Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-21 (№451) - Baikonur - 26 October 2022 (00:20 UTC) (Read 21719 times)

Alter Sachse · « **on:** 10/27/2021 02:51 pm »

https://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2021/news_10-26.html

Cargo Transportation Spacecraft (CTS) Progress MS-21 has been delivered to the processing facility at the Baikonur launch site to undergo its standard processing according to the schedule of the transportation support of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS RS).

Over the last three months the CTS Progress MS-21 had undergone the full scope of in-factory check tests at S.P.Korolev RSC Energia and on October 18, 2012, was shipped off to the launch site. This morning at the processing facility of Site 254, the spacecraft was unloaded and installed into its processing station to undergo the acceptance procedure and further preparations for storage. After that, as a part of the incoming inspection operations, specialists from RSC Energia performed a visual inspection of the vehicle and checked the functioning of the solar wings deployment mechanism. CTS Progress MS-21 will remain in storage until the start of the immediate prelaunch processing.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying Progress MS-21 under the program of the 82nd re-supply mission to the ISS is scheduled for fall of the next year.

Rondaz · « **Reply #1 on:** 06/03/2022 02:49 pm »

Roskosmos will send a ship to the ISS in a record-breaking short scheme.

Rogozin: in October "Progress MS-21" will go to the ISS on a short single-turn scheme.

06/03/2022 05:06 PM (updated: 06/03/2022 05:38 PM)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, June 3 - RIA Novosti. The Progress MS-21 cargo ship, which is scheduled to launch on October 26, 2022, will fly to the ISS in the shortest possible single-orbit pattern, Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of Roscosmos , told reporters.

"The decision has been made, the next, autumn Progress will follow a single-turn scheme, ballistics have been calculated," he said at a press conference after the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft docked with the ISS .

He called the record-breaking flight practice a risk that rocket scientists are willing to take, because it is a step forward for manned astronautics. If the flight is successful, it will yield results that will make it possible to switch to flights according to the single-orbit scheme of Soyuz spacecraft with a crew, Rogozin noted. Such a launch could take place as early as the spring of 2023.

Earlier, Rogozin said that a single-turn flight pattern could be tested on the Progress MS cargo ship in the fall of 2022.

In 2022, three Progress trucks will be launched to the ISS. The first two have already arrived at the station on February 15 and June 3. The third launch is scheduled for 26 October.

The two-day scheme is traditional, when the ship makes 34 revolutions around the Earth . A four-turn circuit is also used, which lasts about six hours. So far, several Progress MS cargo ships and two manned Soyuz have flown under the two-orbit (three-hour) scheme. The flight speed record was set by Soyuz MS-17 on October 14, 2020 - 3 hours 3 minutes.

Short flight patterns allow cosmonauts to fly to the ISS faster, and therefore more comfortable, given the small volume of the Soyuz spacecraft. In addition, doctors found that after 6-7 turns (9-10.5 hours) acute negative consequences of weightlessness begin - nausea, motion sickness. Reducing the flight time allows you to meet these features of space on a large station, and not in a small ship.

Short schemes can also be used when assembling a manned complex for flying to the Moon and in lunar orbit.

https://ria.ru/20220603/mks-1792973333.html

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #2 on:** 09/20/2022 09:02 am »

Progress MS-21 to dock with ISS 2 hours 46 minutes after launch.

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #3 on:** 09/20/2022 09:10 am »

Energija:

" At Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Progress MS-21 transport cargo spacecraft (TCS) completed leak tests in the vacuum chamber of the assembly and test building 254.

In accordance with the work schedule, RSC Energia and Yuzhny Space Center specialists completed a cycle of pneumatic vacuum tests of Progress MS-21, which began on September 12. Automated control of the tightness of the compartments and onboard systems of the spacecraft under ground conditions passed without any remarks. Today, the cargo spacecraft was installed in its working place and connected to the ground test equipment for further preflight preparation. In the near future the technical complex plans to check the tightness of fuel lines, refuel the temperature control system and the system of water supply Rodnik, conduct final operations with onboard computing and radio equipment, as well as placement in the cargo compartment of the cargo to be delivered to the International Space Station.

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-21 on the program of the 82nd ISS supply mission is scheduled for October 2022.

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Alter Sachse · « **Reply #4 on:** 09/30/2022 01:23 pm »

Energija:

The final stage of preflight preparation of the Progress MS-21 transport cargo spacecraft (TCS) continues at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Today in the assembly and test building of pad 254 there was a scheduled operation of control lighting of solar panels of the system of onboard power supply of the spacecraft.

During the ground test of the functioning of the Progress MS-21 TCS solar panels, RSC Energia specialists carried out a routine deployment of sections of photovoltaic cells and irradiated them with powerful lamps to monitor the efficiency of conversion of light energy into electrical energy. In addition, the workplace of the spacecraft continues to prepare cargoes and equipment for delivery to the International Space Station (ISS).

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-21 on the 82nd ISS supply mission is scheduled for October 2022.

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Chinakpradhan · « **Reply #5 on:** 10/14/2022 06:18 pm »

Is Skko eka means of attachment of large payloads confirmed to be on progress ms-21??

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #6 on:** 10/15/2022 09:26 am »

https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2022/news_10-14.html

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome technical complex, the preparation of the Progress MS-21 transport cargo spacecraft (TCS) for the flight under the 82nd International Space Station (ISS) supply mission program is nearing completion.

Final prelaunch preparation operations for Progress MS-21 continue in the assembly and test facility at pad 254. RSC Energia specialists are currently performing final operations on assembling the screen-vacuum heat insulation and checking the tightness of the docking unit, as well as completing the final stowage of cargoes. The ship has to deliver to ISS 702 kg of refueling fuel, 420 liters of water in the Rodnik tanks, 41 kg of compressed nitrogen in the tanks, about 1 360 kg of different equipment and materials in the cargo compartment, including onboard resource equipment of Russian ISS segment, personal protection, medical and sanitary equipment, clothing, food and fresh food for the crew of the 68th long-term expedition.

In accordance with the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments, a set of the following target loads will be sent to the station:
"Splankh" pads to study the peculiarities of the astronauts' digestive system during prolonged stay in zero gravity conditions;
the "Saliva-Immuno" and "Cosmocard-CRM" pads to conduct "Neuroimmunity" medical experiments to study specific features of human immune response during and after orbital flight;
stowage with consumables for conducting biochemical experiment "Correction" to study mechanisms of human bone tissue changes in space environment
stowage of the experiment "Impact" on determination of contamination of scientific and service equipment located onboard the station to control its technical condition and toxicological safety
a set of video cameras for monitoring the upper atmosphere in the infrared range under the program of geophysical experiment "Terminator".

In addition, the target payloads include a stack with filament spools, which is the consumable material of the 3D printer created at RSC Energia for practical testing of additive manufacturing technologies onboard the ISS under the program of the 3D Printing experiment.

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Alter Sachse · « **Reply #7 on:** 10/19/2022 11:24 am »

https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2022/news_10-19.html

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The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-21 is scheduled for October 26, 2022. The mission program envisages a standard two-day autonomous rendezvous with delivery to the ISS about 2500 kg of cargoes, including refueling fuel, drinking water and compressed nitrogen, as well as 1 360 kg of various equipment, materials and food to support the work and life activities of the crew of the 68th long-term expedition.

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Two-day rendezvous ?

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #8 on:** 10/20/2022 12:51 pm »

https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2022/news_10-20.html
October 20
The technical complex of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is completing the preparation of the Progress MS-21 transport cargo spacecraft (TCS) for its flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the 82nd supply mission program.

Today, Progress MS-21 as part of the space head module (SHM) arrived in the assembly and test building at pad 31 for general assembly with the launch vehicle. Before the spacecraft was departed from pad 254, RSC Energia and Roscosmos specialized enterprises tilted the Space Head Module into the horizontal position and loaded it into the transport unit.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-21 is scheduled for October 26, 2022. The spacecraft mission program foresees a standard two-day autonomous rendezvous with delivery to the ISS about 2 500 kg of cargo, including refueling fuel, stocks of drinking water and compressed nitrogen, as well as 1 360 kg of various equipment, materials and food for the work and life activities of the crew of the 68th long-duration expedition.

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SMS · « **Reply #9 on:** 10/20/2022 02:13 pm »

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 10/19/2022 11:24 am

Two-day rendezvous ?

Just look at NASA schedule at: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html

48 hrs rendezvous

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #10 on:** 10/20/2022 02:43 pm »

https://tass.ru/kosmos/15614997

MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. A new two-hour rendezvous with the ISS has been developed specifically for the flight of the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft, which is scheduled for launch in October. Rafail Murtazin, head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, told TASS.

"Specialists propose to implement the scheme, leaving only the existing automatic approach section. The scheme was called a two-hour one," Murtazin noted.

According to him, initially the testing of elements of the single-twist rendezvous scheme was planned on Progress MS-20, which was launched in June. However, this idea was abandoned, instead it was planned to work out a single twist in October. As a result, the specialists developed a two-hour one. "In fact, it will be 2 hours and 46 minutes. But anything less than two turns is considered a one-twist," he added.

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SMS · « **Reply #11 on:** 10/20/2022 03:17 pm »

From Energiya.ru:

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Progress MS-21 cargo ship sent for common assembly with launch vehicle
20.10.2022

The technical complex of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is completing the preparation of the Progress MS-21 transport cargo spacecraft (TCS) for its flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the program of the 82nd supply mission.

Today, Progress MS-21 as part of the space head module (SHM) arrived in the assembly and test building at pad 31 for general assembly with the launch vehicle. Before the spacecraft was departed from pad 254, RSC Energia and Roscosmos specialized enterprises tilted the FCU to the horizontal position and loaded it into the transport unit.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-21 is scheduled for October 26, 2022. The spacecraft mission program foresees a standard two-day autonomous rendezvous with delivery to the ISS about 2 500 kg of cargo, including refueling fuel, stocks of drinking water and compressed nitrogen, as well as 1 360 kg of various equipment, materials and food for the work and life activities of the crew of the 68th long-duration expedition.

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #12 on:** 10/21/2022 02:52 pm »

https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2022/news_10-21.html

21.10.2022

The general assembly of the launch vehicle with the Progress MS-21 transport cargo spacecraft (TCS) took place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome technical complex in preparation for the 82nd supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Today, the specialists from RSC Energia and Roscosmos specialized enterprises carried out a set of technological operations on the general assembly of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft in the assembly and test building at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. After the subsequent meeting, the technical management and the State Commission issued a conclusion about the readiness of the rocket to be exported and installed on the launch pad.

The launch of Soyuz-2.1a with the rocket "Progress MS-21" is scheduled for Oct. 26, 2022. The spacecraft mission program foresees a standard two-day autonomous rendezvous with the delivery to the ISS of about 2 500 kg of cargo, including refueling fuel, stocks of drinking water and compressed nitrogen, as well as 1 360 kg of various equipment, materials and food for the work and life activities of the crew of the 68th long-term expedition.

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Alter Sachse · « **Reply #13 on:** 10/21/2022 02:59 pm »

C15000-057 (S15000-057)

Rondaz · « **Reply #14 on:** 10/21/2022 09:59 pm »

"Roskosmos" called the launch time of the rocket with the truck "Progress MS-21".

Roskosmos announced that Progress MS-21 will launch to the ISS on October 26 at 3:20 Moscow time.

18:05 21.10.2022

MOSCOW, October 21 - RIA Novosti. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-21 space truck will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 26 at 3.20 Moscow time, Roscosmos said on Friday.

"Specialists of Roscosmos enterprises completed the general assembly of the Soyuz-2.1a space rocket with the Progress MS-21 cargo ship. The assembly was carried out on Friday, October 21, 2022, in the assembly and test building of the 31st site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome ... The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-21 truck is scheduled for October 26, 2022 at 03.20 Moscow time," the release says.

The State Commission issued an opinion on the readiness of the rocket for removal and installation at the launch complex of the 31st site on October 22, 2022.

Initially, Roskosmos did not disclose the details of the launch, but then it was reported that the truck would deliver more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS - 702 kilograms of fuel for refueling the station, 420 kilograms of drinking water, 41 kilograms of nitrogen and about 1.4 tons of other necessary in the orbit of things.

The station will receive resource equipment for the systems of the Russian segment, personal protective equipment, medical control and sanitary and hygienic equipment, new clothes, food rations and fresh food for the crew of the 68th long-term expedition.

https://ria.ru/20221021/progress-1825770886.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #15 on:** 10/22/2022 10:09 am »

"Soyuz-2.1a with Progress MS-21 cargo transported to Launch Pad"

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the #ProgressMS21 cargo has been taken to the launch pad 31 of the #Baikonur Cosmodrome.
After verticalization on the launch pad, Roscosmos specialists began to prepare for the launch.

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1583750728082161665

Rondaz · « **Reply #16 on:** 10/22/2022 10:10 am »

The launch of #Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with #Progress MS21 cargo spacecraft is scheduled for Oct. 26, 2022 at 03:20 Moscow time (0020 UTC).

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1583751067682369541

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #17 on:** 10/22/2022 10:44 am »

https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2022/news_10-22.html

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #18 on:** 10/22/2022 12:58 pm »

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #19 on:** 10/23/2022 07:22 pm »

Cross-post:

Quote from: Alter Sachse on 10/23/2022 02:02 pm

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 10/23/2022 05:28 am
Cross-post:
Quote from: Rondaz on 10/21/2022 09:59 pm
"Roskosmos" called the launch time of the rocket with the truck "Progress MS-21".

Roskosmos announced that Progress MS-21 will launch to the ISS on October 26 at 3:20 Moscow time.

18:05 21.10.2022

MOSCOW, October 21 - RIA Novosti.
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https://ria.ru/20221021/progress-1825770886.html
= 00:20 UTC
00:20:09

Rondaz · « **Reply #20 on:** 10/24/2022 03:57 pm »

Orbital Launch no.145 of 2022

Roscosmos 3rd cargo resupply mission of 2022. #ProgressMS21 will launch to International @Space_Station atop a #Soyuz 2.1a from #Baikonur cosmodrome. This marks the 62nd resupply mission overall for the #Progress spacecraft to #ISS.

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1584530336649617409

Rondaz · « **Reply #21 on:** 10/25/2022 12:59 am »

NASA will provide live coverage of the Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo mission, scheduled to launch at 8:20pm ET on Tuesday, Oct. 25, carrying about 3 tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the multi-national Exp 68 crew. NASA TV coverage begins at 8pm ET.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1584584515569475585

Rondaz · « **Reply #22 on:** 10/25/2022 01:48 am »

Orbital Launch no.145 of 2022

Progress MS-21 | Roscosmos | Oct 26 | 0020 UTC

@roscosmos 3rd cargo resupply mission of 2022. #ProgressMS21 will launch to @Space_Station on #Soyuz 2.1a from #Baikonur cosmodrome. 62nd Progress resupply mission overall!

https://twitter.com/SpaceIntellige3/status/1584708758566948865

Rondaz · « **Reply #23 on:** 10/25/2022 03:20 pm »

Upcoming launch of #ProgressMS21 mission to the #ISS via #Roscosmos' #ProgressMS & #Soyuz2 vehicles

https://twitter.com/_rykllan/status/1584898056876851205

Rondaz · « **Reply #24 on:** 10/25/2022 03:39 pm »

Russia is set to launch a Progress cargo ship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:20pm EDT Tuesday (0020 GMT Wednesday) on a two-day trek to the International Space Station.

The supply ship will deliver 5,556 pounds of cargo, fuel, nitrogen, and water.

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1584929426025897985

Rondaz · « **Reply #25 on:** 10/25/2022 04:36 pm »

Cargo Mission Ready to Launch Amid Busy Space Science Schedule

Mark Garcia Posted on October 25, 2022

A new resupply mission stands ready to launch from Kazakhstan tonight to the International Space Station. As the seven Expedition 68 crewmates await their space delivery they tended to vegetables, scanned each other’s eyes, tested robotic inventory scanning, and explored plasma physics.

A rocket with the ISS Progress 82 cargo craft atop is counting down to its lift off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:20 p.m. EDT today to the orbiting lab. Filled with about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to replenish the orbital residents, the Progress 82 will take a two-day trip to the space station and automatically dock to the Poisk module at 10:49 p.m. EDT on Thursday. NASA TV will broadcast the events live on the agency’s app and website with launch coverage beginning at 8 p.m. on Tuesday and docking coverage at 10:15 p.m. on Thursday.

Back in space, the four astronauts and three cosmonauts aboard the station concentrated on numerous state-of-the-art science experiments benefiting humans both in space and on Earth. Ranging from space botany, human research, and microgravity physics, the studies help crew members adjust to long-term missions in weightlessness and provide innovations enhancing products and services on Earth.

NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio spent Tuesday morning nourishing and monitoring vegetables growing inside the Columbus laboratory module. The XROOTS investigation explores soilless methods, or hydroponic and aeroponic techniques, to grow crops in space and sustain crews living off the Earth.

Rubio also joined his fellow flight engineers, Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, both from NASA, and Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for eye scans using the Human Research Facility’s ultrasound device. The optic exams give researchers insight into how microgravity affects the eye’s shape, pressure, retinas and vision.

Mann, who also cleaned and inspected U.S. module hatch seals, joined Wakata and pointed their cameras outside the station photographing the condition of solar array components. In addition, Wakata turned on an Astrobee robotic free-flyer to demonstrate its use of wireless technology, or radio frequency identification, to manage cargo inventory on the space station. Cassada worked inside the Zarya module to maximize storage space.

Commander Sergey Prokopyev configured research hardware in the Columbus module to explore plasma crystals, or highly-charged microparticles, to gain fundamental space physics knowledge and possibly improve the design of future spacecraft. Cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Anna Kikina took turns studying future planetary spacecraft and robotic piloting techniques. Petelin then went on and explored how the digestion system adapts to microgravity, while Kikina observed Earth’s nighttime atmospheric glow in the near-ultraviolet wavelength.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/10/25/cargo-mission-ready-to-launch-amid-busy-space-science-schedule/

Rondaz · « **Reply #26 on:** 10/25/2022 05:22 pm »

Three tons of space cargo stands ready to launch to the station today as the Exp 68 crew studied botany, biology, robotics, and physics.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1584956705095307264

ace5 · « **Reply #27 on:** 10/25/2022 08:57 pm »

Soyuz 2.1a ascent and spacecraft orbit insertion

Satori · « **Reply #28 on:** 10/25/2022 08:57 pm »

The press-kit for the launch of Progress MS-21...

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #29 on:** 10/25/2022 09:17 pm »

https://twitter.com/josephanavin/status/1584978575517962240

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Tonight at 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC), Progress MS-21 will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will then conduct a two-day rendezvous to resupply the ISS.
Article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/ms-21-launch/
Me for @NASASpaceflight

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #30 on:** 10/25/2022 10:18 pm »

Roscosmos streams, starting at 23:30 UTC.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #31 on:** 10/25/2022 11:31 pm »

T-50 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #32 on:** 10/25/2022 11:32 pm »

Quite a few people still at the pad.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #33 on:** 10/25/2022 11:33 pm »

Mission control.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #34 on:** 10/25/2022 11:47 pm »

Gantry is retracting.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #35 on:** 10/25/2022 11:50 pm »

T-30 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #36 on:** 10/25/2022 11:52 pm »

Gantry has retracted.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #37 on:** 10/26/2022 12:00 am »

T-20 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #38 on:** 10/26/2022 12:05 am »

T-15 minutes.

Rondaz · « **Reply #39 on:** 10/26/2022 12:08 am »

Watch Live NASA TV Coverage of the Progress 82 Cargo Launch

Heidi Lavelle Posted on October 25, 2022

NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app now are providing live coverage of the launch of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.

The uncrewed Progress 82 is scheduled to lift off at 8:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 25 (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time Oct. 26), on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress will dock to the space-facing side of the Poisk module two days later, on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 10:49 p.m. EDT.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/10/25/watch-live-nasa-tv-coverage-of-the-progress-82-cargo-launch/

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #40 on:** 10/26/2022 12:10 am »

T-10 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #41 on:** 10/26/2022 12:15 am »

T-5 minutes. Pad has been cleared.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #42 on:** 10/26/2022 12:16 am »

Quote from: Rondaz on 10/26/2022 12:08 am

Watch Live NASA TV Coverage of the Progress 82 Cargo Launch

YouTube link

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #43 on:** 10/26/2022 12:18 am »

T-2 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #44 on:** 10/26/2022 12:19 am »

T-1 minute.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #45 on:** 10/26/2022 12:21 am »

Liftoff!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #46 on:** 10/26/2022 12:22 am »

T+1 minute.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #47 on:** 10/26/2022 12:23 am »

T+2 minutes. First stage separation.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #48 on:** 10/26/2022 12:24 am »

T+3 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #49 on:** 10/26/2022 12:25 am »

Fairing separation.

T+4 minutes.

SMS · « **Reply #50 on:** 10/26/2022 12:27 am »

Launch at 00:20:09.237 UTC.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #51 on:** 10/26/2022 12:27 am »

Third stage ignition.

T+5 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #52 on:** 10/26/2022 12:27 am »

T+6 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #53 on:** 10/26/2022 12:28 am »

T+7 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #54 on:** 10/26/2022 12:29 am »

T+8 minutes.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #55 on:** 10/26/2022 12:30 am »

Separation and solar array deploy.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #56 on:** 10/26/2022 12:31 am »

Control room and pad.

Rondaz · « **Reply #57 on:** 10/26/2022 12:33 am »

Soyuz-2.1A rocket with Progress MS-21 truck launched from Baikonur.

Soyuz-2.1A rocket with Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft launched from Baikonur.

03:26 10/26/2022 (updated: 03:30 10/26/2022

KOROLEV (Moscow region), October 26 - RIA Novosti. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-21 cargo ship, which will go to the International Space Station, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the Mission Control Center near Moscow, where the launch is being broadcast.

In a few minutes, the rocket should take the ship into low Earth orbit, after which it will begin an independent flight to the ISS. Progress will make 34 orbits around the Earth and dock with the station at 5.50 Moscow time on October 28. In total, he will have to stay in space for about eight months.

Progress MS-21 will deliver more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS - fuel for the station, drinking water, nitrogen to maintain the atmosphere on the ISS, resource equipment for the Russian segment systems, personal protective equipment, medical control and sanitary and hygienic equipment, new clothing, diets and fresh produce.

In addition, the truck is packed with equipment for conducting experiments on the study of the digestive and immune systems, human bone tissue in space, pollution from the station's engines, and the study of stratus clouds in the atmosphere. Also in the cargo compartment are spools of filament for use as a consumable in a 3D printer.

https://ria.ru/20221026/soyuz-21a-1826797888.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #58 on:** 10/26/2022 12:35 am »

Progress 82 Cargo Craft Safely in Orbit Following Launch

Heidi Lavelle Posted on October 25, 2022

The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 8:20 p.m. EDT (5:20 a.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday, Oct. 25, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned on its way to meet up with the orbiting laboratory and its Expedition 68 crew members.

Progress will dock to the space-facing side of the Poisk module two days from now, on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 10:49 p.m. EDT Live coverage on NASA TV of rendezvous and docking will begin at 10:15 p.m. EDT.

Progress will deliver almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/10/25/progress-82-cargo-craft-safely-in-orbit-following-launch/

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #59 on:** 10/26/2022 12:36 am »

Launch replays.

Rondaz · « **Reply #60 on:** 10/26/2022 12:36 am »

Soyuz carrier rocket with Progress space freighter blasts off from Baikonur

The spacecraft will be taken to the orbit approximately ten minutes after the launch

25 OCT, 17:25

KOROLEV /Moscow Region/, October 26. /TASS/. Russia’s Soyuz carrier rocket with the Progress MS-21 space freighter blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early on Wednesday, a TASS correspondent reported from the Mission Control Center.

The spacecraft will be taken to the orbit approximately ten minutes after the launch.

Its flight to the International Space Station (ISS) will be carried under the two-day scheme.

Progress MS-21 is to dock with the Poisk research module of the Russian ISS segment at 05:50 Moscow time on October 28.

https://tass.com/science/1527333

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #61 on:** 10/26/2022 12:37 am »

Back to the control room showing Progress telemetry. End of webcast.

Congratulations to Roscosmos for the successful launch!

Rondaz · « **Reply #62 on:** 10/26/2022 12:38 am »

Lift-off #ProgressMS21

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1585065861152669696

Rondaz · « **Reply #63 on:** 10/26/2022 12:38 am »

#ProgressMS21 Spacecraft deployed to parking Orbit.

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1585067105464242177

Rondaz · « **Reply #64 on:** 10/26/2022 12:40 am »

The Soyuz rocket has delivered the Russian Progress MS-21 cargo freighter to orbit after launch from Kazakhstan. The unpiloted resupply ship is scheduled to dock at the International Space Station on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1585066856041291782

Rondaz · « **Reply #65 on:** 10/26/2022 12:43 am »

#Soyuz-2-1a rocket lifts off from Baikonur carrying the Progress MS-21 cargo ship to #ISS:

https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1585063846430969857

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #66 on:** 10/26/2022 12:49 am »

View of the interstage separation and third stage separation.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #67 on:** 10/26/2022 01:33 am »

The shadows and silhouettes visible in the brightly sunlit rocket exhaust were very beautiful (circa 3rd stage burnout).

Congratulations to the launch campaign team!

Thank you, Steven, for the live thread coverage!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #68 on:** 10/26/2022 06:44 am »

twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1585064028006535169

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LAUNCH! Soyuz-2.1a launches Progress MS-21 to the ISS on a resupply mission.

Overview:
nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/ms-21-…

Roscosmos Livestream:
youtube.com/watch?v=dFS9kN…

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1585064552689201153

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Staging:

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #69 on:** 10/26/2022 06:45 am »

twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1585065260918411264

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Staging. Very sparky!

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1585066206351937537

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Third stage shutdown and S/C Sep. Progress will dock with the ISS in two days.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #70 on:** 10/26/2022 09:21 am »

https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1585189451785199616

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CelesTrak has GP data for 2 objects from the launch (2022-140) of PROGRESS-MS 21 atop a Soyuz-2.1a booster from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct 26 at 0020 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2022/10/25/soy….

Rondaz · « **Reply #71 on:** 10/26/2022 09:48 am »

Last night at 00:20 UTC, #ProgressMS21 was launched on Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Baikonur. It will reach the ISS by a 34-orbit (two days) rendezvous profile. The docking is scheduled for October 28, 02:50 UTC.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1585155406154039296

Rondaz · « **Reply #72 on:** 10/26/2022 09:51 am »

Successful launch of #ProgressMS21 Progress, the third cargo ship in 2022, was sent from Baikonur to the #ISS.

On October 26, 2022, 0020 UTC, a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1585092193509081088

Rondaz · « **Reply #73 on:** 10/26/2022 01:53 pm »

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1585222887379992577

Rondaz · « **Reply #74 on:** 10/26/2022 02:02 pm »

Obj. 54156 PROGRESS MS-21 SL-4 R/B decay prediction: October 28, 2022 UTC 03h21mn ± 11h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1585224417592119296

Rondaz · « **Reply #75 on:** 10/26/2022 03:33 pm »

Expedition 68 Progress 82 Cargo Ship Launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome - Oct. 25, 2022

Rondaz · « **Reply #76 on:** 10/27/2022 10:21 am »

Update: obj. 54156 PROGRESS MS-21 SL-4 R/B decay prediction: October 28, 2022 UTC 06h35mn ± 6h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1585568645413015553

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #77 on:** 10/27/2022 04:46 pm »

Crosspost:

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 10/27/2022 04:42 pm

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/10/27/space-delivery-arriving-tonight-as-crew-scans-eyes-and-veins/

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Space Delivery Arriving Tonight as Crew Scans Eyes and Veins

A Roscosmos space freighter is due to arrive at the International Space Station tonight and replenish the Expedition 68 crew. While they wait for the space delivery, the orbital residents stayed busy throughout Thursday working on more eye and vein scans, a plant habitat, and a spacesuit.

At 10:49 p.m. EDT tonight, two cosmonauts will be on duty when the ISS Progress 82 resupply ship docks to the orbiting lab’s Poisk module. Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin will be inside the Zvezda service module monitoring the Progress 82’s rendezvous and docking. A few hours after the vehicle arrives and the pressure equalizes with the station, the duo will open the hatches and begin offloading about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies.

Prokopyev and Petelin called down to mission controllers during Thursday morning to discuss and prepare for the automated approach of the Progress cargo ship. The duo will be at the controls of the telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, inside Zvezda ready to take manual control of the approaching spacecraft on Thursday night if necessary. The two cosmonauts along with Flight Engineer Anna Kikina are sleep-shifting today to get ready for the cargo mission’s nighttime arrival.

Advanced microgravity science is continuing at full pace aboard the space station as the astronauts researched how their bodies adapt to microgravity. Scientists on the ground use the observations to help crews stay healthy and fit during long-term space missions, as well as adapt quicker when returning to Earth’s gravity environment.

Eye and vein scans were back on the orbital research schedule on Thursday morning as NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio powered on the Ultrasound 2 scanner for the ongoing biomedical research. He took charge as crew medical officer and first scanned the eyes of NASA Flight Engineer Nicole Mann during the 15-minute session. Next, Rubio spent an hour imaging Mann’s neck, shoulder, and leg veins, with the ultrasound device to help doctors understand how the human body adapts to living and working in space.

NASA Flight Engineer Josh Cassada serviced the Plant Habitat located in a science rack installed inside the Kibo laboratory module. He replaced carbon dioxide bottles and checked connections on the automated space botany research facility. Packed with sensors and components that control temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide levels and light intensity, the Plant Habitat enables plant growth experiments for up four-and-a-half months at a time.

Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spent his day inside the Quest airlock working on spacesuit maintenance with assistance from Rubio. The duo cleaned the spacesuit’s cooling loops and reconfigured the suit’s components in anticipation of upcoming spacewalks.

Author Mark Garcia
Posted on October 27, 2022
Categories Expedition 68Tags Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, NASA, progress, Roscosmos, science

Rondaz · « **Reply #78 on:** 10/27/2022 06:49 pm »

The Exp 68 crew is waiting for a space delivery tonight. In the meantime, eye and vein scans were on the @ISS_Research schedule today to learn how astronauts adapt to space.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1585672188170014722

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #79 on:** 10/28/2022 07:48 am »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #80 on:** 10/28/2022 08:04 am »

https://twitter.com/space_station/status/1585827915505311744

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The ISS Progress 82 cargo craft docked to the space station at 10:49pm ET today, two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. More...

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/10/27/space-freighter-with-three-tons-of-cargo-docks-to-station/

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Space Freighter with Three Tons of Cargo Docks to Station

The ISS Progress 82 cargo craft approaches the space station nearing the Poisk module for a docking two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV
An uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s space-facing side of the Poisk module at 10:49 p.m. EDT today. Progress delivered almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station for the Expedition 68 crew.

Image caption:

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The ISS Progress 82 cargo craft approaches the space station nearing the Poisk module for a docking two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #81 on:** 10/28/2022 08:46 am »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1585826278409588736

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Parked it!

Rondaz · « **Reply #82 on:** 10/28/2022 10:53 am »

Update: obj. 54156 PROGRESS MS-21 SL-4 R/B decay prediction: October 28, 2022 UTC 01h42mn ± 3h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1585749330958422019

Rondaz · « **Reply #83 on:** 10/28/2022 11:06 am »

Truck "Progress MS-21" moored to the ISS.

Roskosmos: cargo ship Progress MS-21 docked with the ISS.

05:59 10/28/2022 (updated: 06:03 10/28/2022)

MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti. The Progress MS-21 cargo ship with fuel, water and equipment for experiments has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the operation is broadcast on the Roscosmos website .

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 03:20 Moscow time on October 26. Nine minutes later, the ship entered low-Earth orbit and began an independent flight to the ISS. This time, Progress flew to the station according to the traditional two-day pattern and made 34 orbits around the Earth . There are also two- and four-turn schemes, the flight of which takes about three or six hours.

Progress MS-21 brought more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS: fuel for refueling the station, drinking water, nitrogen for maintaining the atmosphere, resource equipment for the Russian segment systems, personal protective equipment, medical control and sanitary and hygienic equipment, clothing and food.

In addition, on board the ship is equipment for experiments on the study of the digestive and immune systems, as well as bone tissue in space. Also, spools with consumables for a 3D printer were delivered to the ISS.

https://ria.ru/20221028/mks-1827398253.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #84 on:** 10/28/2022 12:17 pm »

Docking Successful!

The #ProgressMS21 spacecraft launched from #Baikonur Cosmodrome, on Wednesday morning. Docked to International Space Station today at 0249UTC

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1585902412509741057

Rondaz · « **Reply #85 on:** 10/28/2022 05:59 pm »

It's down. The SL-4 rocket booster that launched Progress-MS21 earlier this week (COSPAR ID 2022-140B) reentered earlier today at 3:24 UT+/-1 minute over South America under nighttime skies:

https://twitter.com/Astroguyz/status/1585978429937270784

Rondaz · « **Reply #86 on:** 10/28/2022 06:01 pm »

The http://space-track.org last TIP for this object is given with a +/-1mn window, this means the decay was observed and the time (03h24mn) and location (-19.3° 293.8°) are correct.

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1586013053065101312

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #87 on:** 10/28/2022 07:19 pm »

Couple of arrival photos posted by NASA

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #88 on:** 10/29/2022 04:54 am »

SciNews video.

ChrisC · « **Reply #89 on:** 02/11/2023 10:45 pm »

I'm rarely the first to post this kind of news, but it's 8 hours later and this seems to be the right thread for it, so here you go.

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1624430224942268417

ChrisC · « **Reply #90 on:** 02/11/2023 10:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1624449908882214913

Sam Ho · « **Reply #91 on:** 02/11/2023 11:30 pm »

Discussion of the Progress MS-21 leak is in the thread originally about the Soyuz MS-22 leak:

Quote from: centaurinasa on 02/11/2023 12:04 pm

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Aaaaand... the second round! Rumors say, a leak appeared in the #ProgressMS21 which should be deorbited on February 18. The situation, according to the former head of Roscosmos PR service Dmitry Strugovets, is quite similar to the accident with Soyuz MS-22.
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Sam Ho · « **Reply #92 on:** 02/17/2023 06:47 pm »

Roscosmos undocking live stream (18 February, 0215 UTC)

https://www.youtube.com/live/WxUNIGD3fwo?feature=share

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #93 on:** 02/18/2023 01:21 am »

Coverage has started.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #94 on:** 02/18/2023 01:27 am »

Undocking should be occurring about now.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #95 on:** 02/18/2023 01:27 am »

Undocking has occurred.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #96 on:** 02/18/2023 01:30 am »

Progress moving away.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #97 on:** 02/18/2023 01:32 am »

Examining the leak.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #98 on:** 02/18/2023 01:34 am »

More views.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #99 on:** 02/18/2023 01:35 am »

Still examining the vehicle.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #100 on:** 02/18/2023 01:37 am »

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #101 on:** 02/18/2023 01:39 am »

Moving away now.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #102 on:** 02/18/2023 01:41 am »

Nice view.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #103 on:** 02/18/2023 01:43 am »

Dragon at top.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #104 on:** 02/18/2023 01:45 am »

End of coverage.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #105 on:** 02/18/2023 05:17 am »

Thank you, Steven, for covering today's undocking in this thread.

russianhalo117 · « **Reply #106 on:** 02/18/2023 05:26 am »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 02/18/2023 05:17 am

Thank you, Steven, for covering today's undocking in this thread.

Deorbit cancelled around the time of the scheduled burn.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/02/18/update-on-progress-resupply-vehicle-deorbit/

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #107 on:** 02/18/2023 06:04 am »

Roscosmos Update from Telegram
https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/8492

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🔴 About the situation with the Progress MS-21 cargo ship

After undocking from the Poisk module of the International Space Station, the outer surface of the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft was surveyed. No visual damage was found.

The deorbiting of Progress MS-21 has been postponed.

The State Commission will decide today on the further flight program of the spacecraft.

Two options are being considered: its docking to the Russian nodal module "Prichal" for further clarification of the cause of the depressurization of the ship's thermal control system, or deorbiting.

Sam Ho · « **Reply #108 on:** 02/18/2023 07:33 pm »

Deorbit burn rescheduled for February 19, 0315 UTC:

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Uncrewed Progress Spacecraft Deorbit Burn Time Set

On Feb. 17, the uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo spacecraft undocked without issue from the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:26 p.m. EST. Following undocking, Expedition 68 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin sent commands from the station’s Roscosmos segment to rotate the Progress for additional visual inspections using space station’s external cameras of the general area where a coolant leak occurred on Feb. 11.

After Progress departure from the space station, flight controllers at Mission Control in Moscow canceled Friday’s scheduled deorbit burn while Roscosmos analyzed the post-undocking imagery collected of the Progress radiator.

Early Saturday, Roscosmos managers decided to deorbit Progress Saturday, Feb. 18, with a deorbit burn time of 10:15 p.m. EST. Progress remains in a stable configuration and on a safe trajectory well away from the International Space Station. Loaded with trash, Progress will deorbit over the Pacific Ocean after spending four months at the station.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/02/18/uncrewed-progress-spacecraft-deorbit-burn-time-set/

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #109 on:** 02/19/2023 02:35 am »

Uncrewed Progress Spacecraft Deorbit Burn Complete

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The uncrewed Progress 82 cargo spacecraft conducted a deorbit burn at 10:15 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 18, over the Pacific Ocean after spending four months at the International Space Station.

Loaded with trash, Progress 82 undocked from the space station’s Poisk module at 9:26 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 17. The Progress deorbit was delayed about 24-hours while Roscosmos engineers analyzed imagery acquired after undocking of the radiator area of the spacecraft, which is the suspected region where a coolant leak occurred on Feb. 11.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/02/18/uncrewed-progress-spacecraft-deorbit-burn-complete/

ChrisC · « **Reply #110 on:** 02/22/2023 03:16 am »

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1627907469887385600

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1627907894963318786