Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz TMA-12M Landing Coverage - September 10, 2014 (Read 28296 times)

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

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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