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https://www.roscosmos.ru/24712/

ЦУП. ГРУЗОВОЙ КОРАБЛЬ «ПРОГРЕСС МС-08» ПРИСТЫКОВАЛСЯ К МКС
15.02.2018 13:39

Транспортный грузовой корабль (ТГК) «Прогресс МС-08» 15 февраля 2018 года в 13:38 мск успешно пристыковался к Международной космической станции (МКС). Стыковка корабля осуществлена к стыковочному узлу российского служебного модуля «Звезда».

Сближение транспортного корабля с МКС проходило по двухсуточной схеме. Стыковка выполнялась в автоматическом режиме под контролем специалистов Главной оперативной группы управления полётом российского сегмента МКС в Центре управления полётами (ЦУП) и российских космонавтов Александра МИСУРКИНА и Антона ШКАПЛЕРОВА.

Пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1а» с транспортным грузовым кораблем (ТГК) «Прогресс МС-08» состоялся 13 февраля 2018 года в 11:13:33 мск с космодрома БАЙКОНУР.

ТГК «Прогресс МС-08» доставил на Международную космическую станцию около двух с половиной тонн различных грузов, в числе которых топливо, воздух, оборудование для поддержания станции в рабочем состоянии, посылки и средства для обеспечения жизнедеятельности членов экипажа.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/15/russian-resupply-ship-delivers-three-tons-of-cargo/

Russian Resupply Ship Delivers Three Tons of Cargo

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 15, 2018 at 5:55 am


The Progress 69 resupply ship is pictured just moments from docking to the space station.

Traveling about 250 miles over the east of the Philippines, the Progress 69 Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the aft end of the service module of the International Space Station at 5:38 a.m. EST.

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William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 36m ago

69P/MS08: Contact and capture! The Progress docking probe engaged the capture mechanism in the Zvezda module's docking port at 5:38am as the two spacecraft were flying 252 miles above the western Pacific southeast of the Philippines

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69P/MS08: Hooks and latches have engaged to pull the Progress in for a "hard mate," setting the stage for leak checks to verify a tight seal

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69P/MS08: Hatches will be opened later today, giving the station crew access to begin unloading cargo and supplies; the spacecraft is carrying 1,940 lbs of propellant, 48 lbs of oxygen, 53 lbs of air, 926 lbs of water and 3,128 lbs of dry cargo

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Docking of Progress MS-08 to the International Space Station

Space Videos

Published on 15 Feb 2018

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Progress MS-08 docking to the ISS

SciNews

Published on 15 Feb 2018

The Progress MS-08 spacecraft automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station on on 15 February 2018, at 10:38 UTC.

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Текущая конфигурация МКС (на 2018-02-15 после стыковки ТГК Прогресс МС-08 )

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/02/15/progress-supply-ship-docks-with-international-space-station/

Progress supply ship docks with International Space Station
February 15, 2018 Stephen Clark


The Progress MS-08 supply ship approaches the International Space Station during Thursday's rendezvous and docking. Credit: NASA TV

Russia's Progress MS-08 cargo carrier glided to an automated radar-guided link-up with the International Space Station on Thursday with three tons of fuel, water, supplies and experiments.

The unpiloted cargo freighter docked with the station's Zvezda service module at 1038 GMT (5:38 a.m. EST) Thursday as the complex sailed 252 miles (405 kilometers) in altitude east of the Philippines.

A few minutes later, hooks at the docking interface closed to create a firm seal between the Progress MS-08 spaceship and the space station. Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov, who monitored the Progress spacecraft's approach in case they had to take over manual control, planned to open hatches and begin unloading the supply ship later Thursday.

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The docking Thursday came two days after the Progress MS-08 supply ship blasted off fr om the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.

Russian officials originally intended for the refueling and resupply freighter to make an expedited three-and-a-half hour rendezvous with the space station, but a last-minute abort during a countdown Sunday forced engineers to bypass that plan.

Rendezvous profiles by Progress resupply missions and Soyuz crew ferry craft typically run six hours or two days, and Russian officials wanted to demonstrate a quicker approach sequence with Progress MS-08 that could eventually be applied to flights with cosmonauts and astronauts.

But the fast-track three-and-a-half hour rendezvous profile, which would take place over roughly two orbits of the Earth, is only feasible if the vehicle visiting the space station lifts off when the outpost is nearly overhead the launch site. Such an alignment was available Sunday, but the fortuitous orbital mechanics were not duplicated during Tuesday's launch opportunity.

The Soyuz rocket deployed the Progress supply ship in orbit less than nine minutes after launch Tuesday, and the Russian freighter conducted a series of engine burns to fine-tune its path toward the space station, setting up for Thursday's final rendezvous guided by the ship's Kurs radar.

Among the experiments stowed inside the Progress MS-08 spacecraft's pressurized compartment is an antenna package to track the movements of small animals across the globe.

Called Icarus, the project aims to reveal changes in migratory routes, animal connections and other animal behavior. The antenna delivered to the station Thursday will be installed outside the space station on a spacewalk later this year, and a computer launched on a Russian Progress mission in October will help process the signals coming from tracking units tagged to animals on Earth.

"Icarus is a global collaboration of research scientists that are interested in life on the globe, and once we put together all the information on mobile animals, then we have a different and new understanding of life on Earth," said Martin Wikelski, lead scientist on the Icarus project, director of the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology, and professor the University of Konstanz in Germany.

The Progress freighter also carries experimental radiators mounted on the ship's exterior. The devices will help engineers test the performance of a new thermal control system that could be used on future space missions, according to RussianSpaceWeb.com.

The robotic cargo capsule is packed with 3,064 pounds (1,390 kilograms) of equipment, scientific hardware, food and supplies for the orbiting lab's six-person crew, plus 1,962 pounds (890 kilograms) of propellant for the station, 926 pounds (420 kilograms) of water, 53 pounds (24 kilograms) of compressed air and 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of compressed oxygen.

The two-day launch delay — and four-day slip in the Progress's arrival at the station — pushed back a planned spacewalk by astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Norishige Kanai from Thursday to Friday.

Vande Hei and Kanai will head outside the station on a planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk to bring in latching end effector, or hand, removed from robotic arm in October for return to Earth on a future SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The spacewalkers will relocate another end effector replaced last month to a long-term storage position, wh ere it will be available as a spare.

The Progress MS-08 supply ship is slated to remain at the space station until late August, when it will detach and re-enter Earth's atmosphere, burning up on descent.

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http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_mc08.htm

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http://gctc.ru/main.php?id=4100

Вниманию СМИ. Аккредитация на комплексные экзаменационные тренировки и предполётную пресс-конференцию экипажей МКС-55/56

15 февраля 2018 | Экипажи

Пресс-служба ЦПК приглашает представителей российских СМИ на комплексные экзаменационные тренировки и предполётную пресс-конференцию основного и дублирующего экипажей 55/56-й длительной экспедиции на Международную космическую станцию.

Основной (Ричард Арнольд, Олег Артемьев, Эндрю Фойстел)
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дублирующий (Ник Хейг, Алексей Овчинин) экипажи МКС-55/56

20 и 21 февраля 2018 года запланировано проведение комплексных экзаменационных тренировок основного экипажа МКС-55/56 в составе космонавта «РОСКОСМОСа» Олега Артемьева, астронавтов НАСА Эндрю Фóйстела и Ричарда Áрнольда, а также дублирующего экипажа в составе космонавта «РОСКОСМОСа» Алексея Овчинина и астронавта НАСА Ника Хейга.

22 февраля 2018 года запланирована предполётная пресс-конференция с участием основного и дублирующего экипажей МКС-55/56.

Для справки:  старт транспортного пилотируемого корабля «Союз МС-08» с экипажем 55/56-й длительной экспедиции на Международную космическую станцию запланирован на 21 марта 2018 года.

Источник: Пресс-служба ЦПК, фото ЦПК

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"Прогресс" уверенно причалил к станции в автоматическом режиме, но, как видите, мы с Сашей были готовы в любой момент взять управление кораблем в свои руки. А теперь время поработать космическими "грузчиками" // A process of docking of Progress MS cargo spacecraft with the ISS

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Готовятся к посадке, пакуют чемоданы...     

Joseph M. Acaba‏Verified account @AstroAcaba 19h ago

.@Astro_sabot and I packed up Robonaut for return to Earth for repairs and refurb. We look forward to his return.

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https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2018/news_02-15_2.html

Космический урок: «Кино и космос»
Завтра, 16 февраля, состоится шестой «Космический урок» на тему «Кино и космос». Он пройдёт одновременно на трёх площадках. Основная будет организована в Томске, две других – в Сочи и подмосковном Королёве, в Корпорации «Энергия».
В рамках «Космического урока» состоится сеанс прямой связи с Российским сегментом МКС, и все желающие смогут задать вопросы космонавтам Александру Мисуркину и Антону Шкаплерову.
На этом уроке ребята не будут говорить о серьезных технических вопросах новой космической техники, а обсудят, как далеко зашла космическая киноиндустрия и насколько совпадает она с реальным положением дел. Организаторы обещают удивить ребят настоящим кинотрюком, сделанным в прямом эфире.
Участники представят на суд экспертов свои сюжеты для фильмов в рамках темы «Космические мечтатели».
Посмотреть космический урок, который начнется в 12.45, можно будет в прямом эфире на сайте tvtomsk.ru, YouTube-канале ГТРК «Томск», в официальных группах ВКонтакте и Facebook.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/02/14/iss-daily-summary-report-2142018/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/14/2018

Posted Feb 14, 2018 at 4:00 pm

Lighting Effects:

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Upon wakeup, a 53S subject provided a daily sleep log entry to track his sleep patterns and wakefulness. The Lighting Effects experiment hopes to better quantify and qualify how lighting can effect habitability of spacecraft. The light bulbs on the ISS are being replaced with a new system designed for improved crew health and wellness. The Lighting Effects investigation studies the impact of the change from fluorescent light bulbs to solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with adjustable intensity and color and aims to determine if the new lights can improve crew circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance. Results from this investigation also have major implications for people on Earth who use electric lights.

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Plant Gravity Perception Operations European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS):

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The crew replaced the EMCS Thermal Control System (TCS) cold spot sponge before replacing the Experiment Containers (ECs) on the EMCS rotors with new ECs to begin the next Plant Gravity Perception experiment run. The Plant Gravity Perception investigation germinates normal and mutated forms of thale cress, a model research plant, to study the plants' gravity and light perception. Results provide new information about plants' ability to detect gravity and how they adapt to an environment without it, which benefits efforts to grow plants for food on future missions. The EMCS is an experiment facility that is dedicated to studying plant biology in a reduced gravity environment. It supports the cultivation, stimulation, and crew-assisted operation of biological experiments under controlled conditions. The facility has performed multi-generation (seed-to-seed) experiments and studies the effects of gravity and light on early development and growth, signal perception and transduction in plant tropisms.

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Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Manifold #2 Bottle Replacement:

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The crew removed and replaced a CIR manifold #2 bottle on the front of the optics bench. CIR provides sustained, systematic microgravity combustion research and it houses hardware capable of performing combustion experiments to further research of combustion in microgravity. This is for the ACME investigation which is a set of five independent studies of gaseous flames to be conducted in the CIR. ACME's primary goal is to improved fuel efficiency and reduced pollutant production in practical combustion on Earth. Its secondary goal is to improve spacecraft fire prevention through innovative research focused on materials flammability.

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NanoRacks DreamUp Xtronaut Crystal Growth (DreamXCG):

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The crew continued to track the progression of the DreamXCG formation that was initiated two weeks ago, by taking photo and video images of each pouch to show any visible sugar crystal growth. This investigation teaches students about the effects of microgravity on crystal formations using near-identical flight kits flown and operated aboard the International Space Station (ISS). With access to crew member videos and data on the same experiment, students are able compare crystal formations in space to those in their classrooms. The investigation aims to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to the next generation of students.

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Tropical Cyclone:

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The crew configured the camera settings in the Cupola to take untended images of the Category 3 Typhoon Gita, near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga. The Tropical Cyclone investigation is used to capture images of tropical cyclones and hurricanes that are rated at Category 3 or greater on the Saffir-Simpson scale. A pseudo-stereoscopic method is used to determine the altitudes of the cloud tops near the center (eye) of a cyclone by precisely tracking the apparent positions of cloud features with respect to the Earth and how those positions change over time as an observer (the ISS in this case) passes over the storm. The photographic images will be used to demonstrate that pseudo-spectroscopy can be used to measure the cloud altitudes to sufficient precision so that, when combined with other remote-sensing data, an accurate determination of the intensity of hurricane or cyclone can be made.

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Earth Imagery from ISS Target (EIISS):

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Using the RED camera, the crew captured images of the Amazon River, the Gulf of Thailand, and the Baja Peninsula. EIISS is used to support creation of a series of videos showcasing Earth views taken from space. The videos are taken with cameras on the ISS in 6K hi-resolution and are integrated into videos for screensavers for public enjoyment, exploration, and engagement.

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Columbus Mass Memory Unit (MMU) Memory Card Replacement:

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Today, the crew replaced one of the Memory Cards to restore internal redundancy in MMU2. To gain access to MMU2, the crew rotated the Human Research Facility 1 (HRF-1) rack and performed the memory card replacement.

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Официальное видео НАСА

Russian Progress Cargo Craft Docks to the International Space Station

NASA Video

Published on 15 Feb 2018

Following its two-day journey to the International Space Station, the Progress 69 cargo craft automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 5:38 a.m. EST while traveling about 250 miles over the east of the Philippines.

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Объявление

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

ПОСАДКА СПУСКАЕМОГО АППАРАТА ТПК «СОЮЗ МС-06»
28 февраля 2018

Программа МКС

 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.



Предварительный график основных операций (время московское)

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• 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/2018/02/15/station-prepping-for-spacewalk-after-new-cargo-ship-arrives/

Station Prepping for Spacewalk After New Cargo Ship Arrives

Mark Garcia
Posted Feb 15, 2018 at 3:07 pm


NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is pictured during a spacewalk that took place Jan. 23, 2018, to begin maintenance work on the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

The Expedition 54 crew is getting ready for a spacewalk Friday morning and beginning the work to unload a newly-arrived cargo delivery.

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Astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Norishige Kanai are completing their spacewalk reviews and readying their spacesuits and tools ahead of Friday morning's excursion. The duo is scheduled to turn their spacesuits batteries on to internal power at 7:10 a.m. EST signifying the start of a planned six and a half hour spacewalk.

The spacewalkers will complete the transfer of a pair of older robotic hands, or Latching End Effectors (LEEs), that were once attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm. One LEE will be transferred inside the Quest airlock while the other will be attached to the mobile base system. NASA TV will start its live coverage of the spacewalk activities beginning at 5:30 a.m.

Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov opened the hatch to a new Progress cargo craft that arrived today at 5:38 a.m. The duo will start the work to offload a little over three tons of food, fuel and supplies from the resupply ship that will stay docked to the Zvezda service module until March.

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