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#40 by jacqmans on 24 Mar, 2015 19:52
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#41 by engineer on 25 Mar, 2015 00:01
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Anybody knows location of NOTAM for first stage and fairing drop zone?
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#42 by John44 on 25 Mar, 2015 18:23
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Expedition 43 - Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Soyuz TMA-16M Vehicle Mating Operations
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9335
Expedition 43 - Soyuz TMA-16M Spacecraft Rollout to the Launch Pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9337 -
#43 by jacqmans on 25 Mar, 2015 19:15
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#44 by jacqmans on 25 Mar, 2015 19:16
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#45 by jacqmans on 25 Mar, 2015 19:22
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#46 by jacqmans on 25 Mar, 2015 19:23
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LV Soyuz rollout to the launch pad
March 25, 2015
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz launch vehicle with Soyuz TMA-16M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-25.html
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#47 by John44 on 26 Mar, 2015 12:01
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Expedition 43 - NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Space Shuttle and ISS missions and associated training
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9338 -
#48 by jacqmans on 26 Mar, 2015 20:02
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#49 by jacqmans on 26 Mar, 2015 20:04
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#50 by jacqmans on 26 Mar, 2015 20:06
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The State Commission meeting
March 26, 2015
The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-16M were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.
Prime crew: Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Commander; Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-1; Scott Joseph Kelly (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-2.
Backup crew: Alexey Nikolaevich Ovchinin (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Commander; Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov (Roscosmos, Russia), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-1; Jeffry Nels Williams (NASA, USA), Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-2.
The members of the primary and backup crews reported their readiness for the mission.
The launch of the Soyuz-FG integrated launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the ISS Orbital Complex is planned for March 27, 2015 at 10:42 p.m. Moscow time.
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss43/photo_03-26.html
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#51 by John44 on 26 Mar, 2015 20:22
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Expedition 43 - Pre-Launch Crew News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9340 -
#52 by Galactic Penguin SST on 27 Mar, 2015 06:35
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Moved for live coverage! Best wishes to Scott, Mikhail and Gennady for their trip!
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#53 by Chris Bergin on 27 Mar, 2015 13:41
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Outline article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/03/soyuz-tma-16m-historic-one-year-expedition/
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#54 by Targeteer on 27 Mar, 2015 13:44
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From Scott's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/NASA-Astronaut-Scott-Kelly/131376260352637?fref=nf
Just awoke from pre-launch nap. Last time in bed for a year. Tomorrow it will be like this on the International Space Station http://bit.ly/19p4uc3 -
#55 by Satori on 27 Mar, 2015 16:03
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Webcast from TsENKI...
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#56 by Satori on 27 Mar, 2015 16:09
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Cosmonauts arriving at the pad...
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#57 by Satori on 27 Mar, 2015 16:13
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#58 by Lee Jay on 27 Mar, 2015 16:22
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This will be the longest mission ever for a US Astronaut and the longest an astronaut has ever spent continuously on the ISS (the longer ones were all on Mir).
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#59 by Mark McCombs on 27 Mar, 2015 16:51
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Always surprises me the number of people just milling about at the base of the rocket.
