LIVE: Soyuz TMA-09M Relocation Coverage

[Chris Bergin]

Thread to cover the relocation, which is scheduled for undocking at 4:34 a.m Eastern on Friday.

[sdsds]

Looking at the timeline (GMT) for Yurchikhin from http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/:

"Redock Operate" (Prep work in Soyuz?): Start 5:20:00 AM, End 8:20:00 AM
"Redock Service Module" (Soyuz in flight?): Start 8:30:00 AM, End 9:00:00 AM
"Redock Operate" (Post-flight work in Soyuz?): Start 9:00:00 AM, End 10:05:00 AM
"Redock Leak Check" (Hatch still closed?): Start 10:05:00 AM, End 11:20:00 AM
"Redock Open": Start 11:20:00 AM, End 11:40:00 AM
"Redock Install Structural System Clamp": Start 11:40:00 AM, End 12:00:00 PM

[Chris Bergin]

Go to proceed.

[Chris Bergin]

20 mins to undocking.

[Chris Bergin]

Heading into sunrise for the undocking.

[Chris Bergin]

[Chris Bergin]

Hooks and latches to start driving in five mins.

[Chris Bergin]

[Chris Bergin]

Will head out 180 meters, rotate towards the new location, redock...all within about 25 mins. All on manual too - no KURS.

[Chris Bergin]

Live Soyuz overlap. (Neptune).

[Chris Bergin]

Cupola to the left. PMM to the right.

[Chris Bergin]

Docking mechanism powered up.

[Chris Bergin]

Hooks now driving.

[Chris Bergin]

Physical separation!

[Chris Bergin]

[Chris Bergin]

[Chris Bergin]

FOD check on the docking port - looks clean.

[Chris Bergin]

8:36 am in the UK - neighbours backing their cars out of the driveways to go to work. Soyuz backing out a bit more interesting!

[Chris Bergin]

[Chris Bergin]