Author Topic: Soyuz MS-06 EOM Events (Undock, Entry, Landing) February 28, 2018 (Read 21521 times)

jacqmans · « **on:** 02/23/2018 05:58 am »

February 22, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-036

International Space Station Crew Landing to Air Live on NASA Television

Three residents of the International Space Station are scheduled to complete their mission on the complex on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Coverage of their departure and landing back on Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos will undock from the space station at 6:08 p.m. EST, and land on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 9:32 p.m. (8:32 a.m. Feb. 28 Kazakhstan time).

Coverage of the Expedition 54 departure and landing activities is as follows:

Monday, Feb. 26
•2:40 p.m. – Change of command ceremony, during which Misurkin will hand over station command to Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos.

Tuesday, Feb. 27
•2:15 p.m. – Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 2:50 p.m.)
•5:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 6:08 p.m.)
•8 p.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 8:38 p.m., and landing at 9:32 p.m.)

During their 168 days in space, they were part of the first expedition that began a long-term increase in the crew size on the U.S. segment from three people to four, enabling NASA to double the time dedicated to research – surpassing 100 hours of research in one week.

At the time of undocking, Expedition 55 will begin aboard the station. Shkaplerov, NASA’s Scott Tingle, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will crew the station until three additional crew members arrive on March 23. Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 21 for a two-day journey to join Expedition 55 on station.

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on social media at:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #1 on:** 02/26/2018 06:00 pm »

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Support teams deploy to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the landing of @AstroAcaba @Astro_Sabot and Alexander Misurkin from @Space_Station

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/sets/72157693123365554/

centaurinasa · « **Reply #2 on:** 02/26/2018 10:29 pm »

Change of command ceremony.

catdlr · « **Reply #3 on:** 02/27/2018 02:54 am »

ISS Expedition 54/55 Change of Command Ceremony

Space Videos
Published on Feb 26, 2018

As Expedition 54 crew members prepare to leave the International Space Station tomorrow, February 27th, they hand over control of the station to Expedition 55.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #4 on:** 02/27/2018 06:15 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #5 on:** 02/27/2018 06:16 pm »

Today's PAO Rob Navias.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #6 on:** 02/27/2018 06:18 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #7 on:** 02/27/2018 06:19 pm »

MS-08 crew members...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #8 on:** 02/27/2018 06:21 pm »

Today's main events.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #9 on:** 02/27/2018 06:29 pm »

Inside Poisk module...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #10 on:** 02/27/2018 06:33 pm »

Mark Vande Hei...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #11 on:** 02/27/2018 06:34 pm »

Russian Recovery Forces

centaurinasa · « **Reply #12 on:** 02/27/2018 06:36 pm »

Anton Skaplerov, Expedition 55 commander...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #13 on:** 02/27/2018 06:46 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #14 on:** 02/27/2018 06:50 pm »

Joe Acaba...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #15 on:** 02/27/2018 06:52 pm »

NASA TV coverage.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #16 on:** 02/27/2018 06:54 pm »

Time to ingress the Soyuz.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #17 on:** 02/27/2018 06:56 pm »

Final Farewell...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #18 on:** 02/27/2018 06:57 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #19 on:** 02/27/2018 07:00 pm »

Hatch closed at 19.58 UTC

centaurinasa · « **Reply #20 on:** 02/27/2018 07:00 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #21 on:** 02/27/2018 07:01 pm »

Next: Interface Leak Checks: vestibule between BO (Orbital module) & ISS is depressurized followed by pressure monitoring during about one hour....

centaurinasa · « **Reply #22 on:** 02/27/2018 07:02 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #23 on:** 02/27/2018 07:06 pm »

Meanwile, crew members don their Sokol Launch and Entry Suits and strap themselves into their seats inside the SA (Descent module) Aleksandr Misurkin in the center , Mark Vande Hei left and Joe Acaba right .

centaurinasa · « **Reply #24 on:** 02/27/2018 07:11 pm »

End of NTV coverage.

catdlr · « **Reply #25 on:** 02/27/2018 08:17 pm »

Expedition 54 Crew Bid Farewell ahead of Undocking
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Soyuz MS-06 commander and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronauts Mark T. Vande Hei and Joseph M. Acaba bid farewell to their colleagues on the International Space Station today and entered their Soyuz MS-06.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #26 on:** 02/27/2018 09:25 pm »

Internal hatch (between BO and SA) already closed, the pressure of the cabin, has been checked

centaurinasa · « **Reply #27 on:** 02/27/2018 09:29 pm »

All 3 crew members are now strapped into their Kazbek seats.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #28 on:** 02/27/2018 09:43 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #29 on:** 02/27/2018 09:48 pm »

VVO console.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #30 on:** 02/27/2018 09:51 pm »

MCC-M.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #31 on:** 02/27/2018 09:54 pm »

ISS attitude.

http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/orient.htm

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #32 on:** 02/27/2018 10:01 pm »

Stats:

centaurinasa · « **Reply #33 on:** 02/27/2018 10:04 pm »

MRM-2 "Poisk" hooks open (soyuz is now only mated by his own hooks).and Soyuz SSVP Docking Mechanism power up

centaurinasa · « **Reply #34 on:** 02/27/2018 10:06 pm »

Command sent to open hooks.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #35 on:** 02/27/2018 10:08 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #36 on:** 02/27/2018 10:09 pm »

Physical sep. !! Soyuz spacecraft pushed by 4 loaded springs.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #37 on:** 02/27/2018 10:09 pm »

Undocking! And the article for this:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/soyuz-ms-06-three-iss-crew-members-earth/

centaurinasa · « **Reply #38 on:** 02/27/2018 10:10 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #39 on:** 02/27/2018 10:11 pm »

As usual, visual inspection of ISS Poisk docking port.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #40 on:** 02/27/2018 10:13 pm »

DPO departure burn 1

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #41 on:** 02/27/2018 10:13 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #42 on:** 02/27/2018 10:14 pm »

DPO departure burn 2 complete !

centaurinasa · « **Reply #43 on:** 02/27/2018 10:15 pm »

SSVP deactivated

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #44 on:** 02/27/2018 10:15 pm »

Epic views.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #45 on:** 02/27/2018 10:16 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #46 on:** 02/27/2018 10:16 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #47 on:** 02/27/2018 10:18 pm »

After Soyuz separation, ISS return to its standard orientation with the SARJs switched back into autotrack mode

centaurinasa · « **Reply #48 on:** 02/27/2018 10:19 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #49 on:** 02/27/2018 10:21 pm »

9 kg consumed for the two departure burns

centaurinasa · « **Reply #50 on:** 02/27/2018 10:23 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #51 on:** 02/27/2018 10:24 pm »

Landing site.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #52 on:** 02/27/2018 10:25 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #53 on:** 02/27/2018 10:31 pm »

End of undocking coverage.

Mapperuo · « **Reply #54 on:** 02/27/2018 10:31 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #55 on:** 02/27/2018 10:36 pm »

Next tasks for the crew: Soyuz navigation system reconfig. Descent module emergency batteries connection to the power bus and Acceleromer activation.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #56 on:** 02/27/2018 11:58 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #57 on:** 02/28/2018 12:01 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #58 on:** 02/28/2018 12:04 am »

Weather at landing site.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #59 on:** 02/28/2018 12:08 am »

Rescue helicopters and planes.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #60 on:** 02/28/2018 12:12 am »

Soyuz transition to Deorbit burn orientation (retrograde attitude)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #61 on:** 02/28/2018 12:13 am »

Before enabling the automatic burn sequence , burn parameters provided by the Digital Flight Control System are checked one last time...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #62 on:** 02/28/2018 12:18 am »

20 minutes from deorbit burn...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #63 on:** 02/28/2018 12:24 am »

Timeline (UTC):
1:38:39: Deorbit Burn (4:39, 128m/s)
2:05:50: Module Separation
2:08:40: EI "Entry Interface"
2:10:09: EG "Entry Guidance"
2:12:20: Comm Window
2:14:52: Peak G load
2:17:05: Parachute Deployement
2:31:21: Touchdown

centaurinasa · « **Reply #64 on:** 02/28/2018 12:29 am »

10 helicopters at primary landing site, and 2 to ballistic site.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #65 on:** 02/28/2018 12:31 am »

Roll manoeuver complete.

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #66 on:** 02/28/2018 12:33 am »

Has the planned landing site been specified?

centaurinasa · « **Reply #67 on:** 02/28/2018 12:33 am »

SKD main engine protective cover open.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #68 on:** 02/28/2018 12:39 am »

DEORBIT burn.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #69 on:** 02/28/2018 12:41 am »

As usual, Soyuz Cder provide a running commentary of Soyuz parameters (fuel consumption, press, ...), to inform MCC-M

centaurinasa · « **Reply #70 on:** 02/28/2018 12:43 am »

"All parameters nominal"

centaurinasa · « **Reply #71 on:** 02/28/2018 12:44 am »

Burn complete ! (4 mn 39 sec, Delta V: 128 m/s)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #72 on:** 02/28/2018 12:45 am »

Helmets closed.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #73 on:** 02/28/2018 12:45 am »

BO open valve to vent down to space.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #74 on:** 02/28/2018 12:46 am »

Crew monitoring Descent Module pressures.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #75 on:** 02/28/2018 12:47 am »

Normal loss of voice communication.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #76 on:** 02/28/2018 12:49 am »

Ballisticians at MCC-M, check the Deorbit burn telemetry to update the expected landing point...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #77 on:** 02/28/2018 12:57 am »

1st view of landing site

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #78 on:** 02/28/2018 12:59 am »

Isn't that some sort of burial site? I remember one landed close years back and that was what those structures were supposed to be.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #79 on:** 02/28/2018 01:00 am »

Soyuz in attitude for modules sep.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #80 on:** 02/28/2018 01:06 am »

Modules (Orbital Module, Descent Module and Instrumentation/Propulsion Module) & Vzor, pyrotechnic separation (Alt.: 140 km, 7.57 km/s).

centaurinasa · « **Reply #81 on:** 02/28/2018 01:07 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #82 on:** 02/28/2018 01:08 am »

Now, Descent Module attitude engine fire up to point heat shield forward.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #83 on:** 02/28/2018 01:10 am »

SAR teams.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #84 on:** 02/28/2018 01:11 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #85 on:** 02/28/2018 01:13 am »

EI "Entry Interface" (Alt.: 99.8km, 7.62km/s), Descent Module is now in "plasma regime" of reentry, switching to its entry guidance sequence.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #86 on:** 02/28/2018 01:15 am »

Series of bank maneuvers to dissipate energy and modify lift.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #87 on:** 02/28/2018 01:17 am »

Radio bacon "Beep Beep"

centaurinasa · « **Reply #88 on:** 02/28/2018 01:20 am »

Chutes deployment sequence.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #89 on:** 02/28/2018 01:20 am »

Chutes confirmed!

centaurinasa · « **Reply #90 on:** 02/28/2018 01:20 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #91 on:** 02/28/2018 01:21 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #92 on:** 02/28/2018 01:23 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #93 on:** 02/28/2018 01:24 am »

now: Venting of hydrogen peroxide from attitude thrusters
Heat Shield Jettisoned, Port Hole Cover Sep and cabin pressure equalization.
Re-hooking the capsule to a symmetrical arrangement under the chute

centaurinasa · « **Reply #94 on:** 02/28/2018 01:28 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #95 on:** 02/28/2018 01:31 am »

now, Kazbek seats in touchdown position.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #96 on:** 02/28/2018 01:33 am »

And according to the timeline, Soft Landing Engine Ignition and Kazbek shock absorbing.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #97 on:** 02/28/2018 01:33 am »

Waiting confirmation to the touchdown...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #98 on:** 02/28/2018 01:33 am »

TOUCHDOWN!

Artyom. · « **Reply #99 on:** 02/28/2018 01:34 am »

"ЕСТЬ ПОСАДКА"

Touchdown!

centaurinasa · « **Reply #100 on:** 02/28/2018 01:35 am »

Touchdown at 02.31 UTC

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #101 on:** 02/28/2018 01:35 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #102 on:** 02/28/2018 01:37 am »

"Crew is feeling very well"

centaurinasa · « **Reply #103 on:** 02/28/2018 01:38 am »

Artyom. · « **Reply #104 on:** 02/28/2018 01:41 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #105 on:** 02/28/2018 01:41 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #106 on:** 02/28/2018 01:43 am »

No "They've Landed!" screen on MCC-M screen...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #107 on:** 02/28/2018 01:43 am »

Ladder in place...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #108 on:** 02/28/2018 01:51 am »

Extracting crew underway....
(1st out, Misurkin (commander in center seat)

Artyom. · « **Reply #109 on:** 02/28/2018 01:53 am »

Alexander!

centaurinasa · « **Reply #110 on:** 02/28/2018 01:53 am »

PAO Dan Huot.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #111 on:** 02/28/2018 01:54 am »

Misurkin.

Artyom. · « **Reply #112 on:** 02/28/2018 01:55 am »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #113 on:** 02/28/2018 01:56 am »

Acaba.

Artyom. · « **Reply #114 on:** 02/28/2018 01:57 am »

And Mark

centaurinasa · « **Reply #115 on:** 02/28/2018 01:58 am »

Vande Hei.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #116 on:** 02/28/2018 02:01 am »

Artyom. · « **Reply #117 on:** 02/28/2018 02:01 am »

A few photos from the ISS.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #118 on:** 02/28/2018 02:04 am »

Time to make some phone call....

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #119 on:** 02/28/2018 02:05 am »

Great! Many thanks to centaurinasa again!

centaurinasa · « **Reply #120 on:** 02/28/2018 02:06 am »

Move to medical tent.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #121 on:** 02/28/2018 02:07 am »

Removing some initial cargos...

eric z · « **Reply #122 on:** 02/28/2018 02:10 am »

Hey Everybody- Enjoy this wonderful ritual while we still can. Thanks Centaurinasa; it's very important people still care about these very hard, grueling and valuable missions, at least IMHO!

centaurinasa · « **Reply #123 on:** 02/28/2018 02:12 am »

Closeup of Capsule's window...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #124 on:** 02/28/2018 02:15 am »

Back to Mission Control Houston...
(VVO console empty now)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #125 on:** 02/28/2018 02:18 am »

Director of the Johnson Space Center, Ellen Ochoa.

SciNews · « **Reply #126 on:** 02/28/2018 02:21 am »

Soyuz MS-06 hatch closure, undocking, departure and landing

centaurinasa · « **Reply #127 on:** 02/28/2018 02:26 am »

After initial medical examination, the crew will fly to Zhezkazgan (and then to GCTC for Misurkin and JSC for Vande Hei and Acaba).

centaurinasa · « **Reply #128 on:** 02/28/2018 02:29 am »

End of NTV coverage (thanks to Rob Navias great coverage)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #129 on:** 02/28/2018 02:51 am »

https://twitter.com/roscosmos

asmi · « **Reply #130 on:** 02/28/2018 02:59 am »

Quote from: eric z on 02/28/2018 02:10 am

Hey Everybody- Enjoy this wonderful ritual while we still can. Thanks Centaurinasa; it's very important people still care about these very hard, grueling and valuable missions, at least IMHO!

These missions has become a victim of their own success. Like it or not, but people nowadays want drama (and space nuts are not an exception unfortunately), and there is none of it here. Then there is undoubtedly some politics involved as well.

catdlr · « **Reply #131 on:** 02/28/2018 03:04 am »

February 28, 2018
RELEASE 18-010
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan

Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei
and Joe Acaba
, returned to Earth on Tuesday after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit.

Vande Hei, Acaba and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 9:31 p.m. EST (8:31 a.m. Feb. 28 in Kazakhstan) southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

Their time on station marked the beginning of the first long-term increase in crew size on the U.S. segment, enabling NASA to double the time dedicated to research and achieve a record-setting week of research that surpassed 100 hours
. Highlights from this research include investigations into the manufacturing of fiber optic filaments
in microgravity, improving the accuracy of an implantable glucoses biosensor
, and measuring the Sun’s energy input to Earth
.

The crew also welcomed four cargo spacecraft
delivering several tons of supplies and research experiments. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the station in November on the company's eighth commercial resupply mission, followed in December by SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on the company’s thirteenth resupply mission. Two Russian ISS Progress cargo craft arrived at the station in October and February.

Vande Hei logged 168 days in space on this, his first, mission. He ventured outside the space station on four spacewalks
to perform work that included replacing and lubricating the Latching End Effectors on both ends of the Canadarm2. Acaba completed one spacewalk to lubricate an end effector and install new cameras on the station’s arm and truss. He now has accrued 306 days in space on three flights. Acaba and Vande Hei also participated in dozens of educational events while in space as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station
.

Misurkin conducted one record-setting spacewalk with fellow cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov to replace an electronics box for a high-gain communications antenna on the Zvezda service module in February. The spacewalk timed out at 8 hours and 13 minutes, the longest in Russian space program history. Misurkin now has spent 334 days in space on two flights.

Now operating the station are Expedition 55 crew members Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Scott Tingle
of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Astronauts Ricky Arnold
and Drew Feustel
of NASA, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch March 21 and arrive at the space station two days later, returning the crew size to six.

Learn more about the International Space Station at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on social media at:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

-end-

whiztech · « **Reply #132 on:** 02/28/2018 04:26 am »

Some photos from NASA's Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/

Artyom. · « **Reply #133 on:** 02/28/2018 06:13 am »

And some photos from Roscosmos - http://en.roscosmos.ru/20715/

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #134 on:** 03/01/2018 06:17 pm »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #135 on:** 03/02/2018 06:12 am »

Lewis007 · « **Reply #136 on:** 03/02/2018 06:40 am »

Nice landing compilation video of TsPK in HD

Lewis007 · « **Reply #137 on:** 03/03/2018 07:33 am »

Vande Hei and Acaba safely returned at Ellington (Houston) on March 1.
Credit pics + video: ISS & JSC facebook

MATTBLAK · « **Reply #138 on:** 03/03/2018 08:33 am »

The ladies are Tracy Caldwell-Dyson and Shannon Walker?

Lewis007 · « **Reply #139 on:** 03/04/2018 05:50 am »

Quote from: MATTBLAK on 03/03/2018 08:33 am

The ladies are Tracy Caldwell-Dyson and Shannon Walker?

Yep, and Bresnik plus Forrester (Chief astronaut) are also present.

Meanwhile, Misurkin arrived at Chkalovsky airfield near Star City. He already underwent some postflight medical tests, and held a press conference on March 2.