Launch News Soyuz TMA-22 on November 14 2011

[N_Molson]

I think there was a confusion with GMT & EST somewhere

 

[orb]

Most likely on CBS News Space Place, where they've written that all times are GMT. :dry:

 

[N_Molson]

Ahh, timezones.

 

[mojoey]

Wow, so much snow. Is there any other nation that can launch in such extreme weather conditions?

Apollo 12....nuff sed

No, i dont think there is. Not at this point in time. Russia has experience with snow, and how their rockets handle the various stresses applied by the different weathers that it encounters.

 

[orb]

Docking coverage of Soyuz TMA-22 to ISS is starting on NASA TV.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Docking confirmed!

 

[orb]

Contact followed by capture occurred at 05:24:09 UTC over the South Pacific.

Now the title of the thread can include [Docking success] next to [Launch success].


An article by Orbinaut Pete:

NASASpaceflight: Soyuz TMA-22 docks to International Space Station – de-crew averted

 

[orb]

Docking video & timelapse

SPACE.com: New Crew Arrives at Space Station on Russian Spaceship

CBS News Space: Soyuz TMA-22 glides to smooth docking with space station

Florida Today - The Flame Trench: New Crew Docks Safely At Space Station

Aviation Week: U. S., Russian Soyuz Crew Docks with the International Space Station

RIA Novosti: Soyuz docks with orbital station

 

[orb]

And now, hatch opening coverage is starting on NASA TV.




Docking video from NASA:

Universe Today: Dramatic Soyuz Docking Averts Potential Station Abandonment

 

[N_Molson]

Now the title of the thread can include [Docking success] next to [Launch success] .

Done, I was sleeping, it still happens sometimes

Good news

 

[IronRain]

Expedition 29 Welcomes Three New Crewmates

(includes hatch opening)

 

[N_Molson]

Two days inside the SoyuzTMA and they are as fresh as they were on the pad (actually they look even better, I can feel some relief ) :thumbup:

 

[orb]

RIA Novosti: Space Station Crew Set to Land April 27 – Roscosmos:

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has set the date for the return of the Soyuz TMA-22 manned spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth for April 27, head of manned flight programs at Roscosmos Alexei Krasnov said on Wednesday.

“We have agreed the landing date with our foreign partners in ISS project. It will be April 27,” Krasnov said.

Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, and NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, were scheduled to return to Earth on board the Soyuz TMA-22 on March 16 but the delayed launch of the Soyuz-TMA-04M with the next ISS expedition affected the return plans as well.

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[MattBaker]

Progress M-14M is set to undock on 24th of April
Progress M-15M is set to launch on 27th of April
Dragon is set to launch on 30th of April

Someone likes excessive labour:hmm:

 

[N_Molson]

Can't wait for the next TMA-M launch

 

[TMac3000]

Russia is still using the same technology we in America used in the 60's, and their space program is doing just fine. Perhaps this should tell us something?

 

[orb]

Undocking and landing update (via Roscosmos):

Undocking of Soyuz TMA-22 from ISS is scheduled for 08:18:30 UTC (4:18:30 a.m. EDT / 12:18:30 MSD), April 27.

Landing of the capsule is expected at 11:45:06 UTC (7:45:06 EDT / 15:45:06 MSD), 88 kilometers north-east of the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan.​

O-F's calendar event for undocking and landing.

 

[N_Molson]

So they will spend only 3h30min in the Soyuz capsule ? That's a short trip.

 

[tl8]

So they will spend only 3h30min in the Soyuz capsule ? That's a short trip.

Actually, for undocking's, Anything more than 1 orbit is unusual. The norm I think is about 2 hours.

 

[orb]

So they will spend only 3h30min in the Soyuz capsule ?

Actually, hatch closing is at 5 a.m. GMT, so they will spend in the capsule at least 3 hours more.

Additionally, there is an error in the Roscosmos news. They mixed time zones, and their GMT time is actually UTC+1, and I just translated what they had written, which means undocking and landing is 1 UTC hour earlier. It's been already fixed in my earlier post, and will be fixed in a moment in the calendar event.


CBS News Space: Station crew gears up for Soyuz TMA-22 entry and landing

SPACE.com: Space Station Crew to Return to Earth Friday

Spaceflight Now: Mission Status Center

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08:15:30  |04:15:30 a.m.  |165  |04  |01  |26  |Undock command

08:18:30|04:18:30 a.m.|165|04|04|26|Physical separation/hooks open

08:21:30|04:21:30 a.m.|165|04|07|26|Soyuz separation burn No. 1 (15 sec, 1.2 mph)

10:49:40|06:49:40 a.m.|165|06|35|36|Soyuz deorbit burn start (257.7 mph)

10:54:05|06:54:05 a.m.|165|06|40|01|Deorbit burn complete

11:18:10|07:18:10 a.m.|165|07|04|06|Separation of modules (87 miles altitude)

11:21:28|07:21:28 a.m.|165|07|07|24|Atmospheric entry (63.2 miles altitude)

11:23:24|07:23:24 a.m.|165|07|09|20|Entry guidance start (50.9 miles altitude)

11:28:51|07:28:51 a.m.|165|07|14|47|Maximum G-load (21.4 miles altitude)

11:30:51|07:30:51 a.m.|165|07|16|47|Parachute open command (6.6 miles altitude)

11:45:51|07:45:51 a.m.|165|07|31|47|Landing (51°01' N, 67°10' E)