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LIVE: Soyuz TMA-18M EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - March 02, 2016
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jacqmans
on 24 Feb, 2016 19:33
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February 24, 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY M16-015
One-Year Crew Returns from Space Station March 1; Live Coverage on NASA TV
NASA Television will provide complete coverage Tuesday, March 1, as three crew members depart the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos – the station’s first one-year crew.
NASA Television coverage will begin at 3:10 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 29, when Kelly hands over command of the station to fellow NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. Complete coverage is as follows:
Monday, Feb. 29
•3:10 p.m. -- Change of command ceremony (Scott Kelly hands over space station command to Tim Kopra)
Tuesday, March 1
•4:15 p.m. -- Farewell and hatch closure coverage; hatch closure scheduled at 4:40 p.m.
•7:45 p.m. -- Undocking coverage; undocking scheduled at 8:05 p.m.
•10:15 p.m. -- Deorbit burn and landing coverage; deorbit burn scheduled at 10:34 p.m., with landing at 11:27 p.m. (10:27 a.m. on March 2, Kazakhstan time)
Wednesday, March 2
•1:30 a.m. -- Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
Twice the duration of a typical mission, Kelly and Kornienko’s station-record 340 days in space afforded researchers a rare opportunity to study the medical, physiological, and psychological and performance challenges astronauts face during long-duration spaceflight.
The science driving the one-year mission, critical to informing the agency’s Journey to Mars, began a year before Kelly or Kornienko floated into the space station. Biological samples were collected and assessments were performed in order to establish baselines. Comparison samples were taken throughout their stay in space and will continue for a year or more after their return to Earth. Kelly’s identical twin brother, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, participated in parallel twin studies on Earth to provide scientists more bases for comparisons.
ISS Expedition 47 officially begins, under Kopra’s command, when the Soyuz carrying Kelly, Kornienko and Volkov undocks from the space station. Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), will operate the station as a three-person crew until the arrival of three new crew members in two weeks. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on March 18 EST.
For 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
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#1
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jacqmans
on 25 Feb, 2016 07:47
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Scott Kelly @StationCDRKelly
Well, this brings back distant memories. Seems like a year ago. Today's Sokol suit fit check.
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#2
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jacqmans
on 25 Feb, 2016 07:51
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Sergey Volkov @Volkov_ISS
Выполнили проверку скафандров,готовы к возвращению домой/ Soyuz Sokol Spacesuit Check.The crew is ready to come home
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#3
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Phillip Clark
on 26 Feb, 2016 04:22
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Despite all of the hyped-up claims, this is not a "year in space" mission. It's 342 days in space.
Close but no cigar.
Only the Russians have done real "year in space" missions. The first was by the Soyuz-TM 4 crew aboard Mir, launched in December 1987 and because 1988 was a leap year the flight lasted 366 days.
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#4
by
fgonella
on 26 Feb, 2016 07:18
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Considering that only 23 days are missing to a full year, couldn't they go for a direct handover (next crew launch is in 2 weeks) and reach the round figure?
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#5
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asmi
on 26 Feb, 2016 11:40
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Considering that only 23 days are missing to a full year, couldn't they go for a direct handover (next crew launch is in 2 weeks) and reach the round figure?
And why do you think it's important to reach this "round figure"? What kind of benefits will it give?
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#6
by
fgonella
on 26 Feb, 2016 11:55
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Bragging rights, and being true to the nickname. And it shouldn't have cost more, I believe.
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#7
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eric z
on 26 Feb, 2016 12:55
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Great point! 5-month missions called 6, etc. How many new rockets are going to be wheeled out on the Nasa-TV educational channel for the kids to get "inspired" by, and then canned? etc,etc. Truth in advertising! Would have been slicker to have a 13-month mission, than a slightly shorter one, for PR reasons if nothing else. BTW, when is the next year-long expedition coming? Time may be starting to slip away for this magnificent facility to be the great focal point it is, with another big gap potentially coming.
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#8
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asmi
on 26 Feb, 2016 15:34
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Bragging rights, and being true to the nickname. And it shouldn't have cost more, I believe.
Well Russians did that (direct exchange) for PR purposes (pre-Olympics spacewalk), so I'm sure they would've done that now too if there would be such request. The transportation is not the only problem. Direct handover stresses life support systems beyond what they were designed to handle, costs more in terms of consumables and crew time.
Besides what's there to brag about anyways? Unless you want to stretch it beyond 438 days, the Russians during Mir times would still be way ahead of the game no matter how you spin it.
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#9
by
Prober
on 26 Feb, 2016 17:10
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Great point! 5-month missions called 6, etc. How many new rockets are going to be wheeled out on the Nasa-TV educational channel for the kids to get "inspired" by, and then canned? etc,etc. Truth in advertising! Would have been slicker to have a 13-month mission, than a slightly shorter one, for PR reasons if nothing else. BTW, when is the next year-long expedition coming? Time may be starting to slip away for this magnificent facility to be the great focal point it is, with another big gap potentially coming.
got to start someplace but time you can't make up so....maybe next goal should be 3 missions 15-18 (or whatever you wish to call it). ISS needs upgrades and goals moved up if Mars is serious.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=39662.msg1496346#msg1496346
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#10
by
asmi
on 26 Feb, 2016 17:43
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got to start someplace but time you can't make up so....maybe next goal should be 3 missions 15-18 (or whatever you wish to call it). ISS needs upgrades and goals moved up if Mars is serious.
Agreed, and they need to start planning them out ASAP. If my memory serves me, current "one year" mission was announced about a year before it actually started, so this is quite long lead time (unless they already have follow ups in the pipeline - possibly conditional on results of current mission).
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#11
by
hop
on 26 Feb, 2016 22:09
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Considering that only 23 days are missing to a full year, couldn't they go for a direct handover (next crew launch is in 2 weeks) and reach the round figure?
Why? It makes no difference to the actual objectives. Going from
roughly 6 months to
roughly one year is significant and important. Plus or minus a couple weeks is totally irrelevant except for record books and pedantry. Referring to a roughly year-long period as "a year" is totally normal in everyday usage. (e.g. if someone says "I spent a year in New York" in conversation, no one would expect it to mean
exactly 365 days)
If you pay any attention to ISS ops at all, you should know that visiting vehicle schedule is a complicated balancing act with a lot moving parts and interacting constraints. Sure, it could probably have been adjusted, but there is no operational reason to do so.
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#12
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eric z
on 26 Feb, 2016 22:43
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Hop,of course you are exactly right; all I'm saying is that we are moving into a TMZ/PR-type of society. You know some clown will whine that " it wasn't really a year..." But in any case,Good Luck and Happy Landings to a great crew!
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#13
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asmi
on 26 Feb, 2016 23:32
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Hop,of course you are exactly right; all I'm saying is that we are moving into a TMZ/PR-type of society. You know some clown will whine that " it wasn't really a year..."
I'm sure this type of people will find something to whine about no matter what. I'd say it's best to just ignore them.
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#14
by
SMS
on 29 Feb, 2016 14:52
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#15
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 01 Mar, 2016 12:44
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Moved for live coverage (the undocking might just step into SES-9's launch window....)
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#16
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 20:24
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Scott Kelly's final speech. Names all the crewmembers he's served with.
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#17
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 20:36
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#18
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 20:39
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Mikhail Kornienko just wants to keep on the timeline
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#19
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 20:43
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#20
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 20:44
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4:43 pm - Hatches closed.
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#21
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 20:47
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NASA TV returning for undocking.
Chris Gebhardt will be the man with the article.
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#22
by
John44
on 01 Mar, 2016 21:05
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#23
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Lee Jay
on 01 Mar, 2016 21:31
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7:30pm EST for undocking coverage
10:15pm EST for deorbit burn and EDL coverage.
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#24
by
Targeteer
on 01 Mar, 2016 22:56
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There is continuous coverage of audio from the Soyuz on the ISS Streaming feed
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream . This is interesting because the standard 12-15 minutes gaps of coverage for normal ISS connectivity aren't happening. That shoots yet another hole in the standard PAO "out of range of ISS coverage" clap trap used when TDRS-Z coverage isn't available due to unnamed higher priority users. Off the soap box now...
The audio is in Russian and also as standard, no translation is provided. Scott was obviously asked a question by one of the Cosmonauts about a returning item. His answer. "EMU, fan pump separator" No translation needed...
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#25
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:16
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There is continuous coverage of audio from the Soyuz on the ISS Streaming feed http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream . This is interesting because the standard 12-15 minutes gaps of coverage for normal ISS connectivity aren't happening. That shoots yet another hole in the standard PAO "out of range of ISS coverage" clap trap used when TDRS-Z coverage isn't available due to unnamed higher priority users. Off the soap box now...
The high-rate KU-band communication ( video ect) requires a line of sight to the TDRS Satellite to work. S-Band will work otherwise, but it is much lower bandwidth and only handles voice and limited data.
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#26
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:43
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#27
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:46
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#28
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:47
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#29
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:55
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Five minutes to undocking.
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#30
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:57
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Flood lights on.
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#31
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:58
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And we have the live views now.
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#32
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Chris Bergin
on 01 Mar, 2016 23:59
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We've also got the crazy translator who likes to literally translate with the emotions!
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#33
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:01
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Undocking command sent.
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#34
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:01
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#35
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:03
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#36
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:05
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#37
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:07
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Sep burn 1.
Lovely little spin there too.
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#38
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:08
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#39
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:10
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#40
by
DatUser14
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:12
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Why is the deorbit burn conducted so much later from undocking? Phasing to get aligned with the landing zone?
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#41
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:14
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NASA PAO will get paid this week as he got a #JourneyToMars reference in......but that is actually apt for once.
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#42
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:19
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#43
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:19
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#44
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 00:25
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Final views. And the next coverage.
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#45
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 01:51
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Scott Kelly's ape suit joke backfires when he ends up in this situation on egress:
Someone please arrange for the recovery crews to dress up in ape suits!
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#46
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:13
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#47
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:16
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"It all comes down to this" - NASA PAO. I like that.
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#48
by
Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:18
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70 mins to landing.
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#49
by
Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:18
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15 mins to the deorbit burn.
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#50
by
robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:21
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#51
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:24
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#52
by
robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:27
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NASA commentator: Dan Huot
landing weather cooperating
maybe a bit of snow on the ground
scattered clouds in the area
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#53
by
hop
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:28
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#54
by
robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:29
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#55
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:30
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#56
by
ChrisC
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:33
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#57
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:33
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Firing!
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#58
by
robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:33
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thrusters have fired
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#59
by
DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:33
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6:32:40 burn ignited
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#60
by
Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:34
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Half way through the burn.
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#61
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:37
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Soyuz TMA-18M Deorbit Burn complete - and good. Coming home.
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#62
by
DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:38
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They're on their way home with a good burn complete!
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#63
by
penguin44
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:38
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Separation confirmation. Thermal sensors activated.
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#64
by
catdlr
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:38
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#65
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robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:38
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#66
by
robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:48
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#67
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:48
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#68
by
Prober
on 02 Mar, 2016 02:52
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#69
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:00
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#70
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:02
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#71
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:08
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#72
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Mark McCombs
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:10
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Radio contact. Heavy G's
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#73
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:12
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Waiting for chute confirmation.
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#74
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:14
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All Nominal reported by ground crews.
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#75
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Mark McCombs
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:16
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10 minutes to landing.
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#76
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:17
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Crew reports they feel good.
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#77
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:18
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SAR crew talking with the Soyuz crew. This one has been perfect all the way down. No major LOS drama.
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#78
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:21
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#79
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:23
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SAR teams have visual, still no video.
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#80
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Mark McCombs
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:23
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1500 metres to go!!
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#81
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:24
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Coming up on touchdown. Don't think we're going to get live video.
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#82
by
ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:26
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Touchdown at 10:25 PM CT; no confirmation yet.
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#83
by
sewebster
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:28
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Coming up on touchdown. Don't think we're going to get live video.
Do we know what determines whether or not they show video?
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#84
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:30
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Touchdown confirmed!
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#85
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:30
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Confirmation! 26 mins past the hour!
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#86
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Mark McCombs
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:30
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#87
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:31
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#88
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:32
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When it comes to capsule egress, Sergei Volkov will exit first. Scott Kelly will be next with Mikhail Korniyenko being the last to exit the capsule.
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#89
by
PahTo
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:34
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Woot! Welcome home and well received!
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#90
by
eric z
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:37
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Welcome back, guys, great mission!
I hope we haven't seen the last of Mr. Volkov in space- he is one of my favorite cosmonauts; and many thanks to the two year-long fellows- great job up there!
Thanks to Chris and the gang,too.
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#91
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:38
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Landed vertically.
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#92
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:38
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Apparently landed vertically. That will help extraction.
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#93
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:42
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Rob Navias has been deployed to the landing zone.
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#94
by
JimO
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:47
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When do we expect them in Houston? I'd like to wave [and get some photos for nasaspaceflight.com].
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#95
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:47
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First video is of Rob Navias!
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#96
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:48
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Commander Sergei Volkov is out of Soyuz TMA-18M.
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#97
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:52
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The second Board Engineer, Scott Kelly, is out of Soyuz TMA-18M.
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#98
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:54
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Scott looks good in the fresh air.
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#99
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:54
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Scott looks fine!
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#100
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:54
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The first Board Engineer, Mikhail Korniyenko, is out of Soyuz TMA-18M.
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#101
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:55
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#102
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:55
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#103
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:57
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#104
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:57
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Mikhail and Scott look totally fine!
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#105
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:58
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#106
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 03:59
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Sergey looking better now too.
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#107
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:00
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He's happy for a Q&A!
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#108
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:01
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Scott on the phone already.
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#109
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:02
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Sergei Volkov is now being taken to the medical tent for a 75-minute examination.
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#110
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:02
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Volkov, with his cosmonaut father behind him, heads to the tent.
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#111
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:02
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Mikhail Korniyenko, is now being taken to the medical tent.
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#112
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:03
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Chief astro, Chris Cassidy, assists with getting Scott to the tent.
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#113
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ZachS09
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:03
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Scott Kelly is the last to be carried to the medical tent.
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#114
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:04
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All three inside the tent for the checks.
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#115
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Chris Bergin
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:05
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#116
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DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:05
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A nice upright landing right on target.
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#117
by
Ronpur50
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:10
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Happy to see them home safe and great coverage as usual!! What an exciting year it has been!!
I will miss seeing Scott everyday on ISS.
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#118
by
DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:14
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Recording of the descent.
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#119
by
Ronpur50
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:17
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Still waiting to find out if they have touchdown video.
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#120
by
DwightM
on 02 Mar, 2016 04:25
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#121
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Rocket Science
on 02 Mar, 2016 05:21
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Welcome home to the crew and thank you NSF for the great coverage!
Scott, get ready for a lot more needle-poking over the next several months from those pesky medical types...
We appreciate your special sacrifice and contribution to the advancement of long duration spaceflight.
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#122
by
John44
on 02 Mar, 2016 07:27
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#123
by
jacqmans
on 02 Mar, 2016 11:59
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March 02, 2016
RELEASE 16-023
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns Safely to Earth after One-Year Mission
NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station. They landed in Kazakhstan at 11:26 p.m. EST (10:26 a.m. March 2 Kazakhstan time).
Joining their return trip aboard a Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft was Sergey Volkov, also of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, who arrived on the station Sept. 4, 2015. The crew touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan.
“Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station has helped to advance deep space exploration and America’s Journey to Mars,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. “Scott has become the first American astronaut to spend a year in space, and in so doing, helped us take one giant leap toward putting boots on Mars.”
During the record-setting One-Year mission, the station crew conducted almost 400 investigations to advance NASA’s mission and benefit all of humanity. Kelly and Kornienko specifically participated in a number of studies to inform NASA’s Journey to Mars, including research into how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation and the stress of long-duration spaceflight. Kelly’s identical twin brother, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, participated in parallel twin studies on Earth to help scientists compare the effects of space on the body and mind down to the cellular level.
One particular research project examined fluid shifts that occur when bodily fluids move into the upper body during weightlessness. These shifts may be associated with visual changes and a possible increase in intracranial pressure, which are significant challenges that must be understood before humans expand exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. The study uses the Russian Chibis device to draw fluids back into the legs while the subject’s eyes are measured to track any changes. NASA and Roscosmos already are looking at continuing the Fluid Shifts investigation with future space station crews.
The crew took advantage of the unique vantage point of the space station, with an orbital path that covers more than 90 percent of Earth’s population, to monitor and capture images of our planet. They also welcomed the arrival of a new instrument to study the signature of dark matter and conducted technology demonstrations that continue to drive innovation, including a test of network capabilities for operating swarms of spacecraft.
Kelly and Kornienko saw the arrival of six resupply spacecraft during their mission. Kelly was involved in the robotic capture of two NASA-contracted cargo flights -- SpaceX’s Dragon during the company’s sixth commercial resupply mission and Orbital ATK’s Cygnus during the company’s fourth commercial resupply mission. A Japanese cargo craft and three Russian resupply ships also delivered several tons of supplies to the station.
Kelly ventured outside the confines of the space station for three spacewalks during his mission. The first included a variety of station upgrade and maintenance tasks, including routing cables to prepare for new docking ports for U.S. commercial crew spacecraft. On a second spacewalk, he assisted in the successful reconfiguration of an ammonia cooling system and restoration of the station to full solar power-generating capability. The third spacewalk was to restore functionality to the station’s Mobile Transporter system.
Including crewmate Gennady Padalka, with whom Kelly and Kornienko launched on March 27, 2015, 10 astronauts and cosmonauts representing six different nations (the United States, Russia, Japan, Denmark, Kazakhstan and England) lived aboard the space station during the yearlong mission.
With the end of this mission, Kelly now has spent 520 days in space, the most among U.S. astronauts. Kornienko has accumulated 516 days across two flights, and Volkov has 548 days on three flights.
Expedition 47 continues operating the station, with NASA astronaut Tim Kopra in command. Kopra, Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos will operate the station until the arrival of three new crew members in about two weeks. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on March 18.
The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that enables us to demonstrate new technologies and make research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. It has been continuously occupied since November 2000 and, since then, has been visited by more than 200 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next giant leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.
For more information about the one-year mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/oneyearFor more information about the International Space Station and its crews, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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#124
by
jacqmans
on 02 Mar, 2016 12:06
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RSC Energia: Soyuz TMA-18M has returned to Earth the crew of the one-year expedition
March 2, 2016
Today, on March 2, 2016, manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18M developed and built by RSC Energia has successfully returned to Earth the participants in the one-year expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), the ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Mikhail KORNIENKO and the NASA astronaut Scott KELLY. The spacecraft commander is Sergey Volkov of Russia.
The descent vehicle of the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18M landed 147 km from Dzhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) at 07:29 Moscow Time. The undocking of the spacecraft from the Mini Research Module (MRM2) Poisk of ISS was detected at 04:02 Moscow Time. The retro burn, the spacecraft separation into individual compartments, the capsule re-entry and parachute deployment occurred on time.
Specialists from the interdepartmental technical operations team, which also includes employees of RSC Energia, working in the framework of the search and rescue operation, arrived almost immediately at the descent vehicle landing site, opened the hatch and evacuated the crew. The crew health status is good.
M. KORNIENKO and S. KELLY stayed in orbit for 340 days. They had been delivered to the ISS in March 2015 onboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft commanded by Gennadi PADALKA. The program of the one-year expedition included numerous scientific, engineering, medical, astrophysical, and other experiments, the results of which are to bring humanity one step closer to deep-space manned missions. In particular, these include 13 Russian experiments in space medicine and physiology ("Algometry", "Interaction-2", "DAN", "Cardiovector", "Content", "Correction", "MORZE", "Motocard", "Neuroimmunity", "Parodont-2", "Pilot-T", "Splankh" and "UDOD") and one joint experiment (“Fluid Shifts”). The "Fluid Shifts" experiment belonged to joint studies of Russian and US scientists and was carried out by the two participants in the one-year mission using scientific equipment on the Russian and US segments of the ISS. The Russian cosmonaut Mikhail KORNIENKO agreed to take part in five US experiments ("Fine Motor Skills", "Ocular Health", "Reaction Self Test", "Sleep Monitoring", "Cognition"). In his turn, the US astronaut Scott KELLY consented to participate in two Russian experiments "Pilot-T" and "Interaction-2".
M. KORNIENKO and S. VOLKOV each made one spacewalk under the program of the Russian Segment of the ISS. The cosmonauts also took part in the work with cargo transportation spacecraft Progress M-M, Progress MS, manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-M, conducted numerous applied science studies and experiments, took still pictures and videos onboard, and also prepared Soyuz TMA-18M for return from the orbit.
After undocking of the manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18M from the ISS and until the participants in the next expedition arrive onboard, continuing to work onboard will be Yuri MALENCHENKO (Russia), Timothy KOPRA (USA) and Timothy PEAKE (UK).
Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG with the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18M was launched from Area 1 (“Gagarin’s launch pad”) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:37 Moscow Time. The spacecraft docked on September 4, during its 35th orbit. Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft delivered to the ISS one crew member of ISS-45/46 and two members of the crew of Visiting Mission 18. Soyuz TMA-18M also delivered to the ISS about 170 kg of various cargoes.
The manned transportation spacecraft of the new series Soyuz TMA-M developed and built by RSC Energia is an upgraded version of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft. It is equipped with new devices for the motion control and navigation system and an improved onboard measurement system. All the devices are built around state-of-the-art electronic components and run the latest software. The upgrade made it possible to reduce the mass of the onboard equipment and thus enhance the capability to deliver payload to orbit.
The spacecraft is designed to deliver the crews of up to three and their accompanying cargoes to the International Space Station (ISS), as well as to return them to Earth. When attached to the ISS, Soyuz TMA-M serves as a crew rescue vehicle and is kept permanently ready for emergency crew return to Earth.
http://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2016/news_03-02.html
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#125
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MattMason
on 02 Mar, 2016 13:57
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Congratulatiions to NASA and Scott Kelly on a very successful mission. We don't get a lot of "space firsts" lately so it's nice to score a new one.
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#126
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asmi
on 02 Mar, 2016 14:44
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Volkov, with his cosmonaut father behind him, heads to the tent.
He is the first second-generation space traveller (ironically he returned from space with first second-generation US space traveller - Richard Garriott). Now I wonder when are we going to see the first third-generation space traveller
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#127
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jacqmans
on 02 Mar, 2016 14:59
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#128
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jacqmans
on 02 Mar, 2016 15:48
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#129
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Space Pete
on 02 Mar, 2016 17:34
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Interestingly, the NASA Gulfstream III jet N992NA / NASA2, that is transporting Kelly back to the States, made it's first refueling stop in Stavanger, Norway, as opposed to Prestwick, Scotland, as is usually the case.
So, a first for Norway it seems - hosting an astronaut who less than 24 hours ago was in space!
Track Kelly's jet here:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA2Caption for attached photo:
Astronaut Scott Kelly steps off a NASA jet in Stavanger, Norway, during a refueling stop. He is en route to Houston after landing inside a Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan a few hours earlier.----------
Edit:
Tim Peake had better stop off in the UK upon his return!
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#130
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zubenelgenubi
on 02 Mar, 2016 17:50
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First video is of Rob Navias!
Is that an Iridium phone that he's using?
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#131
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robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 21:15
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cross-posting (in case anyone missed it)
Just as an FYI, PBS has a few specials on space on Wednesday evening: one on Neil Armstrong (repeat), one on men in space (repeat), and one on 'A Year in Space' featuring Scott Kelly (new).
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#132
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Jeff Lerner
on 02 Mar, 2016 21:48
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Post landing interview with Scott and Rob Navias..
http://www.space.com/32133-one-year-mission-bittersweet-scott-kelly.htmlScott mentions the smell of fresh air as being one of his early pleasures post landing.....I've heard other astronauts mention this before...seems that smells play an important part in our enjoyment of living in the Earth...
I'm wondering if there are any studies or developments underway to provide astronauts on long duration missions with
The "Smells of Home"....I'm thinking about bottled or canned smells that an astronaut could pull out of a case to ease that part of us that misses those smells or bring us pleasures....Pine forest in a can ??...freshly baked bread in a bag ??..and yes, even the smell of grass on A Kazak Steppe
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#133
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robertross
on 02 Mar, 2016 21:54
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Post landing interview with Scott and Rob Navias..
http://www.space.com/32133-one-year-mission-bittersweet-scott-kelly.html
Scott mentions the smell of fresh air as being one of his early pleasures post landing.....I've heard other astronauts mention this before...seems that smells play an important part in our enjoyment of living in the Earth...
I'm wondering if there are any studies or developments underway to provide astronauts on long duration missions with
The "Smells of Home"....I'm thinking about bottled or canned smells that an astronaut could pull out of a case to ease that part of us that misses those smells or bring us pleasures....Pine forest in a can ??...freshly baked bread in a bag ??..and yes, even the smell of grass on A Kazak Steppe
When I was a kid you could buy a can of fresh Florida sunshine (air).
http://gallery.wacom.com/gallery/22227515/Florida-Sunshine-Sunshine-in-a-canMaybe they need to add a few cans to a re-supply run for the next long duration mission?
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#134
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Rocket Science
on 02 Mar, 2016 21:56
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Post landing interview with Scott and Rob Navias..
http://www.space.com/32133-one-year-mission-bittersweet-scott-kelly.html
Scott mentions the smell of fresh air as being one of his early pleasures post landing.....I've heard other astronauts mention this before...seems that smells play an important part in our enjoyment of living in the Earth...
I'm wondering if there are any studies or developments underway to provide astronauts on long duration missions with
The "Smells of Home"....I'm thinking about bottled or canned smells that an astronaut could pull out of a case to ease that part of us that misses those smells or bring us pleasures....Pine forest in a can ??...freshly baked bread in a bag ??..and yes, even the smell of grass on A Kazak Steppe
Let's not forget to add "O' De garbage strike"...
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#135
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Prober
on 03 Mar, 2016 01:29
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When do we expect them in Houston? I'd like to wave [and get some photos for nasaspaceflight.com].
NASA will share the completion of American astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station with live television coverage of his return to Houston on Wednesday, March 2, and two news briefings on Friday, March 4 Kelly is scheduled to return to Houston approximately 24 hours after landing back on Earth in Kazakhstan, at about 11:45 p.m. EST (10:45 p.m. CST) Wednesday, based on current landing and transportation plans.
NASA Television will broadcast Kelly’s arrival back on U.S. soil after a record-setting stay in space for a NASA astronaut.Second Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Dr. John P. Holdren, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and Kelly’s identical twin brother and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will be in Houston to welcome Kelly home. The event will be pooled press only.Media will have an opportunity to speak with Kelly on Friday. NASA TV will air briefings at 1 and 2 p.m., from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NasaTv has a time change for tonight now
12:40 EST 1:35 EST
Also something has changed with streaming site operations.
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#136
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John44
on 03 Mar, 2016 07:50
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#137
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asmi
on 03 Mar, 2016 22:20
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Roscosmos video (from their landing live feed apparently):
Quality is not very good and there is no translation nor commentary. While watching landings I always wondered what are they talking about after landing while sitting in chairs - now I know
Michael was asked how is he feeling. He said - "Everything is great. I would like to go to hot tub, and after than I can fly back up there"
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#138
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jacqmans
on 04 Mar, 2016 12:34
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#139
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Lee Jay
on 04 Mar, 2016 19:03
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