Soyuz TMA-07M undocking and landing - May 13/14, 2013

• #240 by Artyom. on 14 May, 2013 10:54
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• #241 by asmi on 14 May, 2013 10:55
• Quote from: Mapperuo on 14 May, 2013 06:42

  I imagine transmission is the biggest/most expensive upgrade. But out of interest, has any HD video of a landing been recorded and showed later? I don't think I've seen any.
  

  Roscosmos's youtube channel is almost exclusively HD so hardware is definetly not an issue. I suppose you're right about transmission being the problem here.
• #242 by asmi on 14 May, 2013 11:00
• Quote from: JimO on 14 May, 2013 03:56

  
  Yes, it was. p. 170
  Bottom Shield Jettison; Window Exterior Glass Jettison; БАРД Automatic Pressure Control
  Unit Opening (H=5,5 km)
   
  Thanks!!
  

  This document is "everything you ever wanted to know about Soyuz but didn't know whom to ask"
  I suppose the capsule is a bit overpressurized before equalization begins (capsule heats up during reentry and therefore air pressure increases), so pressure drop is normal. They can feel it as when pressure drops their Sokol suits expand (since the pressure inside suits is constant).
• #243 by Space Pete on 14 May, 2013 11:53
• Quote from: sdsds on 14 May, 2013 07:18

  NASA2 is now scheduled to arrive in Houston at 9:36 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
  http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
  

  
  Which will be exactly 24 hours and 5 minutes after landing - long day of travel.
  
  Shame they aren't refuelling at CFB Goose Bay (instead of Bangor) like they did for Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide last year - would be nice for Chris to be able to experience a brief bit of Canada.
  
  Although maybe they thought all those CF-18s lined up waiting to go would be too much temptation for Hadfield, who hasn't been in a cockpit for over half a year!
• #244 by Space Pete on 14 May, 2013 13:29
• Interesting photo of Tom Marshburn (2nd from right) supporting the landing of Soyuz TMA-2 almost 10 years ago in October 2003, back when he was a NASA flight surgeon. Today he experienced the process from the "other side"!
  
  http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-7/html/jsc2003e60710.html

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• #245 by ChrisC on 14 May, 2013 14:32
• Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but what in blazes is that smoke trail behind the capsule during descent under parachute?  Seen in this post of a photo collection one page back.  This link shows a smaller version:
  
  http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31793.0;attach=517572;image
  
  Residuals from the entry?  I've never seen that before.
• #246 by dawei on 14 May, 2013 14:46
• Quote from: ChrisC on 14 May, 2013 14:32

  Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but what in blazes is that smoke trail behind the capsule during descent under parachute?  Seen in this post of a photo collection one page back.  This link shows a smaller version:
  
  http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31793.0;attach=517572;image
  
  Residuals from the entry?  I've never seen that before.
  

  
  I have the same question.  Pyrotechnic heat shield jettison?  Burning off extra thruster prop?  Wild guesses on my part.
• #247 by asmi on 14 May, 2013 14:51
• Quote from: dawei on 14 May, 2013 14:46

  I have the same question.  Pyrotechnic heat shield jettison?  Burning off extra thruster prop?  Wild guesses on my part.
  

  I think it most likely is residual ablative material of heatshield. But I haven't seen this before either.
• #248 by anik on 14 May, 2013 15:18
• Peroxide dump.
• #249 by Galactic Penguin SST on 14 May, 2013 15:30
• Quote from: anik on 14 May, 2013 15:18

  Peroxide dump.
  

  
  I think the Apollo CM did that too while on parachute descent?
• #250 by robertross on 14 May, 2013 15:32
• Quote from: Space Pete on 14 May, 2013 11:53

  Quote from: sdsds on 14 May, 2013 07:18

  NASA2 is now scheduled to arrive in Houston at 9:36 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
  http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
  

  
  Which will be exactly 24 hours and 5 minutes after landing - long day of travel.
  
  Shame they aren't refuelling at CFB Goose Bay (instead of Bangor) like they did for Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide last year - would be nice for Chris to be able to experience a brief bit of Canada.
  
  Although maybe they thought all those CF-18s lined up waiting to go would be too much temptation for Hadfield, who hasn't been in a cockpit for over half a year!
  

  
  He's probably asking them to bypass Goose Bay: nothing there! lol
• #251 by anik on 14 May, 2013 16:51
• Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 14 May, 2013 15:30

  I think the Apollo CM did that too while on parachute descent?

  
  They did nitrogen tetroxide gas dump.
• #252 by John44 on 14 May, 2013 17:50
• Expedition 35 - Post-Landing Activities
  http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8264
• #253 by jacqmans on 14 May, 2013 17:50
• Chris Hadfield‏@Cmdr_Hadfield
  
  On the ground in Prestwick , Scotland, to refuel. Blue sky day, Nature smiling on us. Was 1st here in 1977 - who could have predicted this?
• #254 by jacqmans on 14 May, 2013 17:51
• Chris Hadfield‏@Cmdr_Hadfield
  
  Forgot to mention: first long, hot shower since December. That felt so good! Step 1 of Return to Earth complete.
• #255 by Space Pete on 14 May, 2013 18:39
• Hadfield and Marshburn's aircraft - the NASA Gulfstream III "N992NA" - has now appeared on FlightAware, currently over the North Atlantic en route to Bangor, Maine.
  
  Track the flight here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2

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• #256 by robertross on 14 May, 2013 19:02
• Quote from: Space Pete on 14 May, 2013 18:39

  Hadfield and Marshburn's aircraft - the NASA Gulfstream III "N992NA" - has now appeared on FlightAware, currently over the North Atlantic en route to Bangor, Maine.
  
  Track the flight here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
  

  
  And he's going to fly overhead not too far from me! 
  (waves)
• #257 by Nicolas PILLET on 14 May, 2013 19:06
• The АБМ-279 antenna seems quite shorter on this flight
  
  Compare this : https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/8738022929/in/photostream
  
  With figure 2.4 in this page :
  
  http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/soyouz/tech/rassviett/rassviett.html
• #258 by russianhalo117 on 14 May, 2013 19:31
• Quote from: Nicolas PILLET on 14 May, 2013 19:06

  The АБМ-279 antenna seems quite shorter on this flight
  
  Compare this : https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/8738022929/in/photostream
  
  With figure 2.4 in this page :
  
  http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/soyouz/tech/rassviett/rassviett.html
  

  Yes, unless part of it is missing. Was it longer on last one? We will have to look at next one to determine if it is indeed shorter.
• #259 by asmi on 14 May, 2013 19:33
• Welcoming ceremony. Roman looks like he haven't just returned from space!