014

Soyuz TMA-13M crews initiated a final training phase

The prime and backup crews for the ISS-40/41 initiated a final training phase in the processing facility.

Maksim Viktorovich Suraev (Roscosmos, Russia), Gregory Raid Wiseman (NASA, USA), Alexander Gerst (EKA, Germany), Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov (Roscosmos, Russia), Terry Virts (NASA, USA) and Samanta Cristoforetti (EKA, Italy) had training sessions onboard the spacecraft, acquainted with the onboard documentation and the content of cargoes launched and also made a fitting of the Sokol-KB space suits and individual liners.

Today a meeting of Technical Management was held where a decision to fill the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft with propellant components and compressed gases was accepted.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss40/photo_05-16.html

Lewis007 · « **Reply #28 on:** 05/17/2014 09:15 am »

More pics of the first fit check are available at the TsPK site
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2503

jacqmans · « **Reply #29 on:** 05/18/2014 11:44 pm »

http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2505

Lewis007 · « **Reply #30 on:** 05/19/2014 07:08 am »

The Soyuz TMA-13M ship, fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases, was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility at Baikonur for final processing operations.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss40/photo_05-18.html

Artyom. · « **Reply #31 on:** 05/19/2014 02:00 pm »

http://www.federalspace.ru/20592/

Artyom. · « **Reply #32 on:** 05/19/2014 02:02 pm »

A transfer compartment was docked with SC Soyuz TMA-13M

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-13M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.

A transfer compartment was docked with Soyuz TMA-13M transport manned vehicle in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss40/photo_05-19.html

Lewis007 · « **Reply #33 on:** 05/20/2014 03:03 pm »

For a view behind the scenes, we have Samantha Cristoforetti's logbook on Google.
https://plus.google.com/+SamanthaCristoforetti/posts

For instance, regarding the first check, she reported:

L-188: Logbook

Last Friday, on the day after our arrival in Baikonour, we left early in the morning for the cosmodrome, where the Soyuz TMA-13M is being prepared for launch on May 28th. In fact, this so-called "first fit check" drives the entire schedule of the crews in the weeks before: they have to be in Baikonour in time for this event.

Anton and I already had a chance to sit in the spaceship of Max, Reid and Alex back in Moscow a few months ago, when we did the acceptance verification. (See: https://plus.google.com/+SamanthaCristoforetti/posts/7ojGAo3nd9F)

But this time it was a very different feeling: this assembly of metal and electronics will bring our friends to space in less than two weeks, their lives will depend on it functioning properly. With that in mind, even more than if it were our own spacecraft, the one thing we kept telling ourselves was: "Don't break anything!"

We went inside one first time in our blue flight suits for a general familiarization and to go over a checklist to verify the overall configuration. Then we went inside a second time in our Sokol suits, and this time we really focused on moving carefully and deliberately to avoid any incident. It's a very cramped space and entering from above from the orbital module is obviously a lot more cumbersome than using the "fake" side hatch we have in the Star City simulators.

Both we and the prime crew went through a verification procedure of the communication system. In addition, the prime crew fully strapped in, since their seat liners were in place, and had a chance to experience the extension of the seats. When they'll come back to Earth in six months, their seats will extend before landing to arm the shock absorbers, which would damped the impact force in case of a failure of the retrorockets.

More pics here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astrosamantha/sets/72157644330297400/

jacqmans · « **Reply #34 on:** 05/21/2014 01:35 pm »

May 20, 2014

NASA Television Coverage Set for Next Space Station Crew Launch

NASA Television will broadcast prelaunch activities for the next three crew members flying to the International Space Station, followed by extensive live coverage of their launch and docking to the orbital laboratory Wednesday, May 28.

Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch to the space station in a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1:57 a.m. May 29, Baikonur time).

NASA TV coverage begins at 3 p.m. and will include video of the prelaunch activities leading up to and including the crew members boarding their spacecraft.

The crew is scheduled to dock to the station's Rassvet module less than six hours later, at 9:48 p.m. NASA TV coverage of docking begins at 9 p.m.

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will greet the new crew when the hatches open at about 11:25 p.m. NASA TV hatch opening coverage begins at 11 p.m.

Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will remain aboard the station until mid-November. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev will return to Earth in mid-September, leaving Suraev as Expedition 41 Commander.

For the full schedule of Soyuz prelaunch, launch and docking coverage, as well as NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

For b-roll and other media resources, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews

jacqmans · « **Reply #35 on:** 05/21/2014 01:56 pm »

May 21, 2014
Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-13M and payload shroud roll were performed

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-13M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.

Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft was completed.

Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft was performed.

http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss40/photo_05-21.html

jacqmans · « **Reply #36 on:** 05/21/2014 02:08 pm »

http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2510

Nicolas PILLET · « **Reply #37 on:** 05/21/2014 05:17 pm »

Soyuz TMA-13M uses the new LED lights.

John44 · « **Reply #38 on:** 05/21/2014 06:17 pm »

Expedition 40/41 - Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8905

Expedition 40 - Mission Overview Briefing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8906

Destination Station: ISS Science Forum
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8907

Artyom. · « **Reply #39 on:** 05/22/2014 10:09 am »