Союз МС-06 (№734) – Союз-ФГ – Байконур 1/5 – 13.09.2017

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ЦУП. ЭКИПАЖ ТРАНСПОРТНОГО КОРАБЛЯ «СОЮЗ МС-06» ПЕРЕШЕЛ НА БОРТ МКС

13.09.17 / г. Королёв – Члены экипажа транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-06» 13 сентября 2017 года в 08 час. 08 мин. мск перешли на борт Международной космической станции (МКС).

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Экипаж экспедиции МКС-53 в составе Сергея РЯЗАНСКОГО (РОСКОСМОС), Александра МИСУРКИНА (РОСКОСМОС), Рэндолфа БРЕЗНИКА (NASA), Марка ВАНДЕ ХАЙ (NASA), Джозефа АКАБА (NASA) и Паоло НЕСПОЛИ (ESA) приступили к работе на борту станции. Командир экспедиции – Рэндолф БРЕЗНИК.

В программе экспедиции МКС-53 – научно-прикладные исследования и эксперименты, проведение регламентных работ, связанных с поддержанием работоспособности станции, и дооснащение её оборудованием, доставляемым грузовыми кораблями, выполнение работ по внекорабельной деятельности.

Ракета-носитель «Союз-ФГ» с транспортным пилотируемым кораблём «Союз МС-06», доставившим российско-американский экипаж на МКС, стартовала с космодрома Байконур 13 сентября 2017 в 00 час. 17 мин. 02 сек. мск. Стыковка в автоматическом режиме была произведена в 05 час. 55 мин. мск. после сближения корабля со станцией по короткой 4-х витковой схеме.

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[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Люки открыты. Экипаж А.Мисуркина перешел на МКС.

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Цифры не точные, по фото ориентируюсь.
"Сели" в "Союз" в 22-00
"Вышли" в 8-10.
Итого 10 часов-10 минут. По моему это рекорд. Быстрее еще от входа до выхода не добирались.

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http://spaceflight101.com/soyuz-ms-06/soyuz-ms-06-launched-toward-international-space-station/

Three Crewmen Arrive at International Space Station after Express Soyuz Rendezvous
September 12, 2017

Carrying a crew of three, a Russian Soyuz FG rocket lit up the skies over the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday night as it embarked on a nine-minute climb to orbit in pursuit of the International Space Station to send the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft on a fast-track rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory with the second half of the Expedition 53 crew.

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Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Soyuz Commander Aleksandr Misurkin and NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba took their seats atop 274 metric tons of explosive rocket propellants after nightfall on Tuesday in anticipation of an early morning liftoff fr om Baikonur's historic Site 1/5 that supported the launch of Sputnik 60 years ago and Yuri Gagarin's milestone mission in 1961. The 49.5-meter tall rocket took flight at 21:17:02 UTC, firing off under the power of its four liquid-fueled boosters and large core stage to begin a chase of the Space Station that passed directly over the launch pad two minutes before blastoff.


Soyuz MS-06 passes the MS-05 vehicle during its arrival at ISS – Photo: NASA TV

Thundering uphill with a thrust of 422 metric-ton-force, Soyuz turned to the north-east headed toward the Russian-Kazakh border to deploy the 7,200-Kilogram spacecraft into the orbital plane of ISS. The four boosters dropped away two minutes into the flight and Soyuz shed its protective payload shroud two and a half minutes after launch when crossing the boundary of space. The core stage handed off to the Block I third stage just shy of five minutes into the flight for the final push into orbit with Soyuz MS-06 sailing off eight minutes and 48 seconds after launch.

As Soyuz FG checked off its 61st successful mission, Soyuz MS-06 and its U.S.-Russian crew trio did not get much of a break as they entered the four-orbit, six-hour rendezvous procedure designed to bring crews to their destination in space much faster than the conventional two-day flight profile. Following a series of orbit-raising maneuvers completed on its first two laps around Earth, Soyuz switched to its automatic navigation system to reach the vicinity of ISS for a flyaround maneuver and straight-in approach for docking at 2:55 UTC on Wednesday – marking the fastest Soyuz rendezvous in ISS history.


Expedition 53 Crew – Photo: NASA

Aboard the International Space Station, the Soyuz MS-06 crew is eagerly awaited by the first half of the Expedition 53 crew led by Commander Randy Bresnik who celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy and Paolo Nespoli.

As a combined crew of six, Expedition 53 is looking forward to five visiting vehicle moves on the Russian and U.S. side as well as up to three planned spacewalks in October & November for maintenance on the Space Station's robotic servicing arm.

The crew of Soyuz MS-05 will depart on December 14 followed by the launch of Soyuz MS-07 just three days later as ISS transitions to Expedition 54 which will see three new vehicles arrive at ISS and a Russian spacewalk before the Soyuz MS-06 crew departs the Station to close out a 167-day space flight on February 27, 2018.

The majority of the crew's time onboard ISS will be dedicated to scientific experiments with over 250 studies in progress during their tenure.


Soyuz MS-06 (#734) during Processing – Photo: RSC Energia

The addition of a fourth crew member on the U.S. Segment – enabled by the reduction of Russia's ISS crew to two members – will nearly double the time dedicated to science on the U.S. Segment as maintenance requirements do not increase by much with four crew on the USOS which allows the fourth pair of hands to be almost entirely dedicated to science.

Tuesday's launch comes in a busy time with the most recent crewed Soyuz leaving the pad on July 28, the landing of Soyuz MS-04 on September 3rd and the launch of a Proton rocket fr om Baikonur just 26 hours before the Soyuz MS-06 liftoff. However, human spaceflight operations have become a well-oiled machine at the world's oldest space port after over five decades of launching crews into orbit aboard R7-derived launch vehicles.


The Soyuz MS-06 Crew aboard their Spacecraft during a rehearsal – Photo: RSC Energia

Soyuz MS-06 – flying under the call sign Altair – is commanded by Aleksandr Misurkin, a second-time space flier and first-time Soyuz commander with 166 days logged off the planet on one previous long-duration flight to ISS. Misurkin served in the Russian Air Force as a pilot instructor before being sel ected as Cosmonaut in 2006, flying for the first time in 2013 aboard Soyuz TMA-08M and spending over five months on ISS as part of Expedition 35/36. During his mission, he completed three EVAs for a total of 20 hours.

The Soyuz 'left seater' – considered the co-pilot position – is NASA's Mark Vande Hei, embarking on his first space flight. Vande Hei served in the U.S. Army's Space Battalion, providing operational support in combat operations in Iraq, before transitioning to NASA's Johnson Space Center where he worked as a Capcom for the Shuttle and ISS Programs. He was sel ected as Astronaut in 2009 and was initially assigned to Expedition 51/52 before crews were shuffled late last year due to Russia's decision to reduce its permanent ISS crew.


Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Joe Acaba was added to the crew on short notice as NASA takes advantage of the empty Soyuz seats that would have been occupied by Russian Cosmonauts. He only had half a year of training for his mission, dipping into plenty of experience gathered on his first mission to ISS as part of Expedition 31/32 to get ready for another long-duration flight in record time. A trained hydro geologist, Acaba first flew into Space in 2009 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on a 12-day mission and again in 2012, spending a total of 137 days off the planet.

The crew's long launch day / flight day #1 started around 7 p.m. local time when they were awoken from a mid-day nap ahead of a day of nearly 24 hours, starting with a shower at the Cosmonaut Hotel and ending with them in their sleep stations aboard ISS. After the usual routine of all-body disinfection/sampling and dinner at the hotel, the crew received the traditional pre-flight blessing before heading to the Cosmodrome at L-6 hours. At Baikonur's Site 254, the crew put on their Sokol Launch and Entry Suits and had a final face-to-face conversation with their families and friends before departing for Site 1/5 at T-3 hours.

At the launch pad, the trusted Soyuz FG rocket entered countdown operations at T-8 hours with power-up and a series of checkouts and fueling preparations.

The go-ahead for the propellant loading operation was given by the Russian State Commission after their final pre-launch meeting. Beginning at T-5 hours, the Soyuz launcher received 274,140 Kilograms of Kerosene and -183°C Liquid Oxygen propellants plus Nitrogen to act as pressurization gas in flight; engineers loaded the boosters & core stage with Hydrogen Peroxide at T-3 hours and 30 minutes to drive the engine turbopumps.

>> Soyuz FG Overview


Photo: NASA TV

Arriving at the pad two and a half hours before the opening of the ten-second launch window, the three crew members looked at their venting Soyuz rocket that stood fully fueled at that point. The trio waved good bye from the Service Structure before riding the elevator up to the Spacecraft to enter their seats inside the confined space of the Entry Module with Misurkin in the center, flanked to the left by Vande Hei and Acaba to the right. With all hatches closed, Soyuz entered a period of pressure checks while the crew spent around an hour with the pre-launch checklist – setting up the flight control system for flight and making a final leak check on their Sokol suits.

Standing under clear skies, Soyuz was revealed 40 minutes ahead of liftoff when the Service Structure halves opened up and retracted to their launch position, clearing the way for the 305-metric ton rocket. Soyuz MS-06 went on internal power and the final roll call by all launch support stations gave a GO for the Automated Countdown Sequence, picking up six minutes ahead of liftoff. As relic of the ICBM heritage of Soyuz, the launch key was ins erted to authorize the firing of the rocket after completing its final setup steps, notably the pressurization of tanks, the transition to onboard control and the purge of the engines to ensure a clean ignition.


Photo: NASA TV

Soyuz switched to battery power and assumed control of the countdown at T-1 minute as the upper stage umbilical mast retracted from the launch vehicle. The launch command at T-20 seconds initiated the spin-up of turbopumps and igniters fired to allow the RD-107A booster engines and the RD-108A on the core to ramp up to liftoff thrust.

Flames erupted from the business end of the rocket as the engines soared up to a thrust of 4,146 Kilonewtons, overcoming counterweights to lift off the ground.

Soyuz FG lifted off at precisely 21:17:02.407 UTC, balancing in a vertical posture for the first twenty seconds of flight, rising into a chilly night over the storied Baikonur Cosmodrome.

With over 1,800 missions under its belt, Soyuz is unmatched for its flight heritage and reliability – having played a major role in human spaceflight since the dawn of the space age. Based on the R7 design by Sergei Korolev, Soyuz has supported crewed missions, cargo flights and satellite deliveries over a remarkable career of five decades.


Photo: NASA TV

Quickly climbing away from Baikonur, Soyuz pitched over to attain a north-easterly heading toward the Russian border, the standard departure route for crews headed to the International Space Station. Burning 1,600 Kilograms of propellant every second of powered flight, Soyuz passed the speed of sound and encountered Maximum Dynamic Pressure just over one minute after liftoff. By T+95 seconds, Soyuz had shed half its liftoff weight.

The Launch Escape Tower was jettisoned at T+1 minute and 54 seconds followed four seconds later by the separation of the four strap-on boosters that had helped accelerate Soyuz to a speed of 1.5 Kilometers per second. Being pushed outward from the still-firing core stage 50 Kilometers in altitude, the 19.6-meter long boosters put on an impressive display of the Korolev Cross – only visible for a split second in a clear night when the empty boosters rotate away from the central core.


Booster Separation – Photo: NASA TV

With the boosters headed toward impact 350 Kilometers from the launch pad, Soyuz continued pushing toward space solely powered by the Core Stage, generating 102 metric-ton-force of thrust when flying through the rarefied upper atmosphere. Two minutes and 36 seconds into the flight, Soyuz dropped the launch shroud as it crossed 85 Kilometers in altitude wh ere aerodynamic forces could no longer harm the spacecraft.

In-cabin cameras showed the familiar jolt at T+4 minutes and 45 seconds when the Block A core stage shut down its engines, catapulting the crew forward. Two seconds later, the RD-0110-powered Block I stage was commanded to ignite and separation pyros fired to jettison the 27.8-meter long core that burned 91 tonnes of propellants to lift Soyuz to an altitude of 160 Kilometers, accelerating it to a speed of 3.7 Kilometers per second.

Soaring to a thrust of 30,400-Kilogram-force, the third stage dropped its aft section covers and fired for three minutes and 58 seconds to provide the final push into orbit – aiming for the standard 200 by 242-Kilometer insertion orbit, inclined 51.66 degrees and trailing the Space Station by some 3,500 Kilometers.


Photo: NASA TV

The force of raw rocket power transitioned to the sensation of Zero-Gravity in an instant as the RD-0110 engine was shut down – the crew's arrival in orbit was signaled by a scale replica of Sputnik that served as the Zero-G indicator for this mission, made from materials used on the Soviet Buran space shuttle.

Soyuz sailed off eight minutes and 48 seconds after launch, deploying both of its solar arrays and all KURS navigation antennas to begin its fast rendezvous, also pressurizing its Unified Propulsion System. Per the four-orbit rendezvous design, Soyuz MS-06 executed a pair of pre-programmed orbit-raising maneuvers, firing its 300-Kilogram-force SKD propulsion system to raise its orbit by around 80 Kilometers to begin the climb up toward ISS. Another two burns, completed on Orbit #2, moved Soyuz ever closer to the Station's 401 by 407-Kilometer orbit and positioned it correctly for the Automated Rendezvous Sequence.

>> Soyuz Flight Profile


Soyuz arrives in the vicinity of ISS – Photo: NASA TV

The Automated Rendezvous, programmed to start around 1:07 UTC, began with DV-5 – a final ground-targeted burn that moved Soyuz into the 200-Kilometer communications zone around ISS wh ere the spacecraft powered up its KURS-NA radio navigation system in unison with the Station's KURS system to begin the relative navigation phase of the rendezvous.

A series of rendezvous impulses maneuvered Soyuz into the direct vicinity of the Space Station, completing a verification of the KURS system along the way before making three braking burns to se t up for the flyaround.

At a distance of 400 meters, Soyuz entered a short lap around the orbiting complex to line up with the Poisk module that was vacated not two weeks ago by the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft. Lined up with Poisk at a distance of 180 meters, Soyuz was commanded to head into a straight-in approach at gentle speed, using its DPO thrusters to keep its cross hairs perfectly aligned with the docking target.


Photo: NASA TV


Photo: NASA TV

Contact and Capture was confirmed at 2:55:15 UTC when Soyuz made c ontact with the docking cone on Poisk and pushed in with its translational thrusters to ensure capture latches engaged to establish a soft mate. Within ten minutes of docking, the Docking Probe was fully retracted and hooks closed to form a hard mate for the craft's five-and-a-half month stay at ISS.

The successful docking capped a five-hour, 38-minute and 13-second transit fr om the Kazakh steppe to the crew's orbital destination – marking the fastest Soyuz rendezvous in ISS history with Soyuz TMA-09M a close second with five hours and 39 minutes. After the hard mate was established, the crew pressed into the standard hour-long leak check to verify the integrity of hatches while getting a chance to change into more comfortable clothing fr om their Sokol launch and entry suits.

Hatch opening at 5:08 UTC on Wednesday united the Expedition 53 crew in orbit for three months of joint operations. The six crew members moved into the Zvezda Service Module for the traditional family conference immediately after hatch opening before pressing into the usual steps of deactivating their Soyuz and going through safety briefings before a long day will wind down for the crew.

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Фоторепортаж о стартовом дне экипажа ТПК «Союз МС-06»

13 сентября 2017 | Экипажи

13 сентября 2017 года в 00:17 МСК со стартового комплекса площадки №1 космодрома Байконур был произведён пуск ракеты космического назначения «Союз-ФГ», которая вывела на орбиту транспортный пилотируемый корабль «Союз МС-06» с экипажем в составе командира  Александра Мисуркина(Роскосмос), бортинженера-1 Марка Ванде Хая (НАСА)  и бортинженера-2 Джозефа Акабы (НАСА).

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В 05:55 МСК транспортный пилотируемый корабль «Союз МС-06» успешно пристыковался к стыковочному узлу малого исследовательского модуля «Поиск» российского сегмента МКС. В 08:08 МСК космонавт и астронавты перешли на борт Международной космической станции.

На МКС продолжает работу экипаж 53-й экспедиции в составе космонавтов Роскосмоса Сергея Рязанского и Александра Мисуркина, астронавтов НАСА Рэндолфа Брезника, Марка Ванде Хая и Джозефа Акабы, астронавта ЕКА Паоло Несполи.

 

Источник: Пресс-служба ЦПК, фото ЦПК

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Photos: Soyuz Rocket Blasts Off with Russian-American ISS Crew Trio   
September 12, 2017

Two American Astronauts and a Russian Cosmonaut lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome's historic Site 1/5 at 21:17:02 UTC on September 12, 2017 atop a Soyuz FG rocket. Embarking on five-and-a-half-month space mission, the three crewmen received a smooth nine-minute ride into orbit with their Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft setting sail on a four-orbit, six-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station. Traveling into orbit aboard the Soyuz are second-time space flier and first-time commander Aleksandr Misurkin, NASA's Mark Vande Hei, launching into space for the first time, and Joe Acaba, returning to ISS after two previous visits in 2009 and 2012.

>> Read our Launch Recap

All Photos below: NASA

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Здравствуйте! 13.09.2017 мне удалось наблюдать и сфотографировать пролёт космического корабля "Союз МС-06", возле МКС, в небе над Москвой. 




Прилагаю ссылку  на видео данного пролёта Международной космической станции (МКС) и космического корабля "Союз МС-06" в небе над Москвой, сделанное мной из 16 фотокадров, выполненных мной (параметры фото: ISO 1000, выдержка 5 сек.) в период с 04:55 по 04:57 (по МСК), камерой Canon 60D - на штативе. Определил, что визуально яркость "Союза" составляла около +2 звёздных величин, а угловое расстояние от МКС - около 2 градусов. Добавлю, что в указанный период на небе присутствовала облачность, что затрудняло наблюдение, но всё же отмечу, что "Союз МС-06" был виден невооружённым глазом (прилагаю фото треков пролёта МКС и "Союз МС-06" ).
С уважением, Филипп Романов, 20 лет, астроном-любитель, первооткрыватель 33 переменных звёзд (г. Москва)

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Soyuz docks with space station, adding three to lab's crew
September 13, 2017 William Harwood

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION

Lighting up the pre-dawn sky, a Soyuz rocket roared to life and streaked into orbit Tuesday carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, boosting the lab's crew back to six and the U.S. complement to four NASA-sponsored astronauts.

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Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

The expanded U.S. crew takes advantage or near-term Russian downsizing, allowing more time for on-board research in the station's American-led segment.

Strapped into the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft, commander Alexander Misurkin, NASA flight engineer Mark Vande Hei and astronaut Joe Acaba blasted off fr om the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:17:02 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 3:17 a.m. Wednesday local time), kicking off a six-hour, four-orbit rendezvous with the space station.

The workhorse Soyuz booster put on a spectacular show, riding a brilliant jet of exhaust into a clear sky. Live video from inside the crew compartment showed Misurkin and his crewmates calmly monitoring cockpit displays as the booster accelerated toward orbit.

Eight minutes and 45 seconds after liftoff, the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft was released from the booster's upper stage, antennas deployed and two solar wings unfolded and locked in place as the crew set off after the space station.

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Misurkin, making his second trip to the lab complex, rookie Vande Hei and station veteran Acaba executed a smooth six-hour rendezvous, docking at the space station's upper Poisk module at 10:55 p.m. four orbits after launch.

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"Contact! We have mechanical contact," Misurkin, speaking through a translator, radioed Russian flight controllers as the nose of the Soyuz was captured by the Poisk docking port. "And we have docking mechanism engaged."

"Great!" a controller replied. "Copy."

Standing by to welcome Misurkin and his crewmates aboard, after lengthy checks to verify a structurally sound, airtight seal, were Expedition 53 commander Randy Bresnik, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.

 
With the arrival of Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba, the space station's crew is back at a full complement of six. Credit: NASA

Launched to the station July 28 aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft, Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli have had the lab to themselves since Sept. 2 when Soyuz MS-04 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson — NASA's most experienced astronaut — returned to Earth.

With the arrival of Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba, the station once again is fully staffed, with four crew members dedicated to carrying out research in the U.S. segment of the lab.

The space station's crew normally is evenly split between the Russians and the U.S. segment, with three cosmonauts responsible for the lab's Russian modules and three astronauts, representing NASA, ESA, Japan and Canada, operating systems and carrying out research in modules supplied by NASA, ESA and Japan.

NASA is responsible for arranging transportation for the station's non-Russian crew members, known collectively as U.S. Operating Segment — USOS — astronauts.

The Russians decided late last year to downsize their crews in the near term to save money, eliminating one or more Progress supply ships, a decision that freed up seats aboard upcoming Soyuz spacecraft.
At roughly the same time, Boeing and the Russian aerospace company Energia reached a settlement in a $320 million dispute involving the Sea Launch commercial rocket company. As part of the settlement, Boeing obtained two Soyuz seats in 2017 and 2018 with options for three more.

According to Space.com, NASA eventually agreed to buy all five seats for an average cost of $74.7 million each, modifying an existing contract with the Russians.

The two near-term seats will allow NASA to expand the USOS segment of the station crew from three to four and the other seats will serve as insurance in case commercial ferry ships being built by Boeing and SpaceX are delayed, requiring additional Soyuz flights for USOS crew members.

Once the commercial crew ships begin regular flights to the station, the USOS crew again will consist of four astronauts.

Acaba, a former high school teacher and Peace Corps volunteer with master's degrees in geology and education, won the additional seat on the upcoming mission, joining Vande Hei and Misurkin. While station astronauts typically spend 18 months to two years training for a long-duration stay, Acaba had to get up to speed in just six months.

"Luckily, I'm flying with experienced and very capable crew members," Acaba told reporters earlier this year. "Before I started (training), NASA and all the international partners got together, they put together a really nice plan on what's required for me to be safe and also to execute the mission. It's (been) busy, but fun."

As for the value of an additional USOS crew member, "I think it's going to make a huge difference," he said.

"Right now, having four USOS crew members on board, it gives you a lot more opportunities, not only to maintain the space station but then do the science we're up there for. I think the number I heard is somewh ere around 800 more hours of utilization. That's a big chunk of science we're going to be able to do by adding an extra crew member. So it's pretty cool."

NASA got a taste of expanded crew operations earlier this summer, taking advantage of an empty seat aboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft that carried Yurchikhin and Fischer into orbit last April. At that time, Whitson was scheduled to come home in early June, but NASA and the Russians agreed to extend her mission by three months, allowing her to join Yurchikhin and Fischer for return to Earth earlier this month.
As a result, four USOS astronauts were aboard the outpost after Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli arrived July 28. The Soyuz MS-06 crew will boost the USOS crew back up to four. Another Soyuz scheduled for launch in December will carry two more USOS astronauts to the station, NASA's Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai, representing the Japanese space agency.

Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba are scheduled to remain aboard the station until Feb. 26. During their stay in space they will welcome one Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship, two SpaceX Dragon freighters, two Progress supply ships and will carry out up to three spacewalks to service the station's robot arm and to carry out routine maintenance.

Along with a full slate of scientific research.

"I'm really looking forward to getting to work," Vande Hei said. "I'm really excited to live with these gentlemen and the crew that's going to be on the station when we arrive and the crew that we're going to receive later in our mission. Frankly, I'm really looking forward to seeing what the view is like."
And experiencing weightlessness.

"Flying around is the coolest thing ever, you never get tired of that microgravity environment," Acaba said. "Every morning, I would wake up and float out of my crew quarters and it was just this weird feeling, just to push yourself across the lab. So that's a whole lot of fun, very relaxing.

"Looking out the window, you have a view you can't get anywhere else on Earth, so I don't think we ever get tired of that. But we also have the usual, we watch movies, you have a telephone, you can call your family and friends, just living up there every day is pretty fun."

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Старт транспортного пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС-06" с космодрома Байконур

Центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю.А.Гагарина

Опубликовано: 13 сент. 2017 г.

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"От порога до порога..."

Soyuz MS-06 - Launch into Space

Spaceflight101

Опубликовано: 13 сент. 2017 г.

Soyuz MS-06 Launch & Docking Events.

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Алексей Белозерский пишет:
Люки открыты. Экипаж А.Мисуркина перешел на МКС.

Поздравляю.

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NASA HQ PHOTO‏Подлинная учетная запись @nasahqphoto 10 ч. назад

But wait! There's more! Images from @AstroAcaba @Astro_Sabot & Misurkin launch in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. https://flic.kr/s/aHsm3Qbdjj 

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Как провожают космические корабли

Телестудия Роскосмоса

Опубликовано: 15 сент. 2017 г.

Экипаж новой экспедиции на МКС обживается на станции. Старт корабля «Союз МС-06» уже вошёл в историю. Он состоялся в канун 60-летия начала космической эры, а индикатором невесомости «Союза» стала миниатюрная копия первого искусственного спутника Земли.

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 1 ч. назад

The Soyuz third stage from the Soyuz MS-06 launch reentered on Sep 16.

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 33 мин. назад

Reentry of the Soyuz MS-06 third stage rocket occurred at 1020 UTC over Central Australia and was widely seen.


14 мин. назад

(Per earlier tweet, that was 1020 UTC on Sep 16 for the reentry)

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http://satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2017/0086.html

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:51:09 +0200

On Sep 16 near 10:20 UT, a Soyuz upper stage 17-054B / 32938 from the SoyuzMS-06 launch reentered over central Australia.

There are a couple of movies of this reentry:


https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustralianMeteorReports/permalink/739583586245622/

(thanks to various people on Twitter who forwarded these URL's to me)

- Marco

Struth Mate! Rocket booster re-enters Earths Atmosphere

Pip Kay

Опубликовано: 16 сент. 2017 г.

Rocket Booster caught coming in to Earth just outside of Uluru in Northern Territory of Australia at 7:47pm on Saturday 16th September 2017. - caution contains adult language just due to the sheer shock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVYG-mdEd3w&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVYG-mdEd3w&feature=youtu.be (1:35)

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24714/

ПОСАДКА СПУСКАЕМОГО АППАРАТА ТПК «СОЮЗ МС-06»

28 февраля 2018 года в 05:31:58 мск в соответствии с программой Международной космической станции (МКС) запланирована посадка спускаемого аппарта транспортного пилотируемого корабля (ТПК) «Союз МС-06», который доставит на землю участников длительных экспедиций МКС-53/54 космонавта РОСКОСМОСА Александра МИСУРКИНА, астронавтов NASA Джозефа АКАБУ и Марка ВАНДЕ ХАЯ. Посадка планируется по традиции в степях Казахстана недалеко от города Жезказган.    

После отстыковки ТПК «Союз МС-06» от МКС начинает свою работу длительная экспедиция МКС-55, командиром которой становится российский космонавт Антон ШКАПЛЕРОВ. Бортинженеры экспедиции - астронавт NASA Скотт ТИНГЛ (США) и астронавт JAXA Норишиге КАНАИ (Япония). Втроём они будут выполнять все работы по поддержанию работоспособности орбитальной станции и проведению комплекса научных экспериментов, пока не прибудет следующий  экипаж, и экспедиция МКС-55 начнет работу в полном составе.

    Прямая трансляция посадки спускаемого аппарата и эвакуации космонавтов - на сайте online.roscosmos.ru или на официальной странице РОСКОСМОСА ВКонтакте.

Состав экипажа ТПК «Союз МС-06»

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Александр МИСУРКИН (РОСКОСМОС, Россия)

Марк ВАНДЕ ХАЙ (NASA, США)

Джозеф АКАБА (NASA, США)

Предварительный график основных операций (время московское)
02:08 - Расстыковка ТПК «Союз МС-06» и МКС
04:38 - Включение двигательной установки ТПК
05:08 - Вход в атмосферу
05:31:58 - Посадка спускаемого аппарата

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/22/astronauts-open-beam-and-prepare-for-crew-departure/

Astronauts Open BEAM and Prepare for Crew Departure

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 22, 2018 at 4:57 pm


Expedition 53-54 crew members (from left) Joe Acaba, Alexander Misurkin and Mark Vande Hei pose for a portrait inside the Japanese Kibo Laboratory module.

Three Expedition 54 crew members continued preparing for their return to Earth next week. ...

Commander Alexander Misurkin joined his Soyuz MS-06 crewmates Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and reviewed their procedures for next week's descent into Earth's atmosphere. The trio also familiarized themselves with the sensations they will experience flying through the atmosphere and feeling gravity for the first time after 168 days in space.

Misurkin will hand over command of the International Space Station to cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on Monday at 2:40 p.m. EST. Misurkin, Vande Hei and Acaba will then close the hatch to their Soyuz spacecraft Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. and undock from the Poisk module 6:08 p.m. The trio will then parachute to a landing in Kazakhstan at 9:32 p.m. NASA TV will cover all the landing activities live.
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/international-space-station-crew-landing-to-air-live-on-nasa-television

Feb. 22, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-036

International Space Station Crew Landing to Air Live on NASA Television


Expedition 53-54 crew members Joe Acaba of NASA, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Mark Vande Hei of NASA.
Credits: NASA
Download high-resolution image here.

Three residents of the International Space Station are scheduled to complete their mission on the complex on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Coverage of their departure and landing back on Earth will air on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos will undock from the space station at 6:08 p.m. EST, and land on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 9:32 p.m. (8:32 a.m. Feb. 28 Kazakhstan time).

Coverage of the Expedition 54 departure and landing activities is as follows:

Monday, Feb. 26

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• 2:40 p.m. – Change of command ceremony, during which Misurkin will hand over station command to Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos.
  

Tuesday, Feb. 27

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• 2:15 p.m. – Farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch closure at 2:50 p.m.)
• 5:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage (undocking scheduled for 6:08 p.m.)
• 8 p.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit burn at 8:38 p.m., and landing at 9:32 p.m.)
  

During their 168 days in space, they were part of the first expedition that began a long-term increase in the crew size on the U.S. segment from three people to four, enabling NASA to double the time dedicated to research – surpassing 100 hours of research in one week.

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At the time of undocking, Expedition 55 will begin aboard the station. Shkaplerov, NASA's Scott Tingle, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will crew the station until three additional crew members arrive on March 23. Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 21 for a two-day journey to join Expedition 55 on station.

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on social media at:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

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Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov

Gary Jordan
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
gary.j.jordan@nasa.gov

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Last Updated: Feb. 22, 2018
Editor: Karen Northon

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/23/crew-goes-into-weekend-preparing-to-split-up-on-tuesday/

Crew Goes into Weekend Preparing to Split Up on Tuesday

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 23, 2018 at 12:38 pm


(Clockwise from bottom) Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos; NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov; Astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; NASA astronaut Scott Tingle.

Three Expedition 54 crew members are going into the weekend packing up and preparing to return to Earth on Tuesday. Commander Alexander Misurkin will lead fellow crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei back to Earth inside the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft Tuesday for a landing in south central Kazakhstan at 9:31 p.m. EST.

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NASA TV will broadcast live all of the departure activities on Monday and Tuesday. The Change of Command Ceremony begins Monday at 2:40 p.m. when Misurkin hands over station control to cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. The new commander will stay behind with Flight Engineers Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and become Expedition 55 when their crewmates undock the next day.

The departing trio will say farewell Tuesday and close the Soyuz hatch at 2:15 p.m. They will undock from the Poisk module at 6:08 p.m. signifying the start of Expedition 55 and the end of Expedition 54. Next, the Soyuz engines will fire one last time at 8:38 p.m. sending the crew back into Earth's atmosphere for a parachuted landing in Kazakhstan at 9:31 p.m.

The trio will have spent 168 days in space, orbiting Earth 2,688 times, conducted dozens of science experiments and seen the departure and arrival of eight different space ships. The departing crew members will also go home as experienced spacewalkers. Misurkin and Acaba each conducted one spacewalk and Vande Hei conducted four spacewalks during their five-and-half month stay in space.

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