Tag: Soyuz
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OBSS Sensor Protect for Soyuz Flyaround and WLEIDS Status Reviewed
NASA is gearing up for what will be a jammed packed STS-133, along with the possibility of a Soyuz fly-around during Discovery’s docked mission still under consideration. To this end, NASA has created a plan to protect Discovery OBSS (Orbiter Boom Sensor System) sensor packages during the proposed maneuver. The vehicle’s Wing Leading Edge Impact Detection…
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STS-133: NASA Considering Soyuz Flyaround to Photograph Discovery and ISS
NASA managers are investigating a proposed plan that would see a Soyuz spacecraft undock from the International Space Station (ISS) during the upcoming STS-133 mission in order to take photographs of the orbital outpost, along with its record number of attached Visiting Vehicles (VVs) and the docked Space Shuttle Discovery. A Family Portrait: During the STS-133 mission,…
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Soyuz TMA-20 launches to begin busy period on ISS – Docking successful
The Russian Soyuz TMA-20, also known by its US designation of 25S, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday at 7:09:25 PM GMT. Following a two-day free flight, TMA-20 successfully dock to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) Nadir port on Friday 17th December at 8:12 PM…
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Soyuz TMA-01M docks with ISS as crews conduct hardware installation
Soyuz TMA-01M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) – at 00:01 GMT on Sunday – following a two-day free flight, returning the population of the ISS to six people. The TMA-01M crew will arrive at the ISS in the midst of a busy period of activity, as the Expedition 25 crew work to install…
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Soyuz TMA-01M launches with trio heading to the ISS
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka have begun their journey to the International Space Station (ISS), launching in their Soyuz TMA-01M at 7:10 pm. EDT (23:10 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are scheduled to arrive at the Station on Saturday at 8:02 pm EDT (00:02 GMT Sunday).…
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Soyuz TMA-18 home after second undocking attempt success
Marking the end of Expedition 24, cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko and astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson successfully undocked their Soyuz TMA-18 at the second attempt, before landing at 5:23am GMT. The scheduled undocking was delayed 24 hours, following a problem related to the latch and hooks between the Soyuz and the MRM-2 (Mini Research Module-2) module.…
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Soyuz TMA-19 relocated as ISS managers discuss Node 4 addition
The Russian Soyuz TMA-19/23S spacecraft has been relocated from the Zvezda module to dock with the Rassvet (MRM-1) research module during a 30 minute maneuver on Monday. Meanwhile, International Space Station (ISS) managers have been made aware of a Change Request (CR) for preliminary design, integration, and delivery concepts for the addition of Node 4…
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Soyuz TMA-19 lifts off for ton-up launch to the ISS
ISS veteran Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock and first time flying Shannon Walker have launched on a three day journey to the International Space Station (ISS), after their Soyuz TMA-19 lifted off at 5:35:19 pm EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will spend three days on orbit ahead of docking with the…
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Soyuz TMA-19 lifts off for ton-up launch to the ISS
ISS veteran Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock and first time flying Shannon Walker have launched on a three day journey to the International Space Station (ISS), after their Soyuz TMA-19 lifted off at 5:35:19 pm EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will spend three days on orbit ahead of docking with the…
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Soyuz TMA-17 lands as Russian Rockot launches SERVIS-2
Three members of Expedition 23 – Commander Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi – onboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft, have landed successfully in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning local time. Meanwhile, a Russian Rockot has launched the SERVIS-2 satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. Soyuz TMA-17 Return: The Soyuz Vehicle consists of three modules:…