Jacques van Oene
October 21st 04, 08:31 AM
Expedition 9 Prepares for Trip Home on Soyuz
During the fifth day of joint operations, the Expedition 9 and 10 crews
conducted handover activities and worked on ISS systems. Also, Expedition 9
Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke prepared
for their return to Earth.
Padalka and Fincke, along with Russian Space Forces Test Cosmonaut Yuri
Shargin, took part in training aboard the ISS Soyuz 8 spacecraft in which
they will return to Earth. Shargin arrived at the ISS with Expedition 10
Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and is spending
his eight days at the ISS conducting science experiments.
Also on Wednesday, all five crewmembers participated in a joint news
conference.
Undocking is set for 4:08 p.m. CDT (2108 GMT) Saturday and landing is
scheduled for 7:36 p.m. CDT Saturday (0036 GMT Sunday) in Kazakhstan.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
During the fifth day of joint operations, the Expedition 9 and 10 crews
conducted handover activities and worked on ISS systems. Also, Expedition 9
Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke prepared
for their return to Earth.
Padalka and Fincke, along with Russian Space Forces Test Cosmonaut Yuri
Shargin, took part in training aboard the ISS Soyuz 8 spacecraft in which
they will return to Earth. Shargin arrived at the ISS with Expedition 10
Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov and is spending
his eight days at the ISS conducting science experiments.
Also on Wednesday, all five crewmembers participated in a joint news
conference.
Undocking is set for 4:08 p.m. CDT (2108 GMT) Saturday and landing is
scheduled for 7:36 p.m. CDT Saturday (0036 GMT Sunday) in Kazakhstan.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info