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#120 by DaveS on 11 Sep, 2013 12:42
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That's from an animation. Chris was joking.Live images! .....Oh
Was this really an actual picture from yesterday?? I have never seen anything capture a craft during re entry and if this is real why did they never get these of the Space Shuttle? -
#121 by akula2 on 11 Sep, 2013 12:50
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One minute.
What will be the altitude at 1 min to touch down?
The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft with Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA aboard, is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
That fireball was so awesome but kinda scary. What will be the temperature like?
Thanks for all the info, cheers!
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#122 by Space Pete on 11 Sep, 2013 17:06
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As usual, NASA JSC's Gulfstream III jet "N992NA", AKA "NASA992", AKA "NASA2", is currently en-route back to the US carrying Chris Cassidy back home.
The jet is currently on its way to a refuelling stop in Bangor, Maine, USA, before flying on to Ellington Field near JSC in Houston. It recently lifted off from Glasgow Prestwick International Airport in Scotland, UK, having flown there from Kazakhstan earlier today.
Track the flight on FlightAware here:
http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2
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#123 by Olaf on 11 Sep, 2013 19:09
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The cosmonauts are back in Star City.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2140
Here some pictures of the touchdown.
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#124 by John44 on 11 Sep, 2013 20:07
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Expedition 36 - Soyuz TMA-08M Landing and Post-Landing Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8483 -
#125 by Fuji on 12 Sep, 2013 06:53
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'Balancing' the One-Year Mission Risks
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/balancing-mission-risks.htmlQuoteTo that end, investigators from the Human Research Program and the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Biomedical Problems are conducting a series of pilot field tests. The first of these tests occurred on Sept. 11 when three astronauts returned to Earth after 166 days aboard the space station.
QuoteAstronauts performed up to three tasks during the pilot field test: sit-to-stand, which tests the ability of astronauts to exit the spacecraft from a seated position; recovery from a simulated fall; and a tandem heel-to-toe walk test, a test of dynamic balance control and the ability to walk without falling. Performing these activities after a rollercoaster ride might be difficult; after six months in space they are incredibly challenging.
QuoteLanding-site testing on crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency occurred inside a medical tent to accommodate crew member privacy.
“This pilot field test is a demonstration, a proof of concept,” says Charles. “We are going through the paces to see what’s possible so we can have the best full-up test possible in 2016 for the one-year mission return.” -
#126 by asmi on 13 Sep, 2013 12:51
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Looks like there was a problem during landing - crew didn't have sensor readings: http://lenta.ru/news/2013/09/13/problem/ (in Russian)
Since I watched the event live, I can attest that crew was asking MCC for sensor readings, so contrary to what article says sensors themselves apparently were fine (as MCC had TM during whole flight), but these readings for some reason were not displayed by the obroad computers.
Also if you were watching the whole event live and can understand Russian, you would notice that crew were using backup comm for some reason (there was a talk about that in the chatter). -
#127 by Fuji on 14 Sep, 2013 04:24
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Russian Space Agency Explains ‘Blind Landing’ of ISS Crew
http://en.ria.ru/science/20130913/183415722/Russian-Space-Agency-Explains-Blind-Landing-of-ISS-Crew.htmlQuote“We lost almost all readings we needed to control after the separation [of the landing module],” Vinogradov said at a separate press conference.
“We basically had no readings at all,” he added, alleging that the problem could have been due to a malfunction.
The crew could not even tell their altitude from the spacecraft’s controls, though emergency services supplied some information by radio, Vinogradov said.
But Popovkin said all that was switched off was an information display, and the cosmonauts still had enough readings to tell the landing proceeded without malfunctions.
“Two dates simply overlapped in a program, and we had to turn off the [information] display so that [the readings] would not be patchy on the screen,” Popovkin said. -
#128 by baldusi on 14 Sep, 2013 14:28
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Don't tell me this was a date display issue! because they started descent one day and actually landed in another? Sound like a silly display mistake. Which are, regrettably, verry common. First F-22 flying to Japan had to return because the computer couldn't handle passing changing the day backwards (because of the time zone).
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#129 by JimO on 14 Sep, 2013 16:42
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"all readings we needed to control "
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#130 by jacqmans on 18 Sep, 2013 15:36
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Report #M13-152
Home from Space, NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Set for Interviews
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, who returned to Earth Sept. 10 after more than five months on the International Space Station, will be available for media interviews from 2-3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 19.
To participate in the interviews, reporters must contact Gayle Frere at 281-483-5111 no later than 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. Interviews can be conducted by phone or Skype, or in person.
During his time aboard the space station, Cassidy, a native of Maine, worked on hundreds of research experiments and science investigations that will have benefits for future human spaceflight and life on Earth.
He also saw the arrival of the European ATV-4 cargo spacecraft, the Japanese HTV-4 cargo spacecraft and two Russian Progress resupply spacecraft.
Cassidy's launch to the space station in March was the first expedited trip in the 12-year history of the space station. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and his crewmates docked to the orbiting laboratory in just
six hours instead of the usual two days. The crew completed 2,656 orbits of Earth and traveled more than 70 million miles.
Cassidy is a Navy SEAL and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He served in worldwide deployments supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan before joining NASA in 2004. Cassidy previously flew in space
as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-127 mission in 2009. On that mission, Cassidy completed three spacewalks. The three additional spacewalks he performed during Expedition 36 brought
his career total to six with an accumulated time of 31 hours, 14 minutes.
Cassidy's biography is available at:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cassidy-cj.html
For more information about the International Space Station, its crews and research, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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#131 by Lewis007 on 12 Oct, 2013 08:11
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The ISS-35/36 crew members were officially welcomed in Star City on October 11.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2192
