Cygnus OA-8 (CRS-8 ) - Antares-230 - MARS LP-0A - 12.11.1017 12:19 UTC

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/11/30/next-crew-in-russia-as-station-preps-for-cargo-missions/

Catherine Williams
Posted on November 30, 2017

Next Crew in Russia as Station Preps for Cargo Missions

... the Expedition 53 crew is preparing for the departure and arrival of a pair of cargo ships next week.

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Meanwhile, the orbiting Expedition 53 crew is packing the Cygnus cargo craft with trash before it ends its mission next week. First, ground controllers will remotely detach Cygnus from the Unity module with the Canadarm2 on Dec. 5. Cygnus will then be maneuvered over the Harmony module for a GPS test to assist NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Next, astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba will take over the robotics controls and release Cygnus back into space on Dec. 6. It will orbit Earth until Dec. 18 then enter the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean for a fiery, but safe demise.
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-broadcast-departure-of-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-from-international-space

Dec. 1, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY M17-141

NASA TV to Broadcast Departure of Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft fr om International Space Station


The Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship approached the International Space Station on its eighth resupply mission as both spacecraft flew into an orbital sunrise.
Credits: NASA

After delivering almost 7,400 pounds of cargo to support dozens of science experiments from around the world, the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 6. NASA Television and the agency's website will provide live coverage of Cygnus' departure beginning at 7:45 a.m. EST.

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On Tuesday, Dec. 5, ground controllers will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Cygnus spacecraft from the Earth-facing side of the station's Unity module. The spacecraft, which arrived at the station Nov. 14, will be maneuvered above the Harmony module to gather data that will aid in rendezvous and docking operations for future U.S. commercial crew vehicles arriving for a linkup to Harmony's international docking adapters. The maneuver will not be televised.

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, at approximately 8:10 a.m., Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA will give the command to release Cygnus. Cygnus is packed with more than 5,500 pounds of trash and other items marked for disposal.

Experiments delivered on Cygnus supported NASA and other research investigations during Expedition 53, including studies in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science -- research that improves life on Earth. Investigations included studies on communication and navigation, microbiology, animal biology and plant biology.

Cygnus also will release 14 CubeSats from an external NanoRacks deployer on Dec. 7. The craft will remain in orbit until Monday, Dec. 18, when its engines will fire twice, pushing it into Earth's atmosphere, wh ere it will burn up over the Pacific Ocean. NASA TV will not provide live coverage of these events.

The Cygnus launched Nov. 12 on Orbital ATK's upgraded Antares 230 rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for the company's eighth NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission.

Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

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

Dan Huot
 Johnson Space Center, Houston
 281-483-5111
daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov

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Last Updated: Dec. 1, 2017
Editor: Katherine Brown

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По состоянию на 11:37 ДМВ "руку" манипулятора подвели к Лебедю
 

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/12/04/station-ramps-up-for-december-cargo-and-crew-swaps/

Mark Garcia
Posted on December 4, 2017

Station Ramps Up for December Cargo and Crew Swaps

A pair of commercial resupply missions are coming and going this week at the International Space Station. Meanwhile, a new crew has arrived at its launch site to prepare for a Dec. 17 liftoff to the orbital laboratory. All missions to and from the station this month will be televised live on NASA TV.

NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba are brushing up on their robotics skills today ahead of this week's release of the Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship. Ground controllers will remotely command the Canadarm2 on Tuesday to detach Cygnus from the Unity module. While still attached to the Canadarm2, Cygnus will be used for a series of communications tests to assist NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Then on Wednesday, the two astronauts will be in the cupola commanding the Canadarm2 to release Cygnus into Earth orbit at 8:10 a.m. EST.
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Что-то нет информации, отстыковали Лебедя или нет...

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Ctas пишет:
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Ниже фоторяд положений Лебедя 2017-12-05 с 15:58 до 19:57 ДМВ (время - последние 4 цифры в имени файла)

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IMHO, отстыковка Лебедя от МКС произведена между 19:00 и 19:44 ДМВ (вместо плановых 16:10)

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NASA‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA 19 мин. назад

Grasped in the hand of the #Canadarm2 robotic arm, the #Cygnus cargo spacecraft was detached from @Space_Station today. It will be released tomorrow and you can watch it live starting at 7:45 a.m. EST: http://go.nasa.gov/2kp2xrp 

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Продолжение видеоряда (2017-12-05 с 20:04 до 20:31) – Отвод Лебедя от борта станции, осмотр стыковочного узла и Купола

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Окончание видеоряда (2017-12-05 с 21:22 до 22:50) – Облёт-обнос Лебедя около модуля станции Гармония, около 22:50 движение прекращено, Лебедь в готовности к свободному полёту

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/12/05/spacex-launch-slips-cygnus-leaving-and-beam-stay-extended/

Mark Garcia
Posted on December 5, 2017

SpaceX Launch Slips, Cygnus Leaving and BEAM Stay Extended

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its next Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Dec. 12. Back on orbit, the Cygnus cargo craft is getting ready to leave the orbital lab and an experimental module has its stay in space extended for at least another three years.
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The Cygnus cargo craft fr om Orbital ATK is leaving the station tomorrow after 22 days at the orbital lab. Astronauts Randy Bresnik, Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba closed its hatches today and disconnected its station power systems.

Ground controllers uninstalled Cygnus from the Unity module Tuesday morning with the Canadarm2 and are conducting a series of communications tests to assist NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Next, Vande Hei and Acaba will command the Canadarm2 to release Cygnus back into Earth orbit tomorrow at 8:10 a.m. EST wh ere it will stay until Dec. 18.
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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 3 ч. назад

.@AstroAcaba practices his skills flying the robotic arm (@csa_asc Canadarm 2) to be ready to release a Cygnus, and just a few days later capture a Dragon.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 4 мин. назад

Longstanding #SpaceflightTradition - as you closeout a cargo vehicle, place the flight's emblem on the wall of the hatchway and sign it.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/12/05/cygnus-cargo-craft-leaves-station-wednesday-morning/

Mark Garcia
Posted on December 5, 2017

Cygnus Cargo Craft Leaves Station Wednesday Morning

The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 6. NASA Television and the agency's website will provide live coverage of Cygnus' departure beginning at 7:45 a.m. EST. Cygnus arrived to the space station Nov. 14 with nearly 7,400 pounds of cargo to support dozens of science experiments.

At approximately 8:10 a.m., Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA will give the command to release Cygnus.

Earlier today, ground controllers used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Cygnus spacecraft from the Earth-facing side of the station's Unity module.

This was Orbital ATK's eighth contracted commercial resupply mission.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 22 мин. назад

S.S. Gene Cernan #Cygnus #OA8 cargo vehicle is unberthed fr om @Space_Station wh ere it has called home for the past 3 weeks.



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Kind of surreal to see the hatch you were just floating through a couple of hours before, floating outside our cupola windows.


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Robotic experts on Earth remotely fly the robotic arm to maneuver #Cygnus to what we call the 'overnight park' position for tomorrow's release.

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Randy Bresnik‏Подлинная учетная запись @AstroKomrade 2 ч. назад

Captured at the moment of sunrise, #Cygnus foreshadows its own Viking funeral when it enters Earth's atmosphere.

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12/06/2017 09:23

After a 22-day stay at the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship is set for departure Wednesday en route to a higher orbit for release of 14 CubeSats for commercial weather monitoring and technology demonstrations.

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The cargo ship was detached from the space station's Unity module via ground commanding Tuesday, and the lab's Canadian-built robotic arm maneuvered it to a release point around 30 feet (10 meters) below the complex.

Expedition 53 astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba will send the command for the robotic arm to release the Cygnus spacecraft at around 8:10 a.m. EST (1310 GMT) Wednesday.

The spaceship will fire thrusters to back away from the station and depart its vicinity.

A bigger engine firing later Tuesday is expected to send the Cygnus, christened the SS Gene Cernan, into a higher 300-mile-high (500-kilometer) orbit for deployment of 14 CubeSats for Spire Global, NASA, the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Laboratory, and Asgardia, an organization that aims to become the first nation state in space.

The CubeSats should be deployed by Wednesday evening, U.S. time, according to Henry Martin, the mission manager for NanoRacks, a Houston-based company which accommodates small satellites on space station resupply missions like the Cygnus flight set to conclude this week.

Once the CubeSats are released into orbit, Orbital ATK controllers in Dulles, Virginia, will oversee a series of de-orbit burns to drop the Cygnus spacecraft's orbit back into Earth's atmosphere to burn up with several tons of trash and other unnecessary items from the space station tagged for disposal.

The Cygnus cargo carrier lifted Nov. 12 from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard an Antares rocket, then completed an automated rendezvous and approach with the space station two days later.

The mission is the eighth commercial logistics flight to the space station managed by Orbital ATK under contract to NASA.

Once the Cygnus has departed, the station crew will prepare for the arrival of a Dragon capsule from SpaceX, NASA's other commercial cargo transportation provider.

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Лебедь готов к самостоятельному полёту (2017-12-06 14:40 ДМВ)
 

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Лебедь перед освобождением
 

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