Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1a - Soyuz MS-22 - 21 September 2022 (13:54 UTC) (Read 45579 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #20 on:** 06/07/2022 02:25 pm »

Rocket manufacturer Soyuz to send employees to downtime at Baikonur.

Employees of the RCC "Progress" at Baikonur will go on idle from June 14 to July 17.

14:58 07.06.2022

MOSCOW, June 7 - RIA Novosti. On June 14, the Samara Rocket and Space Center (RCC) "Progress" will send employees of its Baikonur branch to a one-month downtime due to the fact that launches are planned only in August, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the RCC.

"By order of JSC" RCC "Progress" for employees of the Baikonur branch of the enterprise, a downtime period was introduced from June 14 to July 17, 2022," the report says.

"The decision to introduce downtime was made due to the lack of launch operations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in June-July 2022. Payment for downtime due to the fault of the employer will be carried out in accordance with Article 157 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation in the amount of 2/3 of the average wage," the press said. -service.

The next launches of Soyuz rockets from Baikonur are expected in August and September.

https://ria.ru/20220607/progress-1793750116.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #21 on:** 06/17/2022 10:22 am »

Soyuz MS-22 mission crew member Dmitry Petelin is seen while simulating the ride in space in a centrifuge to recreate the forces felt on launch and landing in the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow, Russia.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1537734404977459202

Rondaz · « **Reply #22 on:** 06/27/2022 10:19 am »

Soyuz MS-22 mission crew member Dmitry Petelin conducting the extravehicular activity in the Hydro Lab at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center..

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1541316455769051136

Rondaz · « **Reply #23 on:** 07/06/2022 05:59 pm »

Soyuz MS-22 crew members Sergey Prokofiev and Dmitry Petelin were "raised" in a pressure chamber to a height of 5,000 meters. They underwent another type of study when they were included in the crew and once again must pass 35-45 days before the flight into space.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1544733089363963904

Rondaz · « **Reply #24 on:** 07/09/2022 10:34 am »

Soyuz MS-22 mission crew members Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin conducting the extravehicular activity in the Hydro Lab at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1545709979671228418

Rondaz · « **Reply #25 on:** 07/09/2022 10:38 am »

The #SoyuzMS22 spacecraft, which had been in storage since December was reopened at the cosmodrome. Usually, Baikonur begins preparing the spacecraft before the manned launch 2.5 months.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1545595333962448896

Rondaz · « **Reply #26 on:** 07/12/2022 10:05 am »

Soyuz MS-22 mission crew member Sergei Prokopiev conducting the extravehicular activity in the Hydro Lab at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1546768866662969344

Josh_from_Canada · « **Reply #27 on:** 07/15/2022 07:42 pm »

Along with the Soyuz MS-22 issue

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/15/2022 01:07 pm

Crew-5 issue seems to be resolved:

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/15/2022 01:06 pm
That was quick:

https://twitter.com/joroulette/status/1547930312490987521

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Breaking on @Reuters wire - Russia's space agency Roscosmos and NASA have officially signed a long-sought agreement on integrated crew flights, allowing Russians to fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and American's to fly on Russia's Soyuz

Rondaz · « **Reply #28 on:** 07/22/2022 01:03 pm »

Soyuz MS-22 mission crew member Sergei Prokopiev conducting the extravehicular activity in the Hydro Lab at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1547653041825779715

Rondaz · « **Reply #29 on:** 07/25/2022 02:53 pm »

Roskosmos announced who will fly on Crew Dragon, in addition to Kikina.

Roskosmos: as part of cross flights on Crew Dragon, in addition to Kikina, Fedyaev will fly.

07/25/2022 04:51 PM (updated: 07/25/2022 04:57 PM)

MOSCOW, July 25 - RIA Novosti. In addition to Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina and US astronaut Francisco Rubio, Russian Andrey Fedyaev and American Laurel O'Hara fly to the ISS as part of the cross-flight agreement , Roscosmos reported on Monday.

"In accordance with the agreement, NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio will go to the ISS on September 21, 2022 on the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-22, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina - no earlier than September 29, 2022 on the American manned spacecraft Crew Dragon (crew- 5)," the state corporation said on its Telegram channel. "In the spring of 2023, NASA astronaut Laurel O'Hara is scheduled to fly on the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on the Crew Dragon spacecraft (crew-6 mission)," Roscosmos said.

The agreement with NASA provides for three flights of Russian cosmonauts on American manned spacecraft and three flights of American astronauts on Russian manned spacecraft. Flights should take place in 2022-2024.

O'Hara trained last year in Russia with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin.

https://ria.ru/20220725/kosmos-1804831280.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #30 on:** 07/26/2022 10:21 am »

NASA astronauts @lunarloral and Francisco Rubio posed for portraits in Russia's Sokol Space suits. The cross flights are planned to be carried out in 2022-2024 twice a year.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1551817322595094529

Rondaz · « **Reply #31 on:** 07/27/2022 10:11 am »

The ship "Soyuz MS-22" will be named after Tsiolkovsky.

The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which will fly to the ISS on September 21, will be named after Tsiolkovsky.

11:43 27.07.2022

MOSCOW, July 27 - RIA Novosti. The next Russian manned spacecraft to fly to the International Space Station, the Soyuz MS-22, will be named after cosmonautics theorist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Roscosmos said on Wednesday .

"The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-22, which is scheduled to be launched on September 21, 2022, will receive its own name - it will be named after the Russian scientist, inventor and founder of the theory of space exploration Konstantin Tsiolkovsky .

September 17 marks the 165th anniversary of his birth ", - stated in the message of the state corporation in Telegram. It is noted that the Soyuz-2.1a rocket itself, which will put the ship into orbit, will bear a portrait of Tsiolkovsky and the inscription "165 years since the birth of K.E. Tsiolkovsky."

Roskosmos recalled that naming the Soyuz has already become a tradition . So, in March 2022, the Soyuz MS-21, named after the chief designer of rocket and space technology Sergey Korolev , flew to the ISS , and in April 2011 and in April 2021, respectively, the Soyuz TMA-21 and Soyuz MS-18" was named after the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin .

https://ria.ru/20220727/soyuz-1805274210.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #32 on:** 07/27/2022 03:47 pm »

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio converses with NASA Astronaut @lunarloral while wearing a spacesuit in a mockup of an International Space Station airlock as part of his training for his upcoming mission.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1552158401534124037

Fmedici · « **Reply #33 on:** 07/29/2022 08:40 am »

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1552935152094953474

Joachim · « **Reply #34 on:** 07/29/2022 08:44 am »

Here is a larger version.

jacqmans · « **Reply #35 on:** 07/29/2022 09:08 am »

Roscosmos State Corporation presents the emblem of the crew of the Soyuz MS-22 (Tsiolkovsky) manned spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 21, 2022.

The crew includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio.

The emblem of the crew is made in the form of a circle. In its upper part, the call sign of the crew - "Altai" and the state flags of the countries participating in the flight are applied. In the same field below, the names of the participants of the 68th expedition to the ISS are entered.

The top half of the emblem features a stylized image of the station.

In the lower half is an image of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft. Even lower is the name and serial number of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, the direction of flight of which is directed towards the ISS. Below it is an image of the Earth. The ISS is surrounded by three stars, corresponding to the number of crew members on the ship.

The swan symbolizes the crew commander, Colonel of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation Sergei Prokopiev, who flew the Tu-160 aircraft during his military service. Among Russian pilots, the aircraft was called the "White Swan".

To the right of the three stars is a stylized image of a turtle, symbolizing the name of the 2017 astronaut set, Turtles, of which Francisco Rubio is a member.

Next to the swan there is a figure in the form of a sail, formed by three arcs of circles, the radii of which are proportional to the radii of the three celestial bodies: the Earth, Mars and the Moon. This is the emblem of recruitment to the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps, during which Dmitry Petelin was selected for the cosmonaut corps.

Rondaz · « **Reply #36 on:** 08/02/2022 09:56 am »

The crew of the Tsiolkovsky spacecraft flying to the ISS in September began to take exams

08/01/2022 18:45

On Monday, August 1, 2022, the commander and flight engineer of the prime crew of the Soyuz MS-22 (Tsiolkovsky) manned spacecraft, cosmonauts of the Roscosmos State Corporation Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, passed an exam on the Teleoperator simulator.

"Teleoperator" is designed to prepare crews for teleoperator control mode (TORU) of unmanned objects (cargo ship, station modules and other spacecraft) from the International Space Station in case of failure of the automatic system.

During the exam, the cosmonauts controlled the process of automatic mooring, identified an emergency situation and correctly parried it, switched to teleoperator control mode and manually docked the spacecraft to the required node. Each cosmonaut conducted four scenarios for receiving a cargo ship to different nodes of the ISS with the development of emergency situations in the TOR, including the failure of manual controls, the departure of the ISS image from the field of view of the TV camera and the failure of communication in the channel of the cargo ship.

The crew coped with the test "excellent" and showed extremely accurate "touch" parameters during docking. The skill of the cosmonauts was noted by the members of the examination committee during the analysis of the training.

The backup crew of the Soyuz MS-22 will have to undergo similar tests in the near future.

Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin are preparing for the 68th long-term expedition to the ISS. The crew, in accordance with the cross-flight agreement between Roscosmos and NASA, includes American astronaut Francisco Rubio. The launch of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft by the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome is scheduled for September 21, 2022.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/38043/

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #37 on:** 08/16/2022 10:37 pm »

Belated cross-post; the 2 orbit, 3 hours rendezvous apparently applies to both Soyuz MS-21 and 22:

Quote from: Salo on 01/02/2022 06:46 pm

https://www.roscosmos.ru/33753/
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In accordance with the flight schedule approved by the State Corporation Roscosmos under the Russian program of the International Space Station, two launches of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome are planned in 2022. They will take place in the spring and autumn of this year.
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The flight of the manned spacecraft will take place according to the "superfast" two-turn rendezvous scheme. <snip>

The next manned launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for September 21 at 16:54 Moscow time. Its flight as part of the Russian segment of the station will last 188 days.

Rondaz · « **Reply #38 on:** 08/19/2022 12:16 pm »

Cheburashka will fly into space for the second time in September.

Roskosmos: Cheburashka will fly into space for the second time in September.

15:01 19.08.2022

MOSCOW, August 19 - RIA Novosti. The weightlessness indicator of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which will fly to the International Space Station in September, will be a figure of Cheburashka, the Roscosmos press service told reporters on Friday.

"The beloved cartoon character Cheburashka will become the toy-mascot of the new expedition to the International Space Station . In September 2022, he will go into orbit on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft as an indicator of weightlessness," the message says.

It is noted that the figurine itself will be handed over to the commander of the ship Sergei Prokopyev on August 24 in the Cosmonautics and Aviation pavilion at VDNKh.

Roscosmos reminded that Cheburashka will celebrate its 56th anniversary this year . In addition, the upcoming flight for him will not be the first in his life. Cheburashka flew into space as an indicator of weightlessness in 2016.

The zero gravity indicator is a small soft toy that spacecraft crews take with them. The toy begins to float in the ship's cabin when weightlessness sets in, which notifies the crew that the work of the rocket engines has been completed and the ship has entered orbit.

Together with Prokopyev and Cheburashka, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin and US astronaut Francisco Rubio will go to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft .

https://ria.ru/20220819/cheburashka-1810769741.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #39 on:** 08/22/2022 08:39 pm »

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