Soyuz MS-01 EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - October 29, 2016

[ZachS09]

The red-orange medical tent.

[ZachS09]

Once the main chute is packed inside a large bag, it'll be brought back so that it can undergo postflight analysis.

[ZachS09]

After their medical exams, the Soyuz MS-01 crew will take a 2-hour flight for a Kazakh welcome ceremony.

Following that, Anatoli Ivanishin will fly back to Star City, Russia.

And Onishi and Rubins will fly back to Houston.

Now showing landing replays.

[ZachS09]

[ZachS09]

The Descent Module, charred from the reentry plasma.

[ZachS09]

The "land leg" chairs.

[ZachS09]

The ladder structure that was placed over the capsule.

[Mapperuo]

[ZachS09]

Again, not much to report. Just showing replays of the crew extraction.

[ZachS09]

Standing by to return to the Mission Control Center in Houston.

[ZachS09]

Back at Mission Control Houston.

[ZachS09]

For the last time tonight, the NASA TV feed comes to a close.

This has been ZachS09 providing play-by-play coverage of the Soyuz MS-01 hatch closure, undocking, and deorbit burn/landing events. Coming up next in three weeks will be the launch of Soyuz MS-03.

From Mission Control Houston, everybody, good night and God bless America.

[ChrisC]

Immediately after we got our first look at the Soyuz descending under parachute, Navias (NASA TV commentator) said something like "and there you just saw the heat shield separating."  Did anyone catch that?

Got in on the replays:  at around 20 seconds in this video, you see a big puff of smoke and then something falling straight down below the capsule.  I've never seen that before, and certainly it's a rare sight in Soyuz coverage.   This link will take you straight to it.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=R63UlUmlW44#t=15s

Chris B., perhaps a screenshot and a paragraph about it would be a worthy addition to your article?  A Soyuz expert here could describe that particular sequence more closely.

[eeergo]

Got in on the replays:  at around 20 seconds in this video, you see a big puff of smoke and then something falling straight down below the capsule.  I've never seen that before, and certainly it's a rare sight in Soyuz coverage.   This link will take you straight to it.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=R63UlUmlW44#t=15s


Chris B., perhaps a screenshot and a paragraph about it would be a worthy addition to your article?  A Soyuz expert here could describe that particular sequence more closely.

Here's another (poorly-edited) video showing the TMA-04M heatshield release. The smoke seen in this Soyuz's video is actually mostly coming from the SIO-S RCS system dumping out the H2O2 before landing (see picture)

[Nicolas PILLET]

Immediately after we got our first look at the Soyuz descending under parachute, Navias (NASA TV commentator) said something like "and there you just saw the heat shield separating."  Did anyone catch that?

Got in on the replays:  at around 20 seconds in this video, you see a big puff of smoke and then something falling straight down below the capsule.  I've never seen that before, and certainly it's a rare sight in Soyuz coverage.   This link will take you straight to it.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=R63UlUmlW44#t=15s

Chris B., perhaps a screenshot and a paragraph about it would be a worthy addition to your article?  A Soyuz expert here could describe that particular sequence more closely.

See video n°4 in this page, at about 00'56" :

http://www.kosmonavtika.com/vaisseaux/soyouz/tech/ksp/ksp.html

It shows a landing test of the Soyuz spaceship.

[jacqmans]

October 30, 2016
RELEASE 16-103

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Safely Return From the Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 49 crew member Kate Rubins, who became the first person to sequence DNA in space, returned to Earth Saturday after a successful mission aboard the International Space Station.

Rubins and her crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, touched down in their Soyuz MS-01 at 11:58 p.m. EDT (9:58 a.m. Oct. 30, Kazakhstan time) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

Rubins, who has a degree in molecular biology, contributed to several new studies taking place for the first time aboard the space station, including the Biomolecule Sequencer experiment. The ability to sequence the DNA of living organisms in space could enable astronauts to diagnose an illness, or identify microbes growing in the space station and determine whether they represent a health threat.

During her time on the orbiting complex, Rubins ventured outside the confines of the station for two spacewalks. During the first one on Aug. 19, she and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams installed the first international docking adapter. Outfitted with a host of sensors and systems, the adapter’s main purpose is to provide a port for spacecraft bringing astronauts to the station in the future. Its first users are expected to be the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft now in development in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. During her second spacewalk Sept. 1, Rubins and Williams retracted a spare thermal control radiator and installed two new high-definition cameras.

Together, the Expedition 49 crew members contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard the world-class orbiting laboratory during their 115 days in space.

The trio also welcomed three cargo spacecraft delivering several tons of supplies and research experiments. Rubins was involved in the grapple of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft to the station in October, the company's sixth contracted commercial resupply mission, and SpaceX’s Dragon ninth contracted mission in July. One Russian ISS Progress cargo spacecraft also docked to the station in July.

Rubins and Onishi have each spent a total of 115 days in space during their first mission. Ivanishin now has 280 days in space from two flights.

Expedition 50, with Shane Kimbrough of NASA in command and his crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, will operate the station for three weeks until the arrival of three new crew members.

Peggy Whitson of NASA, Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) and Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch Nov. 17 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Check out the full NASA TV schedule and video streaming information at:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter:

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and

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[jacqmans]

NASA Astronauts ‏@NASA_Astronauts 

Welcome back to Houston!  #AstroKate and Takuya Onishi return to @NASA_Johnson after completing a successful mission to @Space_Station.


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NASA Astronauts ‏@NASA_Astronauts

Enthusiastic greeting as #AstroKate is welcomed home to Houston by family, friends, and fellow astronauts.

[yoichi]

from Takuya's google+
https://plus.google.com/101922061219949719231/posts/aNwjSpY5wiW

[catdlr]

Space Station Astronauts Arrive in Houston for Homecoming

NASA Johnson

Published on Nov 1, 2016
Expedition 49 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency returned to Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center in Houston early Oct. 31, just over 24 hours after landing in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft with cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos. The trio wrapped up a 115-day mission on the International Space Station on Oct. 29. The scientific work of the mission continues, however, as Rubins and Onishi begin a series of post-flight medical tests.