Author Topic: Soyuz MS-01 EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - October 29, 2016 (Read 37294 times)

ZachS09 · « **Reply #40 on:** 10/29/2016 11:44 pm »

30 minutes until undocking coverage begins.

Prober · « **Reply #41 on:** 10/29/2016 11:49 pm »

nice view from awhile back

ZachS09 · « **Reply #42 on:** 10/30/2016 12:03 am »

12 minutes to go.

Undocking should occur 20 minutes after the coverage starts.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #43 on:** 10/30/2016 12:12 am »

3 minutes, everyone.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #44 on:** 10/30/2016 12:15 am »

Welcome back to Mission Control Houston, where NASA TV continues to provide live coverage of the undocking and descent of Soyuz MS-01 to Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

I'm ZachS09: your long-term commentator until the night is over.

Again, Rob Navias is the MCC PAO.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #45 on:** 10/30/2016 12:16 am »

Oh, we've got Sir Rob of Navias!

ZachS09 · « **Reply #46 on:** 10/30/2016 12:17 am »

Mission Control in Houston.

Nicole Mann is CAPCOM, TJ Creamer is Flight Director.

Russian Mission Control in Korolev.

Will be in charge of undocking and landing.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #47 on:** 10/30/2016 12:18 am »

Soyuz MS-01 crew.

Ivanishin, Onishi, and Rubins.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #48 on:** 10/30/2016 12:19 am »

Soyuz MS-02 crew aka the first half of Expedition 50.

Kimbrough, Borisenko, and Ryzhikov.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #49 on:** 10/30/2016 12:20 am »

15 minutes until undocking and the official start of the Expedition 50 mission.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #50 on:** 10/30/2016 12:21 am »

Ivanishin will have completed 280 days of spaceflight upon landing.

Onishi and Rubins, since this is their first spaceflight, will have logged 115 days.

This makes Ivanishin the most-experienced crewmember of Soyuz MS-01.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #51 on:** 10/30/2016 12:23 am »

The undocking process will begin with the driving of the Orbital Module's hooks. After undocking, two departure maneuvers will be conducted to increase the departure rate away from the ISS.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #52 on:** 10/30/2016 12:24 am »

Just showed a quick animation of the landing sequence.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #53 on:** 10/30/2016 12:25 am »

Landing trajectory, which will end in Jezkazgan.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #54 on:** 10/30/2016 12:26 am »

The weather at Jezkazgan upon landing:

Broken cloud deck at 4,000 feet.

Winds out of southwest at 7 knots.

Temperature will be 34 degrees Fahrenheit.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #55 on:** 10/30/2016 12:27 am »

About 7 minutes until the hooks will drive. This will be a 90-second process, after which springs will push the spacecraft from the Rassvet module.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #56 on:** 10/30/2016 12:28 am »

The Soyuz MS-03 crew:

Peggy Whitson, Thomas Pesquet, and Oleg Novitsky.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #57 on:** 10/30/2016 12:29 am »

Just after undocking, Anatoli Ivanishin will use two joysticks to test the Soyuz-MS spacecraft's improved thrusters.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #58 on:** 10/30/2016 12:31 am »

In Jezkazgan, all pre-landing procedures are underway. They are also prepped to support a ballistic landing scenario, which recently happened with Soyuz TMA-10 and Soyuz TMA-11 in 2007 and 2008.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #59 on:** 10/30/2016 12:32 am »

Standing by to drive the hooks in two minutes.