Posts Tagged ‘Soyuz’

Soyuz TMA-16 returns to Earth – ISS status reviewed for STS-133

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Expedition 22 commander Jeff Williams and Russian flight engineer Maxim Suraev have landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 11:24 GMT on Thursday, following the undocking of their Soyuz TMA-16 from the International Space Station (ISS). Meanwhile, ISS managers have reviewed the status of the orbital outpost, including a major debate on STS-133’s addition to [...]

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STS-131: Cold weather delays flow – DDO constraint pushes launch into April

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Rollover of Discovery is still pending, due to temperature constraints relating to several systems on the orbiter, resulting in new rollover date of February 22. Meetings are also likely to recommend to delay the launch until early April, to allow the Russian Soyuz TMA-18 to dock at the ISS – pending evaluations on the constraint [...]

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Soyuz TMA-17 arrives as ISS and SSP evaluate Dual-Docked Ops scenarios

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

International Space Station Program (ISSP) and Space Shuttle Program (SSP) engineers have updated NASA on the safety issues pertaining to Dual-Docked Operations (DDO) between the Space Shuttle and various Russian visiting vehicles making use of the numerous Russian docking ports. Meanwhile, the three man crew of Soyuz TMA-17 have docked with the Station.

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Soyuz TMA-17 launches ahead of Tuesday docking with ISS

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Oleg Kotov (Russia), Timothy Creamer (NASA) and Soichi Noguchi (Japan) have launched on board the Russian Soyuz TMA-17 on Sunday, taking aim on the International Space Station (ISS) where they will join NASA’s Jeff Williams, commander of the Expedition 22 crew. The crew launched at 4:51pm Eastern from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Soyuz TMA-14 lands safely following departure from busy ISS

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

International Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte have landed safely in their Soyuz TMA-14 on the steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday morning. The trio left the ISS just a few hours prior to landing, leaving a Station that is now busily working through its Expedition 21 [...]

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Soyuz TMA-16 launches for journey to ISS – Safe Haven evaluations

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Soyuz Commander Max Suraev, NASA Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:14 am (Central). Meanwhile, NASA controllers have been looking into Soyuz “Safe Haven” procedures, in the event of late conjunction threats to the Station.

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Soyuz TMA-15 launches for growing ISS – UPA/SPDM updates

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 10:34 GMT on Wednesday, with their Soyuz TMA-15 scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) at 12:36 GMT on Friday 29 May – marking the start of six crew operations [...]

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Soyuz investigation findings backed by nominal Soyuz TMA-13 return

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer and Soyuz TMA-13 Commander Yury Lonchakov and space tourist Charles Simonyi have returned home safely, following their landing in Kazakhstan this morning. The safe return backs up the findings presented in an expansive NASA and Russian document that outlined the off-nominal ballistic re-entries of Soyuz TMA-10 and 11, [...]

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Soyuz TMA-14 launches towards the International Space Station

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

A Russian Soyuz launch vehicle has launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:49am CDT, carrying NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, and spaceflight participant and U.S. software engineer Charles Simonyi.

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ISS Spacewalk completed – SARJ results show promise following STS-126 work

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Expedition 18 crewmembers Yury Lonchakov and Michael Fincke have performed a Russian spacewalk (ISS RS EVA-21), which has included the installation of a probe to aid the on-going investigation into the off-nominal re-entries of two Soyuz vehicles. Meanwhile, the continued assessments into work conducted during STS-126’s EVAs on the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJs) are [...]

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