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LIVE: Soyuz TMA-18M Updates
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jacqmans
on 28 Apr, 2014 15:18
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On 27 April 2014, Andreas Mogensen announced his mission name following a Europe-wide contest.
winning mission name "Iriss", combining names of Greek goddess Iris and ISS!
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#1
by
Lewis007
on 06 Jul, 2014 07:24
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The ISS-45/46 crew (and the ISS-47/48 crew) completed their water survival training at the the "179th rescue operations center" in the last week of June. Sarah Brightman did not participate. Instead, Thomas Pesquet showed up.
There were two sessions, one in which the crew jumped out in their Sokol suits, and the other where they had to change in "Forel" suits (inside the capsule) and then jump out.
TsPK has provided lots of pics of this event, plus a nice video.
See:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2568
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#2
by
Phillip Clark
on 06 Jul, 2014 07:29
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Launch on October 4th and presumably going from the Gagarin Pad? Nice way to celebrate an extremely important anniversary!
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#3
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Satori
on 21 Dec, 2014 14:38
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Japanese citizen Satoshi Takamatsu approved to be the next space tourist Sarah Brightman’s back-up cosmonaut, – Roscosmos representative reported on December 18.
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#4
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Satori
on 20 Jan, 2015 14:58
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#5
by
Satori
on 20 Jan, 2015 15:01
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Press conference (in Russian and English)
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#6
by
Satori
on 20 Jan, 2015 15:04
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#7
by
Artyom.
on 20 Jan, 2015 15:10
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#8
by
jacqmans
on 06 Mar, 2015 08:16
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The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station on September 1, 2015. Commander Sergei Volkov will join the Expedition-45 crew; British soprano Sarah Brightman and Danish ESA-astronaut Andreas Mogensen will spend ten days aboard the orbital outpost before returning to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-16M with cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka.
The insignia for Soyuz TMA-18M, shaped like the patch of Apollo-Soyuz, flown exactly 40 years ago, was designed by Dr. Jorge Cartes from Madrid, Spain. Copyright Roscosmos/spacepatches.nl
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#9
by
jacqmans
on 10 Mar, 2015 13:36
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Sarah Brightman's personal mission patch as seen during a press conference today. Chasing Dreams, Shaping the future #SarahInSpace
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#10
by
BDuelund
on 24 Mar, 2015 20:04
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Andreas Mogensen's patch for his "iriss" mission, launching with TMA-18M (landing with TMA-16M).
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#11
by
tonyq
on 28 Apr, 2015 18:48
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#12
by
jacqmans
on 13 May, 2015 17:02
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Reports from Russia are that within 1 to 2 weeks the decision about who will fly instead of Brightman will be taken.
A Soyuz launch with a crew of two is also possible....
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#13
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Galactic Penguin SST
on 13 May, 2015 17:03
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Reports from Russia are that within 1 to 2 weeks the decision about who will fly instead of Brightman will be taken.
A Soyuz launch with a crew of two is also possible....
So Brightman has confirmed that she is not going?
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#14
by
jacqmans
on 13 May, 2015 17:10
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Reports from Russia are that within 1 to 2 weeks the decision about who will fly instead of Brightman will be taken.
A Soyuz launch with a crew of two is also possible....
So Brightman has confirmed that she is not going?
YES
Postponement of Flight Plans
Sarah Brightman announced today that she is postponing her plans to launch aboard the upcoming Soyuz TMA-18M spaceflight mission. Ms. Brightman said that for personal family reasons her intentions have had to change and she is postponing her cosmonaut training and flight plans at this time. She would like to express her extreme gratitude to Roscosmos, Energia, GCTC (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center), Star City, NASA and all the cosmonauts and astronauts, for their support during this exciting time in her life.
“Since 2012, Sarah has shared her story of a lifelong dream to fly to space. Her international fame as the world’s best-selling soprano has enabled her message to circle the globe, inspiring others to pursue their own dreams,” said Eric Anderson, Co-Founder and Chairman of Space Adventures, Ltd. “We’ve seen firsthand her dedication to every aspect of her spaceflight training and to date, has passed all of her training and medical tests. We applaud her determination and we’ll continue to support her as she pursues a future spaceflight opportunity.”
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#15
by
Star One
on 13 May, 2015 17:12
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So she could still turn up on a later mission then?
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#16
by
Chris Bergin
on 13 May, 2015 17:31
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Yeah, just seen it. The UK news is trying to make out she's lost confidence since Progress, but I think they are reaching, as the UK media does. We have to respect it is due to the stated reasons, which will be very private (and that's not going to help the media nonsense).
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#17
by
TALsite
on 13 May, 2015 17:58
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IMO if Takamatsu have the money, he will fly instead Brightman.
Reports from Russia are that within 1 to 2 weeks the decision about who will fly instead of Brightman will be taken.
A Soyuz launch with a crew of two is also possible....
The other options would be to fly another cosmonaut as FE2, as they did with Soyuz TMA-1 after Lance Bass failed to pay, flying Yuri Lonchakov who was the backup CDR of the Soyuz.
Or as jacqmans said, a 2-men Soyuz with a cargo container instead the FE2.
Maybe could Canada fill this seat with Hansen or Saint-Jacques?
I don't know when the next Canadian will fly to the ISS. Other question would be if they have enough training time.
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#18
by
Lars-J
on 13 May, 2015 18:47
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IMO if Takamatsu have the money, he will fly instead Brightman.
Reports from Russia are that within 1 to 2 weeks the decision about who will fly instead of Brightman will be taken.
A Soyuz launch with a crew of two is also possible....
The other options would be to fly another cosmonaut as FE2, as they did with Soyuz TMA-1 after Lance Bass failed to pay, flying Yuri Lonchakov who was the backup CDR of the Soyuz.
Or as jacqmans said, a 2-men Soyuz with a cargo container instead the FE2.
Maybe could Canada fill this seat with Hansen or Saint-Jacques?
I don't know when the next Canadian will fly to the ISS. Other question would be if they have enough training time.
Yes, given that Takamatsu has been training with Brightman for a long time - presumably has the funds - so why would it even be a discussion about who would take her place?
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#19
by
anik
on 13 May, 2015 19:34
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The UK news is trying to make out she's lost confidence since Progress, but I think they are reaching, as the UK media does
She has left Russia well before Soyuz-2-1A launch failure with Progress M-27M, and there were rumours that she had not collected enough money for paying for her flight.
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