Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-12M Landing Coverage - September 10, 2014 (Read 28298 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 09/06/2014 10:27 am »

September 5, 2014

NASA Television to Broadcast Sept. 10 Return of Space Station Crew

Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end almost six months on the orbiting laboratory on Sept. 10 and NASA Television will provide complete coverage.

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the station at 7:02 p.m. EDT Sept. 10, for a landing in Kazakhstan at 10:25 p.m. (8:25 a.m. Sept. 11, Kazakh time). Their return will end 169 days in space since launching from Kazakhstan March 26 for a mission that covered almost 72 million miles in orbit.

At the time of undocking, Expedition 41 formally will begin aboard the station under the command of Max Suraev of Roscosmos. Suraev and his crewmates, Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, will operate the station as a three-person crew for two weeks until the arrival of three new crew members. NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sept. 25, (U.S. time), on a six-hour flight to the space station.

NASA TV coverage will begin Tuesday, Sept. 9, with a change of command ceremony when Swanson will turn over control of station operations to Suraev, and will continue Sept. 10 and 11 with Expedition 40 landing and post-landing activities.

NASA coverage, all in EDT, includes:

Tuesday, Sept. 9:
-- 5:20 p.m. - Expedition 40/41 change of command ceremony

Wednesday, Sept. 10:
-- 3:15 p.m. - Farewells and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 3:35 p.m.)
-- 6:45 p.m. - Undocking (undocking at 7:02 p.m.)
-- 9:15 p.m. - Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 9:31 p.m. and landing at 10:24 p.m.)

Thursday, Sept. 11:
-- 12 a.m. - Video File of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
-- 12 p.m. - Video File of landing and post-landing activities and interview with Steve Swanson in Kazakhstan

For the NASA TV schedule and coordinate information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For b-roll and other media resources, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Targeteer · « **Reply #1 on:** 09/10/2014 07:51 pm »

sounds likes hatches will be closed soon

Targeteer · « **Reply #2 on:** 09/10/2014 07:53 pm »

sounds like both are closed

Mapperuo · « **Reply #3 on:** 09/10/2014 08:23 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #4 on:** 09/10/2014 09:00 pm »

Moved for live coverage!

John44 · « **Reply #5 on:** 09/10/2014 09:03 pm »

Expedition 40/41 - Change of Command Ceremony
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9058

Expedition 40 - Farewells and Hatch Closure
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9060

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #6 on:** 09/10/2014 10:03 pm »

Article for the return:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/09/soyuz-tma-12m-return-iss-trio-to-earth/

catdlr · « **Reply #7 on:** 09/10/2014 10:37 pm »

NASA TV (for undocking) coming up in a few minutes.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #8 on:** 09/10/2014 10:46 pm »

Sir Rob of Navias commentating.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #9 on:** 09/10/2014 10:49 pm »

The farewells earlier.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #10 on:** 09/10/2014 10:53 pm »

Where they will be heading to:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #11 on:** 09/10/2014 10:53 pm »

Nine minutes to undocking.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #12 on:** 09/10/2014 10:54 pm »

Recovery vehicles.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #13 on:** 09/10/2014 10:54 pm »

Usual warning not to get worried about LOS from the Soyuz.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #14 on:** 09/10/2014 10:55 pm »

Five minutes to hooks and latches.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #15 on:** 09/10/2014 10:55 pm »

ISS in attitude for the undocking.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #16 on:** 09/10/2014 10:56 pm »

MCC-M

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/10/2014 11:00 pm »

Command sent to drive the hooks.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #18 on:** 09/10/2014 11:02 pm »

Undocking confirmed!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #19 on:** 09/10/2014 11:02 pm »

No KU for this one yet.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #20 on:** 09/10/2014 11:03 pm »

Expedition 41 has officially begun.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #21 on:** 09/10/2014 11:05 pm »

Sep burn underway. Still no video.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #22 on:** 09/10/2014 11:05 pm »

"So long ISS" - Skvortsov

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #23 on:** 09/10/2014 11:07 pm »

Nine minutes until KU is back.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #24 on:** 09/10/2014 11:21 pm »

And now there is KU.....

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #25 on:** 09/10/2014 11:21 pm »

There they are....

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #26 on:** 09/10/2014 11:21 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #27 on:** 09/10/2014 11:24 pm »

Safe landings, crew!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #28 on:** 09/10/2014 11:30 pm »

Those left behind.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #29 on:** 09/10/2014 11:32 pm »

One final view.

NASA TV end of coverage for now expected shortly.

Next up is (Eastern):
9:15 p.m. - Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 9:31 p.m. and landing at 10:24 p.m.)

Targeteer · « **Reply #30 on:** 09/11/2014 01:08 am »

readiness of attitude system is nominal

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #31 on:** 09/11/2014 01:12 am »

Landing coverage. From this point in (especially after landing) I'll need some help, as I'm up for work in five hours.

Targeteer · « **Reply #32 on:** 09/11/2014 01:15 am »

c-a-f-f-e-i-n-e

Stateside folks might be watching someone else, the President, on TV

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #33 on:** 09/11/2014 01:16 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #34 on:** 09/11/2014 01:20 am »

10 mins to the deorbit burn.

robertross · « **Reply #35 on:** 09/11/2014 01:22 am »

robertross · « **Reply #36 on:** 09/11/2014 01:23 am »

4min 40 sec duration for the deorbit burn

robertross · « **Reply #37 on:** 09/11/2014 01:25 am »

robertross · « **Reply #38 on:** 09/11/2014 01:27 am »

57deg F
trace of fog and light winds expected at landing time

robertross · « **Reply #39 on:** 09/11/2014 01:31 am »

deorbit burn has begun

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #40 on:** 09/11/2014 01:31 am »

Deorbit burn underway!

robertross · « **Reply #41 on:** 09/11/2014 01:32 am »

robertross · « **Reply #42 on:** 09/11/2014 01:32 am »

62kg propellant consumed per minute

robertross · « **Reply #43 on:** 09/11/2014 01:35 am »

burn complete & good

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #44 on:** 09/11/2014 01:36 am »

Burn complete and good. Coming home!

robertross · « **Reply #45 on:** 09/11/2014 01:38 am »

All systems nominal
Crew feeling fine
Better than the best

robertross · « **Reply #46 on:** 09/11/2014 01:41 am »

approx 12 min to sep

Lars_J · « **Reply #47 on:** 09/11/2014 01:43 am »

The crew appears to be in a very good mood.

(says they are not coming back to ISS now, ISS crew responds that they won't be opening the hatch if they do)

robertross · « **Reply #48 on:** 09/11/2014 01:46 am »

ISS passing over continental Africa now

robertross · « **Reply #49 on:** 09/11/2014 01:58 am »

landing crew ready nearby

robertross · « **Reply #50 on:** 09/11/2014 01:59 am »

screens showing separation has taken place

robertross · « **Reply #51 on:** 09/11/2014 02:00 am »

expected sep CGI

robertross · « **Reply #52 on:** 09/11/2014 02:00 am »

good module separation has been confirmed

robertross · « **Reply #53 on:** 09/11/2014 02:02 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #54 on:** 09/11/2014 02:06 am »

MCC-M screens showing them riding through the fire.

robertross · « **Reply #55 on:** 09/11/2014 02:08 am »

contact with crew
4.27 G load

robertross · « **Reply #56 on:** 09/11/2014 02:09 am »

communications with crew being relayed through nearby Antonov aircraft

Prober · « **Reply #57 on:** 09/11/2014 02:10 am »

ready for chutes..

robertross · « **Reply #58 on:** 09/11/2014 02:11 am »

chute deloy animation

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #59 on:** 09/11/2014 02:11 am »

Very nice!

robertross · « **Reply #60 on:** 09/11/2014 02:11 am »

there she is!

robertross · « **Reply #61 on:** 09/11/2014 02:12 am »

locator beeper is audible

asmi · « **Reply #62 on:** 09/11/2014 02:12 am »

Notice steam coming off the capsule.

robertross · « **Reply #63 on:** 09/11/2014 02:12 am »

Indications that she's heading for a bullseye landing

robertross · « **Reply #64 on:** 09/11/2014 02:13 am »

robertross · « **Reply #65 on:** 09/11/2014 02:13 am »

heatshield jettison (on schedule)

robertross · « **Reply #66 on:** 09/11/2014 02:14 am »

9-1/2 min to touchdown

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #67 on:** 09/11/2014 02:15 am »

Nearly home.

Targeteer · « **Reply #68 on:** 09/11/2014 02:16 am »

ISS crew reports they are happy to see the parachute on the live streaming feed

robertross · « **Reply #69 on:** 09/11/2014 02:17 am »

"everything going swimingly"

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #70 on:** 09/11/2014 02:18 am »

Beep, beep beep beep.

Soyuz happy.

robertross · « **Reply #71 on:** 09/11/2014 02:20 am »

Altitude over 1km

you can hear the vehicles heading out into position

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #72 on:** 09/11/2014 02:21 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #73 on:** 09/11/2014 02:23 am »

Greeted by choppers.

robertross · « **Reply #74 on:** 09/11/2014 02:23 am »

robertross · « **Reply #75 on:** 09/11/2014 02:24 am »

touchdown!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #76 on:** 09/11/2014 02:24 am »

Welcome home!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #77 on:** 09/11/2014 02:25 am »

Choppers already landing.

robertross · « **Reply #78 on:** 09/11/2014 02:25 am »

sorry, must get up early tomorrow.

Welcome back to planet Earth, earthlings.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #79 on:** 09/11/2014 02:29 am »

Thanks for the help Robert. A bit of sleep for me now too. If someone could cover the extraction, that would be great. If not there will be video later from John44 I assume.

dawei · « **Reply #80 on:** 09/11/2014 02:51 am »

I'm a little late to the party but here is an update. Everything is going well. Alexander Skvortsov was first out of the capsule as expected. Steve Swanson is now out as well. Both look to be in good shape and good spirits.

dawei · « **Reply #81 on:** 09/11/2014 02:54 am »

Oleg Artemyev will be extracted soon. Weather is great - mid 50's F and no wind to speak of. The crew doesn't look weak at all. Happily chatting with the recovery forces.

dawei · « **Reply #82 on:** 09/11/2014 02:55 am »

Skvortsov took a picture holding an apple and promptly handed it back to recovery forces. Swanson is looking cool in his shades.

dawei · « **Reply #83 on:** 09/11/2014 02:56 am »

Swanson is eating his apple. He can be a spokesperson for the apple industry in the future

dawei · « **Reply #84 on:** 09/11/2014 02:59 am »

Artemyev being pulled out of the upright Soyuz now.

dawei · « **Reply #85 on:** 09/11/2014 03:01 am »

Nasa 992 is standing by to take Swanson back to Houston. Nasa TV reports it is harder to get the left seat crew member (Artemyev) out of the capsule as he has to be pulled over the center seat. Artemyev looks fine and is smiling.

dawei · « **Reply #86 on:** 09/11/2014 03:03 am »

As usual, the crew will be taken by Russian helicopters to Karaganda and then part ways as the Russians fly to Star City and Swanson returns to Houston.

dawei · « **Reply #87 on:** 09/11/2014 03:05 am »

The crew have been making brief phone calls and smelling the flowers picked from the field and presented to them. Artemyev not only ate an apple but is now holding a watermelon. He personally requested a watermelon to eat upon his return and so he got one.

EDIT: corrected typos

dawei · « **Reply #88 on:** 09/11/2014 03:10 am »

Crew now beginning to be carried to the medical tent where they will doff their flight suits before getting on the helicopters. Looks like everyone is having a good time.

dawei · « **Reply #89 on:** 09/11/2014 03:11 am »

Cheers and applause as the last crew member is carried to the medical tent. Cargo being pulled out of the Soyuz now.

dawei · « **Reply #90 on:** 09/11/2014 03:16 am »

One of the windows on the Soyuz looks remarkably clear and not overly smeared by debris from the reentry process. People are coming by the capsule now to get their picture taken with it and to peer into the windows of the upright vehicle. Can't say I blame them.

dawei · « **Reply #91 on:** 09/11/2014 03:29 am »

Joel Montalbano (Nasa Deputy ISS Program Manager) and Bob Behnken (Chief of the Astronaut office) are at the landing site.

dawei · « **Reply #92 on:** 09/11/2014 03:31 am »

One of the landing replays showed good views of the capsule immediately after landing. I think it even showed the parachute being separated but I was looking away for a moment and only caught a brief glimpse.

dawei · « **Reply #93 on:** 09/11/2014 03:39 am »

OK, I'm done for now as work calls. Thanks to all who make this site possible. It is a joy as always.

Targeteer · « **Reply #94 on:** 09/11/2014 03:45 am »

Why and how is someone in Kazakhstan wearing US DCUs (dessert camouflage uniform)?

John44 · « **Reply #95 on:** 09/11/2014 05:38 am »

Expedition 40/Soyuz TMA-12M Undocking
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9061

Expedition 40/Soyuz TMA-12M Landing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9062

Artyom. · « **Reply #96 on:** 09/11/2014 05:54 am »

Welcome home, Sasha, Oleg and Steve

!

My congratulations!

Artyom. · « **Reply #97 on:** 09/11/2014 05:56 am »

Artyom. · « **Reply #98 on:** 09/11/2014 06:13 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #99 on:** 09/11/2014 07:08 am »

Thanks guys. Good to see them all smiles.

Artyom. · « **Reply #100 on:** 09/11/2014 12:26 pm »

After landing cosmonauts were given apples for rehydration. The special request was made by Oleg Artemyev - a watermelon which was brought to him after landing

.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #101 on:** 09/11/2014 12:31 pm »

Welcome home from the "serenity of space" to a less than peaceful Earth... Thanks to all for the great coverage!

jacqmans · « **Reply #102 on:** 09/11/2014 04:13 pm »

September 10, 2014

Space Station Expedition 40 Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth Wednesday after 169 days of science and technology research in space, including a record 82 hours of research in a single week, which happened in July.

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 10:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10 (8:23 a.m., Sept. 11, in Dzhezkazgan).

During their time aboard the space station, the crew members participated in a variety of research focusing on Earth remote sensing, human behavior and performance and studies of bone and muscle physiology.

One of several key research focus areas during Expedition 40 was human health management for long duration space travel as NASA and Roscosmos prepare for two crew members to spend one year aboard the orbiting laboratory in 2015.

During their time on the station, the crew members orbited Earth more than 2,700 times, traveled more than 71.7 million miles and welcomed five cargo spacecraft. Two Russian ISS Progress cargo spacecraft docked to the station bringing tons of supplies in April and July. The fifth and final European Space Agency (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle also launched to the station in July with the spacecraft bearing the name of Belgian physicist Georges Lemaitre, who is considered the father of the big-bang theory.

SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the station in April, the company's third of at least 12 planned commercial resupply missions. In July, Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus spacecraft completed its third of at least eight resupply missions scheduled through 2016 under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.

During his time on the complex, Swanson ventured outside the confines of the space station for a spacewalk to replace a backup computer relay box that unexpectedly failed. Skvortsov and Artemyev conducted two spacewalks during Expedition 40, totaling 12 hours and 34 minutes.

The space station is more than a scientific research platform. It also serves as a test bed to demonstrate new technology. Even routine tasks, such as monitoring and operating the carbon dioxide removal system, provides valuable data for next-generation life support systems. Carbon dioxide removal from the pressurized compartments of the station proved to work differently in space than predicted by ground tests. The crew also saw the arrival of the Haptics-1 experiment, part of an effort to develop technology that would allow an astronaut in orbit to control a robot as it explores its target, such as an asteroid or Mars, during future human exploration missions.

Having completed his third space station mission, Swanson now has spent a total of 196 days in space. Skvortsov has accumulated 345 days in space on two flights, and Artemyev accrued 169 days in space on his first mission.

Expedition 41 now is operating aboard the station with Max Suraev of Roscosmos in command. Suraev and his crewmates, Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA, will tend to the station as a three-person crew until the arrival in two weeks of three new crew members: Barry Wilmore of NASA and Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova are scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan Thursday, Sept. 25.

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

John44 · « **Reply #103 on:** 09/11/2014 07:38 pm »

Expedition 40/Soyuz TMA-12M Post-Landing Activities
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9064

mhlas7 · « **Reply #104 on:** 09/11/2014 09:12 pm »

NASA Gulfstream heading back to Huston:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2

Space Pete · « **Reply #105 on:** 09/12/2014 09:41 pm »

Thanks for the coverage, nice to see they got back safely.

Here's some images of Swanny's arrival in Houston aboard NASA992 via NanoRacks & Bob Behnken.

Danderman · « **Reply #106 on:** 09/13/2014 03:12 pm »

NanoRacks ‏@NanoRacks Sep 12

Welcome home Astronaut Steven Swanson!. NASA jet arrives in Houston. Onboard is #ISS payloads including 2 year @ardbeg_com terpene research.

Artyom. · « **Reply #107 on:** 09/14/2014 02:22 pm »

Lewis007 · « **Reply #108 on:** 09/16/2014 09:57 am »

Just two days after his return to Earth, Artemyev participated in postflight tests. He took his place in the CF-18 centrifuge at the TsPK facilities in Star City for a simulated hand-controlled descent from orbit. The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of landing in manual mode after a six-month space flight.

On September 15, he continued his postflight tests, this time dressed in a Orlan spacesuit in the “Выход-2” (spacewalk-2) test chamber in Star City to test the possibility of cosmonaut activities on the surface of another planetary body after a six-month spaceflight. Working at a gravity level of 0.38 that of Earth (possible in the upgraded simulator), Artemyev had to carry out operations related to a ‘Mars walk,’ such as donning the suit, raising and lowering the ladder, stepping down on the surface, walking on the surface, and remotely controlling a rover.

For more info (in Russian), plus pics and videos, see: http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2685

Davejfb · « **Reply #109 on:** 09/16/2014 04:21 pm »

Quote from: Space Pete on 09/12/2014 09:41 pm

Thanks for the coverage, nice to see they got back safely.

Here's some images of Swanny's arrival in Houston aboard NASA992 via NanoRacks & Bob Behnken.

finally some pictures from Houston when they arrive back to the US. Hope to see this often in the future. We see this from the Russians all the time. Hope to see it more.

Lewis007 · « **Reply #110 on:** 10/11/2014 09:56 am »

The members of the ISS-39/40 crew were officially welcomed in Star City. After a press conference, they laid flowers at the statue of Gagarin, after which an-hour long event followed with lots of congratulatory speeches.

For more info (in Russian) and pics, see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2722
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2724

Lewis007 · « **Reply #111 on:** 10/11/2014 09:59 am »

Videos of the events mentioned above, plus a summary video of the ISS-39/40 mission.