Jacques van Oene
October 16th 04, 11:55 AM
International Space Station Status Report #04-57
2:30 a.m. CDT Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004
Expedition 9 Crew
A 10th crew has arrived at the International Space Station to begin a
six-month stay.
Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov smoothly guided his Soyuz craft to a
linkup with the Station's Pirs Docking Compartment at 11:16 p.m. CDT Friday.
Sharipov took over manual control of the Soyuz' flight part way through the
approach when problems were experienced with an automated docking system.The
docking proceeded flawlessly under Sharipov's control.
Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and
Russian Space Forces Test Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin launched from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday. The docking occurred about 225 statute
miles above western Russia.
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer and NASA Science
Officer Mike Fincke watched from the Station, photographing the Soyuz as it
approached. After leak checks, hatches were opened at 2:13 a.m. CDT, and
Padalka and Fincke greeted their first visitors since April.
The ISS Soyuz 8 craft that has been at the Station since April will serve as
the return vehicle for Padalka, Fincke and Shargin. Shargin will spend eight
days aboard Station conducting science experiments. Today marked the 180th
day in space for Padalka and Fincke and their 178th on the complex. Padalka
and Fincke will hand over Station operations to Chiao and Sharipov, depart
the Station and land in north central Kazakhstan with Shargin on Oct. 23.
The new Soyuz will be relocated from Pirs to the Zarya module docking port
by Chiao and Sharipov in November.
Watching the activities at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev
were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, NASA Deputy Associate
Administrator for Space Station and Space Shuttle Michael Kostelnik, and ISS
Program Manager William Gerstenmaier.
Over the next week, Chiao and Sharipov will familiarize themselves with
Station systems and stowed equipment, conduct robotics training with the
Canadarm2 robot arm, and receive detailed briefings on scientific payloads.
Sharipov and Padalka will perform maintenance work on the oxygen-generating
Elektron system, using spare parts carried aboard the new Soyuz. Chiao and
Fincke are planned to repair the cooling system of a second U.S. spacesuit.
Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future launch
dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
is available on the Internet at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
Details on Station science operations can be found on an Internet site
administered by the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space
Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at: http://scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/
The next ISS status report will be issued Friday, Oct. 22, or earlier, if
events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
2:30 a.m. CDT Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004
Expedition 9 Crew
A 10th crew has arrived at the International Space Station to begin a
six-month stay.
Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov smoothly guided his Soyuz craft to a
linkup with the Station's Pirs Docking Compartment at 11:16 p.m. CDT Friday.
Sharipov took over manual control of the Soyuz' flight part way through the
approach when problems were experienced with an automated docking system.The
docking proceeded flawlessly under Sharipov's control.
Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and
Russian Space Forces Test Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin launched from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday. The docking occurred about 225 statute
miles above western Russia.
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer and NASA Science
Officer Mike Fincke watched from the Station, photographing the Soyuz as it
approached. After leak checks, hatches were opened at 2:13 a.m. CDT, and
Padalka and Fincke greeted their first visitors since April.
The ISS Soyuz 8 craft that has been at the Station since April will serve as
the return vehicle for Padalka, Fincke and Shargin. Shargin will spend eight
days aboard Station conducting science experiments. Today marked the 180th
day in space for Padalka and Fincke and their 178th on the complex. Padalka
and Fincke will hand over Station operations to Chiao and Sharipov, depart
the Station and land in north central Kazakhstan with Shargin on Oct. 23.
The new Soyuz will be relocated from Pirs to the Zarya module docking port
by Chiao and Sharipov in November.
Watching the activities at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev
were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, NASA Deputy Associate
Administrator for Space Station and Space Shuttle Michael Kostelnik, and ISS
Program Manager William Gerstenmaier.
Over the next week, Chiao and Sharipov will familiarize themselves with
Station systems and stowed equipment, conduct robotics training with the
Canadarm2 robot arm, and receive detailed briefings on scientific payloads.
Sharipov and Padalka will perform maintenance work on the oxygen-generating
Elektron system, using spare parts carried aboard the new Soyuz. Chiao and
Fincke are planned to repair the cooling system of a second U.S. spacesuit.
Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future launch
dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth,
is available on the Internet at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
Details on Station science operations can be found on an Internet site
administered by the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space
Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at: http://scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/
The next ISS status report will be issued Friday, Oct. 22, or earlier, if
events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info