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| The Expedition 31 Soyuz rocket moves to its launch pad | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 13 May 2012, 08:29 PM (61 Views) | |
| Audi-Tek | 13 May 2012, 08:29 PM Post #1 |
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The Expedition 31 Soyuz rocket moves to its launch pad. [IMG]htthttp://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/hash/62/a0/62a084e061f52d2cd7d774b64fe8f6b7.jpg[/IMG] The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft and its Soyuz booster were moved to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a railcar on Sunday, for final preparations prior to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 15. The Soyuz TMA-04M will carry Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin. The trio will spend four months on the space station, joining station Commander Oleg Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, who have been in orbit since December. The footage includes video of the Soyuz spacecraft's mating to its Soyuz booster rocket in Baikonur on Saturday, and interviews with Eric Boe, deputy chief of the Astronaut Office, Johnson Space Center, and Kirk Shireman, ISS deputy program manager. Video link ............ http://youtu.be/FUwZPaw4F9A Source ............. http://www.examiner.com/video/the-expedition-31-soyuz-rocket-moves-to-its-launch-pad |
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| Audi-Tek | 16 May 2012, 12:47 AM Post #2 |
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Newspace station crew in orbit Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut, launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan Tuesday, have begun a two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The capsule separated from the third and last stage of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos said. It reached orbit less than ten minutes after blastoff at 3.01 GMT Tuesday. Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba are expected to dock with the ISS Thursday. They will join current ISS expedition members, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, before starting a four-month-long mission aboard the orbital station. Irish Sun (IANS) Tuesday 15th May, 2012 Source .............. http://www.irishsun.com/index.php?sid/205818288/scat/b8de8e630faf3631/ht/New-space-station-crew-in-orbit |
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| skibboy | 16 May 2012, 01:33 AM Post #3 |
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...thats how I would screw my rocket together also, with the oul screwdriver...
Edited by skibboy, 16 May 2012, 01:33 AM.
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