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#580
by
Lewis007
on 10 Nov, 2016 06:51
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Longer video in Chinese language only, but the call between the president and taikonauts is translated via subtitles.
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#581
by
Lewis007
on 11 Nov, 2016 19:38
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#582
by
astropl
on 15 Nov, 2016 07:51
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According to
ChinaSpaceflight, landing of Shenzhou-11 is planned on Nov. 18th.
神舟十一号飞船将于11月18日返回地球。
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#583
by
Phillip Clark
on 15 Nov, 2016 10:00
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According to ChinaSpaceflight, landing of Shenzhou-11 is planned on Nov. 18th.
神舟十一号飞船将于11月18日返回地球。
For the originally-announced 33 days duration the landing should be on the 19th: undocking should be on the 18th.
So either the report has confused undocking and landing or the mission is being curtailed a day earlier than originally planned. Also a landing on the 18th doesn't make sense from considering the repeating orbit pattern.
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#584
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 15 Nov, 2016 11:43
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According to ChinaSpaceflight, landing of Shenzhou-11 is planned on Nov. 18th.
神舟十一号飞船将于11月18日返回地球。
For the originally-announced 33 days duration the landing should be on the 19th: undocking should be on the 18th.
So either the report has confused undocking and landing or the mission is being curtailed a day earlier than originally planned. Also a landing on the 18th doesn't make sense from considering the repeating orbit pattern.
I remember that a 32 days mission duration was reported way before it launched.....
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#585
by
Phillip Clark
on 15 Nov, 2016 12:56
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According to ChinaSpaceflight, landing of Shenzhou-11 is planned on Nov. 18th.
神舟十一号飞船将于11月18日返回地球。
For the originally-announced 33 days duration the landing should be on the 19th: undocking should be on the 18th.
So either the report has confused undocking and landing or the mission is being curtailed a day earlier than originally planned. Also a landing on the 18th doesn't make sense from considering the repeating orbit pattern.
I remember that a 32 days mission duration was reported way before it launched.....
I don't remember 32 days being mentioned by the Chinese. The first reports were 30 days, but this was the time to be spent on Tiangong 2: 33 days was said by the Chinese to account for nearly two days before docking and then a day in orbit after undocking.
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#586
by
Lewis007
on 15 Nov, 2016 14:48
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This is what Cheng Dong wrote in the 6th space journal: "
Today is November 7, my 20th day aboard Tiangong-2. Many wonder how brother Jing and I exercise, and how different it feels compared with exercising on Earth. Yesterday, we mainly did cable exercise as strength training. We do it every other day. We have to move some things to the return module before
we start our return journey in 15 days time..."
The link below provides some info on the food selection of the taikonauts.
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-11/15/content_39707807.htm
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#587
by
Chris Bergin
on 15 Nov, 2016 15:33
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According to ChinaSpaceflight, landing of Shenzhou-11 is planned on Nov. 18th.
神舟十一号飞船将于11月18日返回地球。
For the originally-announced 33 days duration the landing should be on the 19th: undocking should be on the 18th.
So either the report has confused undocking and landing or the mission is being curtailed a day earlier than originally planned. Also a landing on the 18th doesn't make sense from considering the repeating orbit pattern.
Let's try and nail this down. Cygnus is coming home (well, sorta
) around this period too!
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#588
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 15 Nov, 2016 15:42
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According to ChinaSpaceflight, landing of Shenzhou-11 is planned on Nov. 18th.
神舟十一号飞船将于11月18日返回地球。
For the originally-announced 33 days duration the landing should be on the 19th: undocking should be on the 18th.
So either the report has confused undocking and landing or the mission is being curtailed a day earlier than originally planned. Also a landing on the 18th doesn't make sense from considering the repeating orbit pattern.
Have you tried to compare that using the newest orbital parameters of TG-2? Maybe the phasing has changed since the mission started?
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#589
by
Olaf
on 16 Nov, 2016 07:45
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#590
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 16 Nov, 2016 07:53
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https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/798807009063636992
Updated: #Shenzhou11 crew to land Friday Nov 18th between 05:33 - 06:13 universal time (00:33 - 01:13 EST / 13:33 - 14:13 Beijing time).
Air space closure notice:
A2973/16 (Issued for ZBPE ZLHW) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N4214E10248-N4025E10310-N4147E11341-N4335E11326 BACK TO START WI
CHINA TERRITORIAL AIR SPACE. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 18 NOV 05:33
2016 UNTIL 18 NOV 06:13 2016. CREATED: 16 NOV 02:31 2016
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#591
by
Phillip Clark
on 16 Nov, 2016 10:55
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Any indication whether the crew will undock tomorrow (Thursday) and spend a day in orbit aboard Shenzhou 11 or undock and do a return to Earth within a few hours like the Russians do?
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#592
by
ZachS09
on 16 Nov, 2016 12:19
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Any indication whether the crew will undock tomorrow (Thursday) and spend a day in orbit aboard Shenzhou 11 or undock and do a return to Earth within a few hours like the Russians do?
I would guess that Shenzhou 11 would undock and land like the Soyuz does.
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#593
by
Phillip Clark
on 16 Nov, 2016 12:32
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Any indication whether the crew will undock tomorrow (Thursday) and spend a day in orbit aboard Shenzhou 11 or undock and do a return to Earth within a few hours like the Russians do?
I would guess that Shenzhou 11 would undock and land like the Soyuz does.
Except that the three missions to Tiangong 1 undocked more that 24 hours before landing ..........
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#594
by
ZachS09
on 16 Nov, 2016 12:51
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Any indication whether the crew will undock tomorrow (Thursday) and spend a day in orbit aboard Shenzhou 11 or undock and do a return to Earth within a few hours like the Russians do?
I would guess that Shenzhou 11 would undock and land like the Soyuz does.
Except that the three missions to Tiangong 1 undocked more that 24 hours before landing ..........
If that's so, then Shenzhou 11 might undock in the very early hours of November 17.
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#595
by
Chris Bergin
on 16 Nov, 2016 16:24
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By the way, our host is rebooting the servers at 6am UTC ish on Friday morning. Typical, we thought we had avoided everything
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=41626.0Hopefully only minutes down, but if there's live coverage of the return and it occurs during our downtime, we can screenshot and post when back up.
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#596
by
Satori
on 16 Nov, 2016 18:04
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#597
by
Satori
on 16 Nov, 2016 18:06
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#598
by
Olaf
on 17 Nov, 2016 06:51
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If that's so, then Shenzhou 11 might undock in the very early hours of November 17.
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/799136976859516928Shenzhou-11 separated from Tiangong-2 space lab at 04:21 UTC (12:21 Beijing time) today. #shenzhou11 landing Friday after 05:33 UTC
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#599
by
astropl
on 17 Nov, 2016 07:04
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) around this period too!
