Author Topic: Soyuz MS-02 EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) - April 10, 2017 (Read 32772 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 04/06/2017 06:50 am »

EOM Article:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/04/soyuz-ms-02-back-earth/

April 05, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-039

NASA TV to Air Return of Space Station Crew Members to Earth April 10

Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to depart the orbiting outpost Monday, April 10. Coverage of their departure and return to Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the space station at 4 a.m. EDT and land in Kazakhstan at 7:20 a.m. (5:20 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Their return will wrap up 173 days in space for the crew members since their launch last October.

NASA TV will air coverage of the departure and landing activities at the following dates and times:

Sunday, April 9
•10:40 a.m. – Change of command ceremony in which Kimbrough hands over station command to NASA’s Peggy Whitson

Monday, April 10
•12:15 a.m. – Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 12:40 a.m.)
•3:30 a.m. – Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at 4 a.m.)
•6 a.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 6:27 a.m., landing at 7:20 a.m.)
•9 a.m. – Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities.

Tuesday, April 11
•12 p.m. – Video file of landing and post-landing activities and post-landing interview with Kimbrough in Kazakhstan

Together, the Expedition 50 crew members continued work on hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard humanity’s only orbital laboratory.

At the time of undocking, Expedition 51 will begin aboard the station under Whitson’s command. Along with her crewmates Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), the three-person crew will operate the station until the arrival of two new crew members. NASA’s Jack Fischer and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch April 20 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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

https://www.nasa.gov/station

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

http://instagram.com/iss

and

http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

John44 · « **Reply #1 on:** 04/09/2017 09:06 pm »

Expedition 50/51 - Change of Command Ceremony
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10025

northenarc · « **Reply #2 on:** 04/10/2017 04:50 am »

Hatch closing

northenarc · « **Reply #3 on:** 04/10/2017 05:04 am »

Event times

Joachim · « **Reply #4 on:** 04/10/2017 05:17 am »

It seems that the Russians do nou publish the landing data at
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuz_mc02/shema_spusk.htm (the graphic still shows Soyuz TMA-15M).

Joachim · « **Reply #5 on:** 04/10/2017 06:51 am »

It is available now.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #6 on:** 04/10/2017 07:39 am »

Ryzhikov: center seat
Kimbrough: right
Borisenko: left

(In this view, from Neptun control panel...)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #7 on:** 04/10/2017 07:41 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #8 on:** 04/10/2017 07:42 am »

Recovery forces

centaurinasa · « **Reply #9 on:** 04/10/2017 07:46 am »

After Hatch closed:
- Interface Leak Checks: vestibule between BO & ISS is depressurized followed by pressure monitoring
- Crew members don their Sokol Launch and Entry Suits and strap themselves into their seats inside the SA
- Sokol suits Pressure check
- Internal hatch Pressure check

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #10 on:** 04/10/2017 07:48 am »

10 mins to undocking.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #11 on:** 04/10/2017 07:51 am »

Then:
- Soyuz Transfer to Autonomous Power
- Soyuz Power/Data interfaces (docking mechanism) demated
- MRM- 1 Poisk hooks open (soyuz is now only mated by his own hooks)