Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1a - Soyuz MS-22 - 21 September 2022 (13:54 UTC) (Read 45583 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #40 on:** 09/01/2022 10:46 am »

Soyuz MS-22 preflight press conference has begun:

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1565265406721495041

Rondaz · « **Reply #41 on:** 09/01/2022 02:55 pm »

The Interdepartmental Commission allowed the ISS crews to pre-launch preparation

09/01/202217:37

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, at the Yu.A. Gagarin (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), a meeting of the interdepartmental commission was held, which summed up the readiness for space flight of the main and backup crews of the ISS-68.

The commission included representatives of Roskosmos, TsPK, Rocket and Space Corporation Energia named after S.P. Koroleva, Federal Medical and Biological Agency and others.

The prime and backup crews reported on their readiness to carry out the flight program, and also thanked the specialists of the CTC and other organizations for their professionalism and the work done.

According to the conclusion of the commission, the crews of the 68th long-term expedition to the ISS are prepared for a space flight, the crews of the Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft can proceed to the final stage of pre-launch preparation at the Baikonur cosmodrome, the Crew 5 crew members can proceed to the final stage of preparation for launch at American commercial ship Crew Dragon at the Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers.

ISS-68 prime crew:

Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Soyuz MS-22 commander, ISS-68 commander Sergey Prokopyev , Roscosmos (Russia);

test cosmonaut, Soyuz MS-22 flight engineer, ISS-68 flight engineer Dmitry Petelin , Roscosmos (Russia);

astronaut, Soyuz MS-22 flight engineer-2, ISS-68 flight engineer Frank Rubio , NASA (USA);

test cosmonaut, Crew 5 mission specialist, ISS-68 flight engineer Anna Kikina , Roscosmos (Russia).

Backup crew of ISS-68:

Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Soyuz MS commander, ISS flight engineer Oleg Kononenko , Roscosmos (Russia);

test cosmonaut, Soyuz MS flight engineer, ISS flight engineer Nikolai Chub , Roscosmos (Russia);

astronaut, Soyuz MS flight engineer-2, ISS flight engineer Loral O'Hara , NASA (USA);

test cosmonaut, Crew 5 mission specialist, ISS flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev , Roscosmos (Russia).

The launch of Soyuz MS-22 is scheduled for September 21, 2022, Crew Dragon - for October 3, 2022.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/38168/

ddspaceman · « **Reply #42 on:** 09/02/2022 05:04 pm »

https://twitter.com/lunarloral/status/1565723486596866049

ddspaceman · « **Reply #43 on:** 09/05/2022 05:02 pm »

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1566738824272744449

GT: .. already at BAIKONUR ...

Eh, it's good there now, it's warm...

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1566766904118857728

Rondaz · « **Reply #44 on:** 09/07/2022 03:57 pm »

Cosmonauts at Baikonur tried on the ship before the flight to the ISS

07.09.202218:06

On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, the main and backup crews of the 68th long-term expedition to the International Space Station performed the first “fitting” of the Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

In the assembly and test building of the 254th site, the cosmonauts tried on the Sokol-KV2 rescue suits and tested them for tightness, after which they checked the service equipment in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, studied the flight program, got acquainted with the onboard documentation and those delivered to the ISS cargo. They also practiced dynamic operations and supervised stacking with equipment and materials.

In addition, the crews inspected the Progress MS-21 cargo ship, which is undergoing ground tests before launching to the station on October 26, 2022.

The main crew includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. Their understudies are Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-22 from the 31st site of Baikonur is scheduled for September 21, 2022. The ship is named K.E. Tsiolkovsky" in honor of the 165th anniversary of the birth of the founder of theoretical cosmonautics Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/38204/

Rondaz · « **Reply #45 on:** 09/08/2022 02:51 pm »

The fueling of #SoyuzMS22 which launch is scheduled for September 21, began on Baikonur.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1567856480996532224

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #46 on:** 09/08/2022 03:16 pm »

source RKK Energija

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #47 on:** 09/13/2022 05:39 pm »

Energia:
"At Baikonur, the preparation of manned transportation space vehicle (MPV) Soyuz MS-22 for the flight under the program of the 68th long-term expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) is nearing completion.

In accordance with the schedule of work in the assembly and testing facility at pad 254, a designer's inspection was conducted and final checks were made on Soyuz MS-22. Then S.P. Korolev RSC Energia specialists carried out technological operations to roll the head fairing, prepared the assembly and protection unit for the upcoming launch readiness inspection and finished placing the cargoes to be delivered into the spacecraft's habitat compartments. Spacecraft Soyuz MS-22 must deliver to the crew of the ISS sanitary facilities and medical monitoring, onboard documentation and expendable items of service equipment, clothing and personal belongings astronauts, food rations and fresh products, as well as stowages for scientific experiments Econ-M, Biofilm, Interaction-2, Biomag-M, MSC-2, FAGEN, Cardiovector, Cytomechanarium, and Reflex.

The main crew of the spacecraft includes Commander Sergei Prokopyev (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer-1 Dmitry Petelin (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer-2 Frank Rubio (NASA). Their doubles are Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara. The launch of Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with Soyuz MS-22 is scheduled for September 21, 2022."

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Rondaz · « **Reply #48 on:** 09/14/2022 04:15 pm »

Frank Rubio and Dmitry Petelin planted their threes on #Baikonur today. This is one of the oldest - and most beautiful - traditions of the Soviet/Russian human spaceflights.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1570061023247302657

ddspaceman · « **Reply #49 on:** 09/15/2022 02:56 am »

Story for these picture in English is up a couple of items by Rondaz

https://www.roscosmos.ru/38204/

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #50 on:** 09/15/2022 12:58 pm »

source Energija

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #51 on:** 09/15/2022 05:43 pm »

Energija:

"The space head module with Soyuz MS-22 transport manned spacecraft was transported to the general assembly of the space rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Today, the specialists of RSC Energia and specialized enterprises of Roscosmos completed a set of technological operations which involved loading and sending the spacecraft by rail to the mounting and testing facility of the launch vehicle at pad 31, where they prepared the main block for the assembly of the Soyuz-2.1a space rocket."

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Alter Sachse · « **Reply #52 on:** 09/16/2022 01:58 pm »

https://www.roscosmos.ru/38253/

On Friday, September 16, 2022, specialists from Roskosmos State Corporation companies performed general assembly of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with a Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft (K.E. Tsiolkovsky) in the assembly and test building at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Technical management and the state commission then issued a statement that the rocket was ready to be removed and installed on the launch pad 31 on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is scheduled for Sept. 21, 2022. The crew includes members of the 68th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio.

The ship Soyuz MS-22 is named after Tsiolkovsky in honor of the 165th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist, inventor, and founder of the theory of space exploration. The head fairing of the rocket bears a portrait of the scientist and the inscription "165 years since the birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

The rocket is to carry to the station about 120 kg of payloads, including health and sanitary facilities and medical monitoring, on-board documentation and expendable items of service equipment, clothing items and personal belongings of cosmonauts, food rations and fresh food, as well as stowages for scientific experiments "Econ-M", "Biofilm", "Interaction-2", "Biomag-M", "MSC-2", "FAGEN", "Cardiovector", "Cytomechanarium" and "Reflex".

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FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #53 on:** 09/17/2022 06:56 pm »

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-tv-coverage-for-crewed-soyuz-mission-to-space-station

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Sep 16, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY M22-132

NASA Sets TV Coverage for Crewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station

NASA will provide live coverage of key events as a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts launch and dock to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 21 (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Coverage will begin at 9 a.m. on NASA Television’s Public Channel, the NASA app, and on the agency’s website.

NASA also will air continuous coverage of an Artemis I tanking test on NASA TV’s Media Channel beginning at 7:15 a.m.

Soyuz MS-22 launch and key events as well of coverage of the Artemis I tanking test will be available to watch online at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

After a two-orbit, three-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the space station’s Rassvet module at 1:11 p.m. About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open and the crew members will greet each other.

Once aboard station, the trio will join Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, as well as NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend six months aboard the orbital laboratory.

This will be Prokopyev’s second flight into space and the first for Rubio and Petelin.

Mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Wednesday, Sept. 21

9 a.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV’s Public Channel for 9:54 a.m. launch.

12:15 p.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV’s Public Channel for 1:11 p.m. docking.

3:30 p.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV for hatch opening and welcome remarks.

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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio performs preflight checkouts in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Rubio is scheduled to launch with crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin Sept. 21 for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Rondaz · « **Reply #54 on:** 09/17/2022 10:20 pm »

Watch a @NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts launch to the space station live on NASA TV at 9:54am ET on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1571210360601862144

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #55 on:** 09/18/2022 08:25 am »

https://www.roscosmos.ru/38237/

"On Sunday, September 18, 2022, the Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-22 (K.E. Tsiolkovsky) manned spacecraft was transported to the launch pad 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

By tradition, removal of the rocket from the assembly and testing facility began at 05:30 Moscow time (07:30 local time). After the rocket was placed in an upright position and the service columns were brought together at the launch site, a joint team of Roskosmos enterprises began preparations for the launch.

The launch of Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the ship Soyuz MS-22 is scheduled for September 21, 2022. The crew includes members of the 68th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station - Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio.

The ship Soyuz MS-22 is named after Tsiolkovsky in honor of the 165th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist, inventor, and founder of the theory of space exploration. The head fairing of the rocket bears a portrait of the scientist and the inscription "165 years since the birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

Thus, Roskosmos continues the tradition of naming Soyuz spacecraft. In March 2022, Soyuz MS-21, named in honor of Sergei Korolev, chief designer of rocket and space equipment, flew to the ISS, while in April 2011 and in April 2021, respectively, Soyuz TMA-21 and Soyuz MS-18 were named after the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin."

Rondaz · « **Reply #56 on:** 09/18/2022 09:02 am »

A rocket with the ship "Tsiolkovsky" was installed at Baikonur

A rocket with the Tsiolkovsky ship was installed on the launch pad at Baikonur

07:16 09/18/2022 (updated: 09:46 09/18/2022)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, September 18 - RIA Novosti. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, on which the Russians Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin with the American Frank Rubio will fly to the ISS, was taken out of the assembly and test building and installed on the launch pad at Baikonur, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

The rocket should be refueled a few hours before the launch, and the launch itself is scheduled for 16:54 Moscow time on September 21. The crew will reach the International Space Station in just over three hours. The total duration of the mission is expected to be 188 days - the return is scheduled for March 28, 2023.

A few days after Soyuz MS-22 docked with the station, the crew of the previous Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft will return to Earth - Russians Oleg Artemiev , Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev , who have been working on the ISS since March 18.

The current launch will be the first under the agreement between Roskosmos and NASA on cross-flights of Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts. In addition, on October 3, the American spacecraft Crew Dragon will depart for the ISS . Its crew will include NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Kassada, Japan's Koichi Wakata , and Russia's Anna Kikina . So far, the agreement provides for two more flights of Russian and American ships in 2023 and 2024.

Soyuz MS-22 received its own name "K. E. Tsiolkovsky" in honor of the legendary Russian and Soviet thinker and scientist, a pioneer of astronautics, whose 165th birthday is celebrated this year.

https://ria.ru/20220918/tsiolkovskiy-1817620506.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #57 on:** 09/18/2022 09:04 am »

NASA delegation arrived at Baikonur.

Roscosmos announced the arrival of the NASA delegation to Baikonur.

10:15 09/18/2022 (updated: 10:41 09/18/2022)

MOSCOW, September 18 - RIA Novosti. A NASA delegation arrived at the Baikonur cosmodrome before the first flight of an American astronaut on a Russian spacecraft in a year and a half, the Roscosmos press service told reporters on Sunday.

"The US delegation arrived in Baikonur to participate in the first cross-flight on the Soyuz spacecraft - these are NASA representatives and relatives of astronaut Frank Rubio," the message says.

It is specified that on September 18, members of the delegation were present at the removal of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle to the launch complex.

The first launch under the agreement between Roscosmos and NASA on cross-flights of Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts will take place on September 21. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket will launch the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft to the International Space Station , the crew of which includes Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as American Frank Rubio.

On October 3, a flight to the station of the American ship Crew Dragon is expected . NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Kassada, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian woman Anna Kikina will go to the ISS on it . So far, the agreement provides for two more flights of Russian and American ships with international crews in 2023 and 2024.

A few days after Soyuz MS-22 docked with the station, the crew of the previous Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft will return to Earth - three Russians Oleg Artemiev , Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev , who have been working on the ISS since March 18, 2022.

The last time an American flew on the Soyuz took place on April 9, 2021. Then NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei joined the Soyuz MS-18 crew.

https://ria.ru/20220918/baykonur-1817634210.html

Alter Sachse · « **Reply #58 on:** 09/18/2022 09:45 am »

source Energija

Rondaz · « **Reply #59 on:** 09/18/2022 09:53 am »

Soyuz 2.1a with #SoyuzMS22 has been rolled out on Baikonur this morning. On the fairing you can see an emblem of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Another remarkable moment is the old emblem of Roscosmos (not a Rogozin's star).

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1571403288880316417