Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-11M Landing Coverage - May 13, 2014 (Read 26307 times)

John44 · « **Reply #60 on:** 05/14/2014 05:20 am »

Expedition 39/Soyuz TMA-11M Landing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8892

Expedition 39/Soyuz TMA-11M Landing Replay
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8893

Lewis007 · « **Reply #61 on:** 05/14/2014 07:56 am »

And pictures have started coming in on NASA HQ's Flickr site
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/

Satori · « **Reply #62 on:** 05/14/2014 11:41 am »

Nice set of images at http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2494

jacqmans · « **Reply #63 on:** 05/14/2014 01:35 pm »

May 13, 2014

Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth Tuesday after 188 days in space, during which they orbited Earth more than 3,000 times and traveled almost 79.8 million miles.

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Soyuz commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 9:58 p.m. EDT (7:58 a.m., May 14, in Dzhezkazgan).

During Expedition 39, the crew participated in a variety of research, including a human immune system activation and suppression study and a protein crystal growth research study looking for proteins responsible for Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. The crew also installed a new plant growth chamber designed to expand in-orbit food production capabilities.

One of several key research focus areas during Expedition 39 was human health management for long duration space travel, as NASA and Roscosmos prepare for two crew members to spend one year aboard the space station in 2015.

During their time aboard the orbiting laboratory, the trio welcomed three cargo spacecraft. A Russian ISS Progress cargo vehicle docked to the station, bringing tons of supplies, and another Progress craft conducted tests on an upgraded automated rendezvous system. In January, Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the station as part of Orbital's first commercial resupply mission. In April, SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft to the station for the SpaceX-3 cargo resupply mission. Both capsules were loaded with cargo and science experiments. This was Orbital's first of at least eight cargo flights to the space station, and it was the third of at least 12 flights for SpaceX scheduled through 2016 under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.

Mastracchio, Tyurin and Wakata arrived at the station Nov. 7 bearing the torch used to light the Olympic flame at Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, which marked the start of the 2014 Winter Games in February.

During his time on the orbiting complex, Mastracchio ventured outside the confines of the space station for three contingency spacewalks. The first two were to remove and replace a faulty cooling pump, and the third to remove and replace a failed backup computer relay box.

The space station is more than a scientific research platform. It also serves as a test bed to demonstrate new technology. With the arrival of SpaceX-3, the Expedition 39 crew unloaded new climbing legs for NASA's Robonaut 2 (R2) humanoid robot. Designed to take over routine, dirty and potentially dangerous tasks from astronauts, R2 will take its first steps toward mobility after the legs are attached and tested in the coming months. Further upgrades and a battery backpack, necessary for the robot to operate completely untethered, will launch to the station later this year. Ground controllers using the station's robotic arm also installed a new high-definition Earth-viewing camera system, referred to as HDEV, on the outside of the Columbus lab. HDEV is comprised of four commercially available HD cameras and streams online live video of Earth to online viewers around the world.

Having completed his fourth space station mission, Mastracchio now has spent 228 days in space. Wakata has spent 348 days in space on four flights and served as the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Tyurin has accumulated 532 days in space on three flights, making him 13th on the all-time endurance list.

Expedition 40 now is operating aboard the station, with Steve Swanson of NASA in command of the orbiting laboratory. Swanson and his crewmates, Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, will tend to the station as a three-person crew until the arrival in two weeks of three new crewmates: Reid Wiseman of NASA, Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst are scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan May 28.

For more information on the International Space Station and its crews, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

For b-roll and other media resources, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

jacqmans · « **Reply #64 on:** 05/14/2014 01:36 pm »

May 14, 2014 (JST)

Return of the Soyuz Spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M) with Astronaut Koichi Wakata aboard
The Soyuz spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M) has safely returned to Earth with astronaut Koichi Wakata aboard who completed his long-duration mission on the International
Space Station (ISS).

Landing Date/Time:
May 14, 2014 10:58 a.m. (JST)
May 14, 2014 7:58 a.m. (Kazakhstan Time)

Landing Location: Republic of Kazakhstan

Crewmembers:
Mikhail Tyurin (FSA)
Richard Mastracchio (NASA)
Koichi Wakata (JAXA)

Note: The 38th and 39th expedition crews (Astronauts Tyurin, Mastracchio, and Wakata) stayed at the International Space Station (ISS) for 188 days.

Reference links for further information:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/flight/37s/
http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/wakata/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

[Comment by JAXA President]
Return of the Soyuz Spacecraft (37S/TMA-11M) with Astronaut Koichi Wakata aboard
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2014/05/20140514_37s.html#at

URL:
http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2014/05/20140514_37s.html

Artyom. · « **Reply #65 on:** 05/14/2014 04:48 pm »

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) were greeted in a traditional ceremony at the airport in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, on May 14, a few hours after landing in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft in Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan.. The footage includes interviews conducted with Mastracchio before he began the trip back to Houston.

A12 · « **Reply #66 on:** 05/14/2014 05:11 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/14/2014 02:01 am

So I kinda went a bit op-ed.....but not really. Just noting the frustrations we all (from all countries) will feel if the threat is carried out.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/soyuz-tma-11m-returns-argumentative-earth/

Fully agree, very well said.
Good post, I would say better than usual (not to diminish the others, just considering the sensitiveness of topic).
IMHO a good medication for the too many guys around glad that the Cold War could be back.

John44 · « **Reply #67 on:** 05/14/2014 06:09 pm »

Expedition 39/Soyuz TMA-11M Landing and Post-Landing Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8894

Space Pete · « **Reply #68 on:** 05/14/2014 08:00 pm »

Glad the landing went well...but the journey isn't over yet!

Rick & Koichi are currently inbound to the US aboard the "NASA2" Gulfstream III jet.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2

P.S. Great article Chris - sometimes things need to be put into perspective, and that article does just that.

rds100 · « **Reply #69 on:** 05/14/2014 08:06 pm »

I wonder, why do they have to travel on the same airplane? And why doesn't Koichi fly directly from Kazakhstan to Japan? Would be a shorter trip.

Space Pete · « **Reply #70 on:** 05/14/2014 08:27 pm »

Quote from: rds100 on 05/14/2014 08:06 pm

I wonder, why do they have to travel on the same airplane? And why doesn't Koichi fly directly from Kazakhstan to Japan? Would be a shorter trip.

With regard using the same airplane - it is a simple case of that being the only aircraft that JSC has that is suitable to do the job - they only have one G-III, and everything else is too large and doesn't have adequate passenger facilities. And I imagine that hiring a commercial charter aircraft that is comfortable enough to support people who have been in space for six months during a 12 hour flight, would likely cost JSC more than the fuel cost of flying their own G-III.

Koichi doesn't fly straight home to Japan because he needs to undergo post-flight rehabilitation and medical testing using the unique facilities at JSC. Also, I think all international astronauts (and their families) generally live in Houston when assigned to ISS flights, and thus they probably wish to return to their own home/family before going back to their native country.

Lewis007 · « **Reply #71 on:** 05/15/2014 07:14 am »

Cosmonaut Tyurin arrived at Chkalovsky airfield near Star City following a flight from Kazakhstan.
See: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2496

Attached is also a video of the event, which is part of a Roscosmos video.

Lewis007 · « **Reply #72 on:** 05/15/2014 01:37 pm »

And here's TsPK's video of Tyurin's arrival at Chkalovsky and subsequent Star City welcome (in traditional style, with bread & salt).

robertross · « **Reply #73 on:** 05/15/2014 09:40 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/14/2014 02:01 am

So I kinda went a bit op-ed.....but not really. Just noting the frustrations we all (from all countries) will feel if the threat is carried out.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/soyuz-tma-11m-returns-argumentative-earth/

Indeed. Finally got a chance to sit down (eating supper) to read it.
Wow. Liked the frankness you articulated of the sillyness being thrown around.

Artyom. · « **Reply #74 on:** 05/20/2014 12:17 pm »

Lewis007 · « **Reply #75 on:** 05/23/2014 07:58 am »

One of the postlanding interviews with Rick Mastracchio on May 20.
As usual, NASA refrains from putting these interviews on their YouTube channel.

Lewis007 · « **Reply #76 on:** 06/12/2014 07:58 am »

The ISS-38 crew had their "Star City welcome back ceremony" on June 11.
Following a press conference (clip in Russian), they laid flowers at the statue of Gagarin, were welcomed back with bread and salt, and then participated in another ceremony.

See: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2548 (in Russian).