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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/03/21/new-crew-blasts-off-to-join-station-on-friday/

New Crew Blasts Off to Join Station on Friday

Mark Garcia
Posted Mar 21, 2018 at 1:56 pm


The Soyuz MS-08 rocket launches on time with three new Expedition 55-56 crew members heading to their new home in space: Credit: NASA TV

The Soyuz MS-08 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are safely in orbit on their way to the International Space Station.

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The trio will orbit Earth for approximately two days before docking to the space station's Rassvet module at 3:41 p.m. Friday, March 23. Coverage of docking will begin at 3 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website, followed at 5 p.m. by coverage of the opening of hatches between the spacecraft and station.

The arrival Friday of Feustel, Arnold and Artemyev will restore the station's crew complement to six as they join Scott Tingle of NASA, Expedition 55Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The crew members will spend more than five months conducting about 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

This crew continues the long-term increase in crew size on the U.S. segment from three to four, allowing NASA to maximize time dedicated to research on the space station. Highlights of upcoming investigations include: a new facility to test materials, coatings and components of other large experiments in the harsh environment of space; a study on the effects of microgravity on bone marrow and blood cells produced in bone marrow; and a newly-developed passive nutrient delivery system for the Veggieplant growth facility.

Arnold, a former educator, will continue NASA's Year of Education on Station, an initiative to engage students and educators in human spaceflight and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/03/21/soyuz-takes-off-with-three-bound-for-space-station-2/

Soyuz takes off with three bound for space station
March 21, 2018 | William Harwood

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION


Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off and shot into orbit Wednesday, carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts, all veteran space fliers, on a two-day flight to the International Space Station.

With Soyuz MS-08/54S commander Oleg Artemyev at the controls in the spacecraft's center seat, flanked on the left by flight engineer Drew Feustel and on the right by Ricky Arnold, the workhorse booster's main engines ignited with a crackling roar at 1:44 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 11:44 p.m. local time) and quickly throttled up to full thrust.

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At the moment of launch, the space station was 261 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean, east of Argentina and heading toward Baikonur. Launching into the same orbital plane as the station, the Soyuz crew will carry out a series of carefully choreographed thruster firings to adjust the altitude — and velocity — as required to catch up with the space station Friday afternoon.

If all goes well, Artemyev and Feustel will monitor an automated approach to the lab complex, moving in for docking at the upper Poisk module around 3:41 p.m. Friday. After hooks and latches engage to firmly lock the ferry ship in place, the crew will stand by for extensive leak checks to verify an airtight, structurally sound seal.

Once that seal is verified, Expedition 55 commander Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and Japanese crewmate Norishige Kanai will welcome their new crewmates aboard. They've had the station to themselves since three other crew members — Alexander Misurkin, Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba — returned to Earth on Feb. 27 to close out a 168-day stay in space.

Artemyev, Feustel and Arnold, all three spaceflight — and spacewalk — veterans bring a wealth of experience to the station.


NASA flight engineer Drew Feustel, astronaut Ricky Arnold and Soyuz commander Oleg Artemyev prepare to board the Soyuz MS-08 spaceship Wednesday. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Artemyev completed a 169-day stay aboard the station in 2014, participating in two spacewalks totaling 12 hours and 34 minutes. Arnold, an educator with a degree in marine science who has taught at schools around the world, flew a single mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 2009 and logged two spacewalks totaling 12 hours 34 minutes helping install one of the station's main solar array truss segments.

Feustel participated in two shuttle missions for a combined 28 days 15 hours in space, one in 2009 to service the Hubble Space Telescope and another in 2011 to help finish construction of the space station.

He logged 21 hours and 20 minutes of EVA time during three excursions at the space station and another 20 hours and 58 minutes during three spacewalks to work on the Hubble telescope.

Feustel and Arnold expect to venture outside the space station on March 29 to install wireless communications gear that will be used by an external payload and, eventually, by approaching commercial crew ferry ships being built by Boeing and SpaceX. They also plan to swap out a high-definition camera and remove aging hoses in the station's ammonia coolant system.

Two more NASA spacewalks are expected in the May-June timeframe, followed by a Russian excursion in August. But the primary goal of the mission is science, with a full agenda of experiments and research on tap, along with the usual station maintenance work.

"As you know, we're the hands, eyes and ears of the researchers, and our job is just to keep things operating and executing the science," Feustel said before launch. "Most of us don't make up science experiments to take to space, but we're really there to make sure everything gets done to ensure the success of the mission.

"I'm a bit of a gearhead, so putting my hands on the hardware to make sure we can keep it operating will be a fun challenge."

Shkaplerov, Tingle and Kanai are scheduled to return to Earth on June 3 to close out a 167-day voyage. Artemyev, Feustel and Arnold expect to remain in space for 159 days, returning to a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan on Aug. 28.

"Take care of space station for us," Bill Gerstenmaier, director of spaceflight at NASA Headquarters, told the Artemyev crew before launch. "You'll have a great time."

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https://energia.ru/ru/iss/iss55/photo_03-21.html

РН «Союз-ФГ» с ТПК «Союз МС-08» успешно стартовала с космодрома Байконур
22.03.2018

21 марта 2018 года в 20 часов 44 минуты мск с площадки № 1 («Гагаринский старт»)  космодрома Байконур успешно стартовала ракета космического назначения с транспортным пилотируемым кораблем (ТПК) «Союз МС-08». На борту корабля члены  экспедиции МКС-55/56: космонавт РОСКОСМОСа Олег АРТЕМЬЕВ (командир) и астронавты НАСА Эндрю ФОЙСТЕЛ и Ричард АРНОЛЬД (бортинженеры).

После отделения космического корабля от третьей ступени ракеты-носителя специалисты Главной оперативной группы управления Российским сегментом МКС (ГОГУ РС МКС) в Центре управления полётами (ЦУП) приступили к управлению его полётом.

Сейчас на борту Международной космической станции готовятся к встрече своих коллег командир интернационального экипажа МКС-55 российский космонавт Антон Шкаплеров и бортинженеры - астронавт НАСА Скотт Тингл (США) и астронавт JAXA Норишигэ Канаи (Япония).

Программой полёта предусмотрена двухсуточная схема сближения ТПК с МКС. Стыковка корабля со станцией запланирована на 23 марта 2018 года.

Сближение корабля «Союз МС-08» со станцией и причаливание к исследовательскому модулю «Поиск» (МИМ2) планируется проводить в автоматическом режиме под контролем специалистов ГОГУ РС МКС в ЦУП и российских членов экипажей транспортного корабля и станции.

ТПК «Союз МС-08» доставит 161 кг различных грузов для российских космонавтов и наших партнеров по МКС. Это аппаратура для экспериментов, оборудование для медико-биологических и геофизических исследований, средства контроля среды обитания, средства жизнеобеспечения и личные вещи космонавтов.

В задачи экспедиции входят: работа с российскими и американскими грузовыми кораблями, поддержание работоспособности станции, выполнение внекорабельной деятельности по программам Российского и Американского сегментов, проведение бортовых фото- и видеосъёмок хроники полёта РС МКС, работа по программе символической деятельности.

По российской программе научно-прикладных исследований, включая совместные с НАСА и ЕКА эксперименты, в период экспедиции МКС-55/56 планируется проведение 60 научно-прикладных экспериментов по исследованию Земли и космоса.

Выход в открытый космос по программе РС из СО1 планируется в августе 2018 года.

Во время очередного выхода в открытый космос основной экипаж предстоящей экспедиции МКС-55/56 должен будет установить на внешней поверхности служебного модуля «Звезда» Российского сегмента МКС антенный блок совместного российско-германского комплекса научной аппаратуры «Икарус». Планируется также провести эксперимент «Тест» и осуществить запуск двух малых спутников в рамках образовательного эксперимента «Радиоскаф».

Планируемая продолжительность полета – 161 сутки.

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Трансляция стыковки Союз МС-08 с МКС (ЦЭНКИ)

http://www.russian.space/306/

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Прямая трансляция стыковки ТПК "Союз МС-08" с МКС

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	23 марта 2018		21:30:00 (Московское время)
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/two-nasa-astronauts-among-crew-heading-to-international-space-station

March 21, 2018
RELEASE 18-017

Two NASA Astronauts Among Crew Heading to International Space Station


The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:44 p.m. EDT March 21, 2018 (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time). The crew is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station at 3:41 p.m. March 23, 2018.
Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Three crew members, including NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:44 p.m. EDT Wednesday (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time).

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Feustal, Arnold and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos is scheduled to dock to the space station's Rassvet module at 3:41 p.m. Friday, March 23. Coverage of docking will begin at 3 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website, followed at 5 p.m. by coverage of the opening of hatches between the spacecraft and station.

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The arrival of Feustel, Arnold and Artemyev will restore the station's crew complement to six. They will join Scott Tingle of NASA, Expedition 55 Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The crew members will spend more than five months conducting about 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.

Shkaplerov, Tingle and Kanai are scheduled to remain aboard the station until June 2018, while Feustel, Arnold and Artemyev are slated to return to Earth in August.

This crew continues the long-term increase in crew size on the U.S. segment from three to four, allowing NASA to maximize time dedicated to research on the space station. Highlights of upcoming investigations include: a new facility to test materials, coatings and components of other large experiments in the harsh environment of space; a study on the effects of microgravity on bone marrow and blood cells produced in bone marrow; and a newly-developed passive nutrient delivery system for the Veggie plant growth facility.

Arnold, a former educator, will continue NASA's Year of Education on Station, an initiative to engage students and educators in human spaceflight and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.

For more than 17 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. A global endeavor, more than 200 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,100 research investigations from researchers in more than 95 countries.

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Editor: Karen Northon

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-preview-upcoming-us-spacewalk-provide-live-coverage

March 20, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-047

NASA to Preview Upcoming US Spacewalk, Provide Live Coverage

Two American astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Thursday, March 29, for a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk. Experts from NASA will preview this work in a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 27, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Live coverage of the briefing and spacewalk will air on NASA Television and the agency's website.

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Participants in the March 27 briefing are:

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• Kenneth Todd, International Space Station Operations integration manager
• Anthony Vareha, spacewalk flight director
• Grant Slusser, U.S. spacewalk 49 officer
  

Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold will don spacesuits and exit the station's Quest airlock about 8:10 a.m. March 29 to begin the 209th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades. The excursion will be the seventh in Feustel's career and the third for Arnold.

They will install wireless communications equipment on the station's Tranquility module to enhance payload data processing for the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) experiment being flown to the station on a future SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The experiment will measure the temperature of plants on Earth to better understand how much water they need and how they respond to stress.

The crew members also will swap out high-definition video cameras on the port truss of the station's backbone and remove aging hoses from a cooling component on the station's truss.

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Last Updated: March 20, 2018
Editor: Karen Northon

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/03/22/new-crew-midway-to-station-before-spacewalk-and-cargo-ops/

New Crew Midway to Station Before Spacewalk and Cargo Ops

Mark Garcia
Posted Mar 22, 2018 at 12:41 pm


The Soyuz MS-08 rocket is pictured blasting off Wednesday carrying three Expedition 55-56 crew members to outer space.

Three new Expedition 55 crew members are set to begin their mission aboard the International Space Station when they dock to the Poisk module Friday at 3:41 p.m. EDT. Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev are midway through their flight inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft that launched Wednesday at 1:44 p.m. from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Expedition 55 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineers Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai will greet their new crewmates when the hatches to the new Soyuz spacecraft open Friday around 5:45 p.m. The current station crew has been living onboard the orbital complex since Dec. 19.

NASA TV will cover the rendezvous and docking activities live beginning Friday at 3 p.m. The hatch opening and welcome ceremony broadcast will start at 5 p.m.

As they wait for their new crewmates, Tingle and Kanai are getting a pair of U.S. spacesuits ready for next Thursday's spacewalk to install new communications gear. Commander Shkaplerov is loading a Russian resupply ship with trash and obsolete gear ahead of its undocking on Wednesday.

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https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/SpX-14_research_launch_feature

March 15, 2018

NASA Science Heading to Space Ranges from the Upper Atmosphere to Microbes

A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Lifted into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Dragon takes supplies, equipment and scientific research to crew members living and working aboard the station.

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This flight delivers scientific investigations looking at severe thunderstorms on Earth, the effects of microgravity on production of high-performance products from metal powders, and growing food in space. Dragon also carries cargo for research in the National Laboratory, operated by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), including testing the effects of the harsh space environment on materials, coatings and components; identifying potential pathogens aboard the station; and investigating an antibiotic-releasing wound patch.


From left, Matthew Romeyn and Dr. Ye Zhang, project scientists, place Arabidopsis seeds in Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System (PONDS) units inside a laboratory at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Credits: NASA/Daniel Casper

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Highlights of research to be delivered to the station include:

Capturing Sprites and Elves

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The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) surveys severe thunderstorms in Earth's atmosphere and upper-atmospheric lightning, or transient luminous events, from its perch on the exterior of the European Space Agency (ESA) Columbus module. These include sprites, flashes caused by electrical break-down in the mesosphere; the blue jet, a discharge from cloud tops upward into the stratosphere; and ELVES, concentric rings of emissions caused by an electromagnetic pulse in the ionosphere.


A view of ASIM being prepared for launch.
Credits: NASA

ASIM advances understanding of the effect of thunderstorms on Earth's atmosphere, helping to improve atmospheric models and meteorological and climatological predictions. It also contributes to understanding the effect of dust storms, urban pollutants, forest fires, and volcanoes on cloud formation, as well as electrification and intensification of hurricanes and their relation to eye-wall lightning activity.


This illustration shows the variety of upper atmospheric phenomena powered by thunderstorms. Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (TGFs) are burst of gamma-rays from thunderstorms accompanied by energetic electrons and positrons. Transient Luminous Emissions (TLEs) are electrical discharges that include the blue glimpses at the top of thunderstorms, the blue jet, gigantic jet and the red sprite. TLEs also include elves, the rapidly expanding rings of emissions at the bottom ionosphere, and the haloes.
Credits: DTU Space; TGF: NASA

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Metal Powder Fabrication

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The NASA Sample Cartridge Assembly (MSL SCA-GEDS-German) experiment determines underlying scientific principles for a fabrication process known as liquid phase sintering, in microgravity and Earth-gravity conditions.

On earth, liquid phase sintering works like building a sandcastle with just-wet-enough sand; heating a powder forms interparticle bonds and formation of a liquid phase accelerates this solidification, creating a rigid structure. But in microgravity, settling of powder grains does not occur and larger pores form, creating more porous and distorted samples than Earth-based sintering. Sintering has diverse applications on Earth, including in metal cutting tools, automotive engine connecting rods, and self-lubricating bearings. It has potential as a way to perform in-space fabrication and repair, such as building structures on the moon or creating replacement parts during extraterrestrial exploration.

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Testing Materials in Space

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The Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) provides a unique platform for testing how materials, coatings, and components react in the harsh environment of space, which includes exposure to ultraviolet and ionizing radiation, atomic oxygen, charged particles, thermal cycles, electromagnetic radiation, and micro-meteoroids.


The Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) with MISSE Sample Carriers (MSCs) in the fully open position exposing samples/experiments to the harsh environment of space in low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Image courtesy of Alpha Space.
Credits: Alpha Space

A continuation of previous MISSE payloads, MISSE-FF's new design eliminates the need for Extravehicular Activities (EVA) for these investigations. The platform will be extracted from Dragon's trunk and installed on the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier ELC2 by the Canadarm2 robotic arm. MISSE-FF's new technology includes power and data collection options and the ability to take pictures of each sample on a monthly basis, or more often if required, allowing scientists to monitor sample status throughout flight. The testing benefits a variety of industries, including automotive, aeronautics, energy, space, and transportation.

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Patching up Wounds

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NanoRacks Module 74 Wound Healing (Wound Healing) tests a patch containing an antimicrobial hydrogel that promotes healing of a wound while acting as a scaffold for regenerating tissue. Reduced fluid motion in microgravity allows more precise analysis of the hydrogel behavior and controlled release of the antibiotic from the patch.

This novel patch could serve as a non-surgical treatment for military combat wounds and reduce sepsis, or systemic inflammation, usually caused by contamination of an open wound. Currently, no wound dressing can sustain release of antibiotics or other agents directly to the wound site while simultaneously maintaining the structural integrity necessary for successful wound healing.

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Drug Development in Space

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Comparative Real-time Metabolic Activity Tracking for Improved Therapeutic Assessment Screening Panels (Metabolic Tracking) examines effects of microgravity on the metabolic impact of five different therapeutic compounds, evaluating the use of autobioluminescent human tissue culture for continuous tracking of metabolic activity without destroying the sample. This investigation determines the feasibility of developing improved pharmaceuticals in microgravity using a new method to test the metabolic impacts of drug compounds. This could lead to more effective, less expensive drugs.

These investigations are just a sample of the new science to be conducted aboard the orbiting microgravity laboratory. Follow @ISS_Research for more information about science happening on station.

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Melissa Gaskill

International Space Station Program Science Office
Johnson Space Center

Last Updated: March 19, 2018
Editor: Michael Johnson

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Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force in Plants

  NASA Johnson

Опубликовано: 22 мар. 2018 г.

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Объявление

https://www.roscosmos.ru/24842/

СТЫКОВКА ТПК «СОЮЗ МС-08» С МКС
23 марта 2018

Программа МКС

23 марта в 22:41 мск запланирована причаливание транспортного пилотируемого корабля (ТПК) «Союз МС-08» к стыковочному узлу малого исследовательского модуля (МИМ2) «Поиск» российского сегмента Международной космической станции (МКС). Сближение ТПК планируется осуществить в автоматическом режиме под контролем специалистов Главной оперативной группы управления российским сегментом МКС в Центре управления полётами (ЦУП) и российских членов экипажей транспортного корабля и станции. Космический корабль доставит на МКС участников длительной экспедиции МКС-55/56: российского космонавта Олега АРТЕМЬЕВА (РОСКОСМОС), американских астронавтов Эндрю ФОЙСТЕЛА (NASA) и Ричарда АРНОЛЬДА (NASA). Прямая трансляция мероприятий пусковой кампании - на сайте РОСКОСМОСА (online.roscosmos.ru)

График трансляций пусковой кампании «Союз-ФГ»/ТПК «Союз МС-08»:
 
23-24 марта: 21:30-01:45 мск – сближение ТПК с МКС, стыковка (22:41 мск), открытие переходных люков (00:35-01:05 мск), первый сеанс связи полного состава экипажа экспедиции МКС-55 с ЦУП.

Информация о пусковой кампании https://www.roscosmos.ru/24776/

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Роскосмос будет транслировать стыковку Союз МС-08 и МКС

ОНЛАЙН ТРАНСЛЯЦИЯ

Онлайн трансляции 23.03.18 21:30 МСК

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Scott D. Tingle‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro_Maker 22 ч. назад

My buddy @Astro_Kanai wrestles the Anaconda for dear life! We needed the "Anaconda" to vent the new Spectrometer that Nemo installed into the LAB Multi-Constituent Analyzer (MCA).

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Space to Ground: Night Launch: 03/23/2018

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Опубликовано: 23 мар. 2018 г.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 2 ч. назад

Tracking no issues with #Soyuz MS-08 as of this morning. Currently in an orbit of 314.7 by 320.5 Kilometers, set for the initiation of its Automated Rendezvous Sequence at 17:18 UTC, Docking planned at 19:41 UTC. http://spaceflight101.com/soyuz-ms-08/live-mission-coverage/ ...

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 14 мин. назад

ISS handed Guidance, Navigation & Control to the Russian Segment. Under thruster control, ISS will re-orient to the proper attitude for #Soyuz docking.

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Пока качество трансляции оставляет желать лучшего

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 3 мин. назад

Space-to-space link between ISS and #Soyuz has been established, ISS finished its 12-degree yaw and 3-degree pitch-up maneuver, and KURS is up and running to mark the start of the relative navigation phase of the rendezvous.

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ISS Updates‏ @ISS101 1 мин. назад

.@OlegMKS reports a good SKD Impulse 3 of 23.10m/s, taking the #Soyuz on a path toward its ballistic targeting point.