Space News: The crew of the “Union” continues to prepare for the launch. At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue the main and backup crews of manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-11M».
In accordance with the program of training, crews today continue to study board documentation WPK conduct training on its docking with the International Space Station on the simulator, the simulator will perform a program of physical training.
Also, crews will continue to prepare for laying a ship personal belongings, equipment and payloads to be delivered to the ISS. These are – Space News: The crew of the “Union” continues to prepare for the start.
Startspace rocket “Soyuz-FG” with transport manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-11-M” is scheduled for 8:14 Moscow time on November 7.
addition to the usual crew of cargo Mikhail Tyurin (Roscosmos), Rick Mastracchio (NASA) and Koichi Wakata (JAXA) will deliver to the ISS simulation of the Olympic flame. As reported by the Federal Space Agency, the symbol of the Olympic Games “Sochi-2014″ has already arrived in Baikonur. When the torch will be in orbit, it will put into space, symbolically cast out on the treadmill, and return to Earth. Space stage the Olympic torch relay will take four days – 11 November torch has come back to the launch site.
In order to get into orbit, the torch had to undergo some revision. Thus, it appeared to retain the ring and special tread covering the sharp edge to avoid damage to the suit.
At the start of the spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-11M” will be present iVolga winners of the Youth Forum, held in the Samara region in the summer of 2013. Tuesday, November 5, the youth delegation flies to the space center in Samara.
Meanwhile, the launch of the Olympic torch into space will provide 200 soldiers and 14 helicopters. Air forces, the means of the search and rescue command of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Central Military District (CVO) went to Kazakhstan to provide launch and landing of spacecraft “Soyuz-TMA-11M” from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
rocket will deliver into orbit the Olympic torch. Launch is scheduled for November 7, the spacecraft will return to Earth on Nov. 11.
in ensuring the start involved about 200 troops, 14 helicopters Mi-8, four AN-12 and AN-26 and 15 units of vehicles. All of these forces will be involved in the search operation after landing ship.
Olympic Torch Relay started on October 6 at the Red Square. Lina Fedorova and Maxim Miroshkin became the first of its participants.
torch was taken to the main square of the country’s Vnukovo airport. On the way, he was accompanied by bikers from the organization “Night Wolves” into the streets to greet the motorcade left thousands of people. Material “Space News: The crew of the” Union “continues to prepare for the start of” prepared edition Xbox.
No comments:
Post a Comment