LIVE: Soyuz TMA-19M EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - June 18, 2016

[Star One]

The "other" non Russian crew member returning home.  After viewing feel free to return to the full time Tim Peake love fest    https://www.facebook.com/ISS/videos/1222325831133679/

Astronaut Tim Kopra greets friends and colleagues upon returning home to Ellington Airport in Houston after 186 days in space.

Sorry but why do you feel the need to degrade the thread with sarcasm. I am not apologising for focussing on him being as he's only the second British astronaut.

[Artyom.]

Photos in high resolution from Roskosmos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/roscosmos/albums/72157667311925043

[Chris Bergin]

Tim looking in good form.
http://livestream.com/ESA/PrincipiaPostflightNewsConference

[Chris Bergin]

And there's Jacques asking a question (about another flight, including SpaceX). Tim looks well prepared by saying he'd like any mission

[Chris Bergin]

Jacques question about another mission (including Orion, or commercial - such as SpaceX)

"I think as an astronaut any mission is a good mission, so you can't afford to get fussy. They don't come around very often, so you take anything you can get. Another long duration mission, absolutely. My dream would have to be lunar exploration. I don't think any astronaut would turn that down. I'll be fighting Frank (de Winne) for it (*laugh*), but any mission would be a good mission."

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Full press conference with Tim today is available on livestream, the ESA page is:

http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2016/06/Tim_s_first_news_conference_back_on_Earth

Edit: found it now on YouTube too:

[jacqmans]

Here one photo I took of the event with my phone, I will have more tomorrow.

[virnin]

Photos in high resolution from Roskosmos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/roscosmos/albums/72157667311925043

Isn't it unusual for someone to have a NASA patch on their chest pocket and a Russian flag on their shoulder?
I'm referring to the young lady next to Tim Peake.

[darkenfast]

Photos in high resolution from Roskosmos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/roscosmos/albums/72157667311925043

Isn't it unusual for someone to have a NASA patch on their chest pocket and a Russian flag on their shoulder?
I'm referring to the young lady next to Tim Peake.

I looked at other photos and though I couldn't quite make out her nametag, I'm going to guess that she is a Russian medical civilian working for NASA, hence the mix.  She's also wearing a little pin that seems to be a cartoon medical person (either nurse or physician).

[jacqmans]

I recorded the press conference to, here is it in two parts:

[eric z]

 Thanks very much, Jacqmans! We appreciate all the hard work the Nasaspaceflight.com team puts into this fantastic resource.

[nsn]

I looked at other photos and though I couldn't quite make out her nametag

Here it is seen closer, though a little out of focus too: http://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7388/27537789010_61d306a7b8_k.jpg
The name is Raksana Batsmanova, she appears to be a senior nurse in a private clinic: http://www.ecsto.ru/doctors/batsmanova-raksana
Here is an interview with the nurses working for NASA: http://www.ecsto.ru/news/3552 (in Russian).

[Lewis007]

For those interested in the Karaganda postflight ceremony (which NASA did not post on its YouTube channel); it can be found at the following link (starting 30 minutes into the video, and lasting some 8 minutes).
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/88734207

[jacqmans]

Tim Peake arrives back in UK
 
ESA astronaut Tim Peake shortly after arriving at London Heathrow Airport on 13 July 2016 - his first visit to the UK since spending six months on the International Space Station for the Principia mission.

[robertross]

Tim Peake arrives back in UK

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Or at least what's left of the UK...(since the Brexit vote)

[Joachim]

Has someone the exactly landing data?

[jacqmans]

Soyuz TMA-19M used by British astronaut on journey to and from International Space Station will be shown at London museum

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/05/tim-peake-soyuz-tma-m-space-capsule-on-display-science-museum-london

[jacqmans]

Russian corporation Energia hands over to UK descent vehicle of spacecraft

December 5, 2016

Russian company RSC Energia (a part of State Corporation Roscosmos) is handing over to the Science Museum (London, UK) the descent vehicle of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft, in which Timothy Peake, the first UK astronaut onboard the ISS made his flight.

The exhibit is the original descent vehicle of Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft as it was at the time of landing, with some pieces of flight equipment replaced with their mockups. The preparations were performed under a contract that had been concluded between the Corporation and the supervisory board of the Science Museum.

The ceremony of signing delivery and acceptance certificates was held on December 2, 2016 at RSC Energia.

General Director of Energia Corporation of Russia Vladimir Solntsev: “We are proud of the fact that a spacecraft that had been built at our Corporation and flew into orbit will now take its rightful place in one of the most famous museums of the world. I’m certain that this distinctive symbol of Russia will become one of the key items on display at the museum, and the exhibit containing it will become one of the most visited”. 

Director of the Science Museum Group Ian Blatchford: “Russia was and remains the doubtless leader in space, especially in the field of long-duration space missions. It’s a great honor for me to accept into the collection of the Science Museum the capsule of the Russian manned spacecraft, which delivered a UK astronaut Tim Peake to the ISS. For the museum this is an incredible opportunity to tell the amazing story of Russian achievements in the UK”. 

He noted that for Great Britain the space mission of Timothy Peake was a truly historic event, and thanked Energia for the opportunity to get the British public better acquainted with Russian achievements in space.

The acquisition of the descent vehicle of the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M continues the work of the Museum which began with the exhibition project Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age. The exhibition, which became the most successful exhibition in the history of the Science Museum and attracted 140 thousand visitors in Great Britain, opened in Moscow at VDNKh and will be on till January 2017.

The spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M was launched to the International Space Station in December 2015. The crew consisted of the spacecraft commander, a Roscosmos cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, a NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra, and a British astronaut representing ESA Timothy Peake. On June 18, 2016 the descent vehicle of the spacecraft made a successful landing in Kazakhstan.

The descent vehicle of Soyuz TMA-19M will become the first manned spacecraft that had been into space in the national collection of space hardware of Great Britain.

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, as well as to return them to Earth.

 
RSC Energia is the leader in the rocket and space industry, and the prime contractor for manned space systems. The Corporation conducts work on the development of unmanned space and rocket systems (launch vehicles and orbital transfer vehicles), and high-technology systems for various non-space applications. Since August 2014, the Corporation is headed by Vladimir Solntsev.

ROSCOSMOS is a State Corporation established in August of 2015 in order to conduct a comprehensive reform of the rocket and space industry in Russia. State Corporation Roskosmos assures implementation of the Government policies in the field of space activities and provides for them a legal and regulatory framework, as well as places orders for the development, production and delivery of space hardware and space infrastructure facilities. The functions of the State Corporation also include development of international cooperation in space, and creating conditions for using results of space activities in social and economic development of Russia.

The Science Museum is one of the three major museums dating back to Victorian age on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. The Museum was founded in 1857 from surplus items from other exhibitions and museums of the United Kingdom. The current building of the Museum was designed by a Scottish architect Richard Allison and was opened for visitors in stages over a period of 1919 to 1928. The Science Museum now holds a collection of over 300,000 items, including Stephenson's Rocket and Puffing Billy steam locomotives, and Charles Babbage's Difference engine. The Science Museum is made up of a number of galleries, some of which are permanent, and some of which are temporary. On average, the Museum receives three million visitors per year.

http://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2016/news_12-05.html

[jacqmans]

Tim Peake's capsule goes on display at Science Museum

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38744822