LIVE: Soyuz TMA-12 launch (April 8) - Docking (April 10)

#60 by hektor on 10 Apr, 2007 06:39
http://www.herorbit.com/space.php

Interesting... could anyone help with reality of this ?
#61 by anik on 10 Apr, 2007 18:11
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hektor - 10/4/2007 1:33 AM

Any news about the sixth tourist?

Aleksey Krasnov, the head of Department of piloted programs of Roskosmos, has told recently that the name of sixth space tourist will be announced by Space Adventures in the nearest time...

He added that spaceflight of this tourist is now planned not earlier than spring of 2009... He refused to say who will be in the right seat in Soyuz TMA-13 during launch...
#62 by nathan.moeller on 10 Apr, 2007 19:14
Whatever became of Dice K's chances of flying in space?
#63 by vp. on 11 Apr, 2007 06:57
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...He added that spaceflight of this tourist is now planned not earlier than spring of 2009... He refused to say who will be in the right seat in Soyuz TMA-13 during launch...
to Klaus von Storch, the Chilean cosmonaut ?
#64 by Christine on 11 Apr, 2007 09:21
If the Russians are so afraid of becoming cabbies they should consider not selling their services. Charles Simonyi isn't exactly holding the RSA at gunpoint and forcing them to take his hard earned money.
#65 by Christine on 11 Apr, 2007 09:25
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nathan.moeller - 10/4/2007 2:14 PM
Whatever became of Dice K's chances of flying in space?

Medical issues.
#66 by hektor on 11 Apr, 2007 18:13
So what about Bill Gates ?
#67 by Suzy on 12 Apr, 2007 01:56
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Christine - 11/4/2007 7:21 PMIf the Russians are so afraid of becoming cabbies they should consider not selling their services. Charles Simonyi isn't exactly holding the RSA at gunpoint and forcing them to take his hard earned money.
It's the (professional) cosmonauts who are concerned, not so much management.
#68 by tonyq on 25 Jun, 2007 12:33
Monday June 25, 12:18 PM
S. Korea To Pick First Astronaut In September
SEOUL, June 25 Asia Pulse - South Korea will pick its first astronaut in September based on a comprehensive evaluation of two hopefuls undergoing training in Russia, the government said Monday.

The final selection will be determined by aptitude shown during the last stage of training, which began in earnest in March, and ability to conduct experiments in space, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.

It said the overall scores during the initial selection process that kicked off in April 2006 will also be considered.

The astronaut is to be sent into space in April 2008 on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and spend 7-8 days in orbit at the International Space Station.

"The candidate selected will become a member of the primary team, while the other will be kept as the back-up member," said a ministry spokesman.

Ko San, a researcher at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, and Yi So-yeon, a doctoral candidate at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science, were picked from 36,206 applicants on Dec. 25. Both are currently at Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

In addition, the ministry said Russian experts are to provide input on how well Ko and Yi have adapted during the final stage that includes Russian language courses, aerospace engineering and basic space training.

(Yonhap)

http://au.news.yahoo.com/070625/3/13tnx.html
#69 by hektor on 25 Jun, 2007 18:40
Any news about the third Soyuz TMA-13 passenger ?
#70 by tonyq on 08 Aug, 2007 23:30
The two Korean candidates are currently back in their own country for a short holiday, followed by training with their own space agency, KARI, on the experimental programme to be flown to ISS.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/08/133_7805.html

Another report indicates that this will be the final evaluated training before the decision on who will be the primary candidate is made. They will be assessed out of 100 as follows :-

30% Original selection process in Korea Oct - Dec 2006
50% Training in Russia Mar - Aug 2007
10% Training on experiments Aug 2007
10% Other factors ie media skills and appeal

They return to Russia to restart training on 26th August. Decision to be announced during first week in September.
#71 by hektor on 27 Aug, 2007 12:01
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2007/08/129_9020.html

And now they are back to Russia... still scheduled to have final selection in September.
#72 by tonyq on 02 Sep, 2007 18:13
The prime and back-up assignments for the Korean seat on Soyuz TMA-12 will be announced on Wednesday 5th September.

http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?mode=LSD&office_id=089&article_id=0000116634§ion_id=102&menu_id=102
#73 by astropl on 05 Sep, 2007 05:31
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tonyq - 2/9/2007 8:13 PM

The prime and back-up assignments for the Korean seat on Soyuz TMA-12 will be announced on Wednesday 5th September.

It's official: Ko San (prime), Yi So-yeon (back-up):

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2007/09/05/68/0601000000AEN20070905003600320F.HTML
#74 by jacqmans on 24 Sep, 2007 13:36
http://kz-today.kz/index.php?uin=1138536794&chapter=1153425937

(translated)

In Baikonur is delivered the carrier rocket "Soyuz-fG", intended for the starting of the manned ship "union TMA-12" in 2008

Baikonur. 24 September. "Kazakhstan today". - to the spaceport Baikonur is delivered carrier rocket "Soyuz-fG", intended for the starting of the manned ship "union TMA-12" in 2008, transmits the correspondent of agency with the reference to the information of the press- service of federal space center (FKTS)"Baikonur".

As they reported in the press- service, this morning to Tyura-Tam station arrived railroad car with the rocket "Soyuz-fG", prepared shityu samarskim plant "QSKB- progress".

At present are conducted the procedures of the customs formulation, at end of which the railroad car with the carrier rocket will be transportirovan into the assembly and testing housing of area 112, where the containers with blocks and stages of rocket will be established on the storage.

The prelaunch servicing procedure and assembling of rocket "Soyuz-fG", which is intended for the starting of the manned spacecraft "union TMA-12" with the crew to the international space station, will begin in the beginning of 2008.

Starting RN "Soyuz-fG" with KK "union TMA-12" is planned to produce in the spring of 2008.
#75 by Real Madrid on 29 Sep, 2007 14:31
this is the crew of soyuz TMA-12

Prime crew/Head crew

Sergei Volkov :Commander - Russia
Oleg Kononenko: Flight Engineer - Russia
Ko San : Research Astronaut - South.Korea

Back up crew

* Maksim Surayev Commander - Russia
* Oleg Skripochka Flight Engineer -Russia
* Yi So-yeon Research Astronaut - South Korea
#76 by anik on 29 Sep, 2007 16:26
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Real Madrid - 29/9/2007 6:31 PM

Ko San : Research Astronaut - South Korea

Yi So-yeon : Research Astronaut - South Korea

Their positions are officially naming as Spaceflight Participants, not Research Astronauts...
#77 by William Graham on 30 Sep, 2007 08:14
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hektor - 25/6/2007 7:40 PM

Any news about the third Soyuz TMA-13 passenger ?

Richard Garriott. (Owen Garriott's son).

See http://www.richardinspace.com/
#78 by hektor on 01 Oct, 2007 14:49
I thought Spaceflight Participants so far were for Space Adventures, I pay my flight myself type of guys... now if a foreign country buys a seat it's a Spaceflight Participant (Malaysia, South Korea, etc) ?
#79 by anik on 01 Oct, 2007 15:23
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hektor - 1/10/2007 6:49 PM

now if a foreign country buys a seat it's a Spaceflight Participant (Malaysia, South Korea, etc)?

Yes, for now... For Brazil, Malaysia and South Korea... Research Cosmonaut and Spaceflight Participant positions have different levels of training...