Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1a - Soyuz MS-16 - April 9, 2020, 08:05 UTC (Read 44393 times)

centaurinasa · « **on:** 11/27/2019 09:11 am »

November 27, 2019
Crew transportation spacecraft Soyuz МS-16 arrived at Baikonur.

https://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2019/news_11-26_1.html

jacqmans · « **Reply #1 on:** 01/22/2020 02:04 pm »

prime and back-up crew patches

Joachim · « **Reply #2 on:** 02/01/2020 06:48 pm »

Olaf · « **Reply #3 on:** 02/02/2020 07:40 am »

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1223870087616221184

Targeteer · « **Reply #4 on:** 02/05/2020 07:23 am »

First one of these I've seen...

🚨 Media attention 🚨

Roscosmos starts the process of accreditation of media
representatives to cover the launch of the #SoyuzMS16 crew spacecraft — http://en.roscosmos.ru/21233/

The accreditation applications from the foreign media and/or citizens are accepted until February 14, 2020.

🚀 The Soyuz-2.1a rocket is planned to lift off on April 9, 2020 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

ddspaceman · « **Reply #5 on:** 02/12/2020 01:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1227587258934550528

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1227532387296432130

Nicolas PILLET · « **Reply #6 on:** 02/12/2020 05:42 pm »

Quote from: Targeteer on 02/05/2020 07:23 am

First one of these I've seen...

It is standard press release done for every Russian manned space launch or landing since two or three decades...

Artyom. · « **Reply #7 on:** 02/14/2020 07:20 am »

Official portraits of the main crew: https://www.roscosmos.ru/28049/ https://www.roscosmos.ru/28050/ https://www.roscosmos.ru/1603/

ddspaceman · « **Reply #8 on:** 02/19/2020 05:31 am »

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1229672459642818560

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1229760176644935681
GT: # SoyuzMS16: work is going according to plan

At the 31st site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the stages of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle are unloaded and their external inspection is carried out.

The upcoming launch will be the second for the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with a manned spacecraft of the Soyuz MS series and the first with a crew on board

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #9 on:** 02/19/2020 07:29 am »

Pictures

https://vk.com/wall-30315369_406429

Olaf · « **Reply #10 on:** 02/19/2020 02:08 pm »

From anik
https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1230133705706016768
https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1230135475375104000

Google translation

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RIA Novosti reports: "Roscosmos State Corporation is convening a meeting on the composition of the crew leaving for the ISS, which means that there may be replacements in the previously announced composition"

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Details: "Nikolai Tikhonov was injured, which could become an obstacle to his flight to the ISS. The possibility of replacing him in the crew with cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov is being considered"

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And more: "The flight of Nikolai Tikhonov, tentatively, may take place in the fall of 2020"

Olaf · « **Reply #11 on:** 02/19/2020 02:50 pm »

https://echo.msk.ru/news/2591154-echo.html
Google translation

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Roscosmos plans to replace the crew of the next expedition to the International Space Station
Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin will not be able to go into orbit for medical reasons. They will be replaced by understudies - Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, the state corporation told RIA Novosti. Launch dates do not change; launch is scheduled for April 9th.

Liss · « **Reply #12 on:** 02/19/2020 03:11 pm »

It's official already.
Injury of Tikhonov is said to be the reason.

Olaf · « **Reply #13 on:** 02/19/2020 03:36 pm »

Roscosmos statement
https://www.roscosmos.ru/28064/
Google translation
On the replacement of the crew of the Soyuz MS-16

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The Russian members of the main crew of the Soyuz MS-16 manned spacecraft, Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin, will be replaced by backups for medical reasons.
The positions of the commander and flight engineer of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft will now be taken by the cosmonauts of Roscosmos Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner. The changes will affect only the Russian part of the crew, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy continues to prepare for the flight in accordance with the established plan.
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-16 manned spacecraft and members of the long-term expedition ISS-63 is scheduled for April 9 this year from launch pad No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Olaf · « **Reply #14 on:** 02/19/2020 04:14 pm »

About the possible back-up crew
https://tass.ru/kosmos/7799263
Google translation

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New understudies, specified Krikalev, most likely, Babkin and Ryzhikov will be appointed. According to him, the further possibility of the flight of the main crew "will depend on medical evidence."

SMS · « **Reply #15 on:** 02/19/2020 04:24 pm »

https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2020/02/19/823432-roskosmos-zamenit-ekipazh-ekspeditsii-k-mks

Google translation:

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According to a Vedomosti source involved in the ISS program, the crew was replaced due to an eye injury that the commander received while accidentally stumbling into a branch while walking.

jcm · « **Reply #16 on:** 02/19/2020 05:25 pm »

Quote from: SMS on 02/19/2020 04:24 pm

https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2020/02/19/823432-roskosmos-zamenit-ekipazh-ekspeditsii-k-mks

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According to a Vedomosti source involved in the ISS program, the crew was replaced due to an eye injury that the commander received while accidentally stumbling into a branch while walking.

Ouch! I remember when this exact thing happened to my dad. It was not fun.

SMS · « **Reply #17 on:** 02/19/2020 06:12 pm »

from Soyuz MS-07 history:

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By the decision of the MMC on March 14, 2017, Skvortsov was recognized as temporarily unsuitable for health reasons as part of the crew. Alexander was injured during a sports activity.
March 15, 2017 Skvortsov in the crew was replaced by Shkaplerov.

whiztech · « **Reply #18 on:** 02/19/2020 08:07 pm »

ddspaceman · « **Reply #19 on:** 02/20/2020 12:24 am »

This is not the first time Nikolai Tikhonov has gotten close to flight and had the rug pulled out from under him. He must be frustrated!
From WikiPedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Tikhonov_(cosmonaut)

He was selected as a backup flight engineer for Soyuz MS-02. He was made a prime crew member of Soyuz MS-04 but, due to Russian budget cuts, the crews were changed and Tikhonov was then slated to make his first spaceflight on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. He was again removed from the manifest due to delays in launching the Russian Nauka module.[1][2] He was scheduled to fly into space as commander of the Soyuz MS-15 mission, although he was removed for a third time following the aborted launch of Soyuz MS-10, and the subsequent crew changes that followed. He is was scheduled to finally make his first flight onboard Soyuz MS-16 in 2020, but ended replaced due medical reasons.[3]