New ISS crew (RFSA,NASA,CSA) to launch ontop of Soyuz in 12 hours
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Soyuz being lifted onto the launch pad
[video=youtube;qTQQ0p-Nwl0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTQQ0p-Nwl0[/video]
[QUOTE][B]Final launch preparations are under way at the Baikonur Cosmodrome as three new Expedition 34 crew members are ready to begin a two-day journey to join their crewmates aboard the International Space Station.
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[B]Flight Engineers Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield are set to launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft at 7:12 a.m. EST (6:12 p.m. Baikonur time) Wednesday[/B] from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Coverage of the launch will begin at 6 a.m. EST Wednesday on NASA TV.
The new trio will join current station residents Commander Kevin Ford and Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin when they dock their Soyuz to the Rassvet module at 9:12 a.m. Friday.
Meanwhile aboard the orbiting laboratory, Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin were busy with a variety of science experiments and maintenance duties Tuesday as they await the launch and arrival of their crew mates.
Commander Kevin Ford measured the water quality inside the Aquatic Habitat, which is currently home to some space-faring Medaka fish. Astronauts experience a loss of bone density during long-duration spaceflight, and Japanese scientists are using the fish as a model animal to understand the causes with the Medaka Osteoclast experiment.
Ford also performed some regular maintenance on the COLBERT treadmill in the Tranquility node and routed a LAN cable into the cupola.
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[URL="http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/advisories/2012/1213.asp"]CSA
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Can't wait!
Such a sexy rocket.
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I like the Soyuzes. They're pretty and quite reliable as well with a decent track record.
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[QUOTE=Bradyns;38884396]Can't wait!
Such a sexy rocket.[/QUOTE]I'd like to touch it.
I think they look ugly and outdated personally, can't really determine why i think that though
Needs more aerodynamics. (and struts)
Also SpaceX should have offered to do it, would have been cool as hell.
When was the last time a Canadian was on the ISS?
According to the CSA website, Hadfield will take command of the ISS in March as the 1st Canadian Commander.
Needs more thrusters.
[QUOTE=draugur;38886284]Needs more aerodynamics. (and struts)
Also SpaceX should have offered to do it, would have been cool as hell.[/QUOTE]
I don't think you understand what safety means.. plus SpaceX doesn't have a human ready rocket yet. Its going to take a very very long time before Falcon 9 is cleared for human use and its going to cost alot of of money plus alot of launches before you can have any conclusion it is reliable for a human ISS mission. Soyuz is going to be launching all astronauts into space for at least 5 years to come, then sooner or later be replaced by Angara and then by that time maybe Falcon 9 will have racked up enough launches to determine its reliability.
Needs more boosters.
The russians make the sexiest rockets.
12 minutes!
oh my god my internet stopped responding right as the countdown started. I almost missed it.
sooooooo
what happened
BAM, got to it just in time. Was spamming all my coworkers with the link too right before it happened.
About 5 hours until they reach the ISS
Launch video
[video=youtube;UwKUWn_w3tI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwKUWn_w3tI[/video]
This was awesome. I didn't know this was happening and my friend randomly went onto his computer in an IT lesson just as the live feed for the launch reached the launchy bit. Pleasant surprise after a day of exams..
[QUOTE=DohEntertainmen;38887021]Needs more thrusters.[/QUOTE]
hover balls will do the job
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