Soyuz Schedule

Hey, all.

A little while ago I posted my understanding of the future Soyuz
schedule to ss.moderated; found a new bit to add...

(Google News Alerts, it is your friend!)

All corrections gratefully recieved, this is the status as I know it
ATM.

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2193
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2004/02/11/52237.html
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2....1922&PageNum=0

"TOKYO, February 11 (Itar-Tass) - The first South Korean astronaut is
expected to fly to the International Space Station on board the Russian
Soyuz space capsule in 2007, the South Korean Ministry of Science and
Technology announced in Seoul on Wednesday." (Spending $13m, too,
cheaper than quoted elsewhere...)

So, now...

2004 April ISS Expedition 9 & ESA astro
Up: Padelka (RSA), Fincke (NASA), Kuipers (ESA)
Down: Kaleri (RSA), Foale (NASA), Kuipers (ESA)
Backup: Sharipov (RSA), Chiao (NASA), Thiele (ESA)

2004 October ISS Expedition 10 plus US tourist
Up: Sharipov (RSA), Chiao (NASA), [Private]
Down: Kaleri (RSA), Foale (NASA), [Private]
Backup: Tokarev (RSA), McArthur (NASA), [Private]

[STS-121 is slated for crew rotation; I can't seem to find if it's going
to carry Exp-10 or -11, though. I've assumed 11; probably depends how
far back RTF slips.]

According to SpaceToday, there's going to be a US tourist on this
flight; no other information about him has been released, other than
that he presumably has $20m to spare.

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2078

2005 April Two-man taxi plus (?)
Up: [RSA], [RSA], [Private]
Down: [RSA], [RSA], [Private]

2005 October Two-man taxi plus (?)
Up: [RSA], [RSA], [Private]
Down: [RSA], [RSA], [Private]

According to SpaceToday, one of the two private seats will be held by a
US tourist - again, no other information - and the other looks to be a
Malaysian, presumably in an "offical capacity". Haven't heard anything
more on that, though.

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/1837

There have also been plans to fly an additional Soyuz mission in 2005,
with two "tourist" slots, but these haven't been heard of for six months
and may have vapourised again.

2006 April Two-man taxi plus ...
2006 Late Two-man taxi plus ...

Two unknowns.

2007 Early Two-man taxi plus ...
2007 Late Two-man taxi plus ...

One South Korean, one unknown.

Two of the 06/07 flights will be tourists, according to
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2078 - which leaves a fourth
unaccounted. Perhaps waiting for another "international agreement"? Have
ESA expressed an interest in buying additional flight slots?

Over to those who actually know things... ;-)

--
-Andrew Gray

All future crew rotations will have two of the three crew members flown on
Soyuz, with the third one on STS. This will open up two shuttle seats on
rotation flights for EVA crew, which are needed to get assembly and maintenance
tasks caught up.

Thus, there will be only one available seat per Soyuz flight. ESA countries
have not bought any additional flights thus far, after Kuipers' flight in
April. Malaysia will fly an astronaut next year. The South Koream proposal is
just that - a proposal. The Russians have not signed off on it yet. The
remaining seats would then be theoretically available for paying tourists (and
it is hard to find those who can afford to pay, as history as shown), or any
future deals with ESA or other nations.

Thus, the Soyuz flights are now:

TMA-4: Padalka-Fincke-Kuipers
TMA-5: Sharipov-Chiao-tbd
TMA-6: Onufriyenko-Phillips-tbd (Kononenko to follow on 121)
TMA-7: Tokarev-McArthur-tbd (S. Williams to follow on 116)
TMA-8: Vinogradov-Tani-tbd (Kondrat'yev to follow on 119)
TMA-9: Lazutkin-J. Williams-tbd (Kotov to follow on 122)

DF

The Japanese also had three of their astronauts in Russia during 2003,
and they will return in early 2004, learning to be Soyuz Flight
Engineers.

As there is no obvious benefit from this training for a Shuttle ISS
visit, it's possible they may be looking at buying spare Soyuz FE
seats too.








ojunk (Dave Fowler) wrote in message ...
All future crew rotations will have two of the three crew members flown on
Soyuz, with the third one on STS. This will open up two shuttle seats on
rotation flights for EVA crew, which are needed to get assembly and maintenance
tasks caught up.

Thus, there will be only one available seat per Soyuz flight. ESA countries
have not bought any additional flights thus far, after Kuipers' flight in
April. Malaysia will fly an astronaut next year. The South Koream proposal is
just that - a proposal. The Russians have not signed off on it yet. The
remaining seats would then be theoretically available for paying tourists (and
it is hard to find those who can afford to pay, as history as shown), or any
future deals with ESA or other nations.

Thus, the Soyuz flights are now:

TMA-4: Padalka-Fincke-Kuipers
TMA-5: Sharipov-Chiao-tbd
TMA-6: Onufriyenko-Phillips-tbd (Kononenko to follow on 121)
TMA-7: Tokarev-McArthur-tbd (S. Williams to follow on 116)
TMA-8: Vinogradov-Tani-tbd (Kondrat'yev to follow on 119)
TMA-9: Lazutkin-J. Williams-tbd (Kotov to follow on 122)

DF

From: (Tonyq)

The Japanese also had three of their astronauts in Russia during 2003,
and they will return in early 2004, learning to be Soyuz Flight
Engineers.

As there is no obvious benefit from this training for a Shuttle ISS
visit, it's possible they may be looking at buying spare Soyuz FE
seats too.

Yes, Sumino, Hoshide & Furukawa are part of the "JAXA Group" currently at TsPK.
However, the Japanese have sent their astronauts there for training before, and
no Soyuz seats have resulted.

DF

Yes, Sumino, Hoshide & Furukawa are part of the "JAXA Group" currently at TsPK.
However, the Japanese have sent their astronauts there for training before, and
no Soyuz seats have resulted.

DF

Yes, but I think that in the past, they have done the 'basic' Soyuz
orientation which NASA astronauts do, and these three did that some
time ago.

From what I've read, this training seems to be focused upon passing
out as SOYUZ FE, much like the ESA astronauts who've flown in the last
couple of years.

Perhaps the Japanese are waiting to see if they qualify, before
signing up for flights.

TQ

In case no one has noticed, the new mandate for ISS science is
biological study, and its tough to perform that role when your sample
size is 2 (or even 3). Therefore, expect crew size to be increased to
6 at the earliest opportunity. Since the Russians won't do this for
free, expect some nations to gain crew slots by buying them from the
Russians.



ojunk (Dave Fowler) wrote in message ...
From: (Tonyq)

The Japanese also had three of their astronauts in Russia during 2003,
and they will return in early 2004, learning to be Soyuz Flight
Engineers.

As there is no obvious benefit from this training for a Shuttle ISS
visit, it's possible they may be looking at buying spare Soyuz FE
seats too.

Yes, Sumino, Hoshide & Furukawa are part of the "JAXA Group" currently at TsPK.
However, the Japanese have sent their astronauts there for training before, and
no Soyuz seats have resulted.

DF

From: (Explorer8939)

Therefore, expect crew size to be increased to
6 at the earliest opportunity.

Given recent events, I would not be holding my breath about that.....

DF