Author Topic: Soyuz TMA-17M EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - December 11, 2015 (Read 41010 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 12/05/2015 07:34 am »

December 04, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M15-168

NASA to Televise Return of Three Space Station Crew Members

NASA Television will provide complete coverage Friday, Dec. 11 of the departure of three crew members from the International Space Station and their return to Earth beginning at 1 a.m. EST.

Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will undock their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the space station at 4:47 a.m. The crew members will land in Kazakhstan at 8:10 a.m. (7:10 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Their return will wrap up 141 days in space since their launch in late July.

Activities and NASA TV coverage are as follows:
•1 a.m. - Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure scheduled at 1:25 a.m.)
•4:30 a.m. - Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 4:47 a.m.)
•7 a.m. - Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn scheduled at 7:17 a.m., with landing at 8:10 a.m.)
•10 a.m. - Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
•9 p.m. - Video file of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interviews with Lindgren and Yui in Kazakhstan

At the time of undocking, Expedition 46 will begin aboard the station under the continued command of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. Along with his crewmates Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, the three-person crew will operate the station for four days until the arrival of three new crew members. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Kelly and Kornienko are spending one year in space, twice the typical mission duration, to provide researchers the opportunity to advance their knowledge of the medical, psychological and biomedical challenges faced by astronauts during long-duration spaceflight.

For the NASA TV streaming video and schedule, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

jacqmans · « **Reply #1 on:** 12/05/2015 11:09 am »

Kjell Lindgren@astro_kjell

We are coming home in 7 days. The time has flown by. Starting to prepare for our return. Spacesuits...check.

jacqmans · « **Reply #2 on:** 12/08/2015 01:43 pm »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/7/15

Crew Departure Preparation: Yui and Lindgren continued packing their personal items in preparation for crew return to Earth on Soyuz 43 (43S) on December 11th. The items will return by way of 43S, SpX-8, and SpX-9 vehicles.

jacqmans · « **Reply #3 on:** 12/09/2015 01:54 pm »

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/8/15

43S Crew Departure Preparation: Yui and Lindgren prepared and transfered US cargo that will be returning to the ground via 43S. They also continued to pack their personal items. The personal items will return by way of 43S, SpaceX-8, and SpaceX-9 vehicles. Finally, Yui worked with Kononenko to perform a Motion Control Test on 43S. The 43S Crew is scheduled to return to earth on December 11th.

43S Nominal Descent Drill #2: Yui, Lindgren and Kononenko all participated in a nominal Soyuz Decent Drill. As part of this training they reviewed preliminary undocking and descent data, then worked through the descent timeline (from Soyuz activation through post-landing activities).

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #4 on:** 12/10/2015 05:56 pm »

Moved for live coverage.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #5 on:** 12/10/2015 06:15 pm »

Return article, thanks to Chris Gebhardt:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/12/soyuz-tma-17m-trio-return-earth/

eric z · « **Reply #6 on:** 12/10/2015 06:37 pm »

I don't know how the crew feels, but for me this expedition went by faster than ever... Here's to a Happy Landing tomorrow!

Targeteer · « **Reply #7 on:** 12/10/2015 10:07 pm »

Kjell is up and around after his nap and checking in for assistance is drawing blood samples for the returnees before they come home.

Targeteer · « **Reply #8 on:** 12/10/2015 10:12 pm »

Quote from: eric z on 12/10/2015 06:37 pm

I don't know how the crew feels, but for me this expedition went by faster than ever... Here's to a Happy Landing tomorrow!

They do go fast when they only last 143 days. Despite that, there is a good chance the NASA PAO tonight, probably Rob Navias because he'll send someone else to the winter cold of Kazakhstan, will describe this as a "6 month stay on the ISS"...

Targeteer · « **Reply #9 on:** 12/10/2015 11:35 pm »

MCC Moscow is receiving the final cargo loading update from the Cosmonauts

Targeteer · « **Reply #10 on:** 12/10/2015 11:43 pm »

MCC-Houston is bidding farewell to the crew as part of the DPC.

wxmeddler · « **Reply #11 on:** 12/11/2015 05:35 am »

Hatch Closed: 12:32 AM Houston, 9:34AM Moscow.

chewi · « **Reply #12 on:** 12/11/2015 05:55 am »

Undocking is scheduled for 12:48 MSK (09:48 UTC).
https://twitter.com/fka_roscosmos/status/675203593188868097

Star One · « **Reply #13 on:** 12/11/2015 06:56 am »

For the first time ever on BBC radio I heard them mention an undocking event this morning! This of course was in relation to Tim Peake's flight but extra interest is always good.