 Soyuz TMA-03M successfully docked to ISS.
On December 23, 2011 at 15:19 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-03M” spacecraft successfully docked with the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the Russian "Rassvet” module of the ISS.
The "Soyuz TMA-03M” crew of Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers and Donald Pettit joined Expedition 30 crew of Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoliy Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank, who arrived at the station on November 13, 2011 by Soyuz TMA-22. Now the Expedition 30 crew consists of 6 persons.
The newcomers will carry out about 40 scientific experiments in orbit. The mission's program also
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Russia launched Soyuz TMA-03M manned spacecraft.
On December 21, 2011 at 13:16 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-03M” manned spacecraft with a new crew for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft was orbited by the "Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier.
The crew of the space vehicle consists of 3 members: Commander – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko; Flight-engineer - European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (the Netherlands); Flight-engineer - American astronaut Donald Pettit.
photo by Russian Cosmonaut Training Centre
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-02M landed safely.
On November 22, 2011 at 02:25 UTC the Russian"Soyuz TMA-02M” spacecraft landed safely in the vicinity of the city of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa returned to Earth.
They had worked on board the orbital station as part of Expedition 29 since July 2011 and spent in space 167 days 06 hours and 12 minutes.
Their return was originally set for November 16, but the failed launch of a Prog
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Soyuz TMA-02M undocked from the ISS.
On November 21, 2011 at 23:00 UTC (on November 22 at 03:00 Moscow time) the Russian "Soyuz TMA-02M” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to return to Earth the 3 members of the ISS’s Expedition 29 crew: Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
The 3 other ISS’s crew members Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoliy Ivanishin and American astronaut Daniel Burbank continue their mission aboard the ISS. |
Chinese “Shenzhou-8” capsule returned after docking mission.
On November 17, 2011 at 11:32 UTC the "Shenzhou-8” capsule landed in north China, after completing the country's first-ever space docking mission.
photo by news.cn website
The re-entry module of the spacecraft parachuted down at a landing site in Siziwang Banner (county) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, marking the end of the 49-day space docking mission.
Launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Nov. 1, the Shenzhou-8 first rendezvoused and docked with the space lab module Tiangong-1 two days later. The two joint vessels or
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Shenzhou-8 spacecraft redocking.
On November 14, 2011 China's "Shenzhou-8” unmanned spacecraft performed redocking. At 11:27 UTC the "Shenzhou-8” undocked from the "Tiangong-1” space lab module after a 12-day flight together. At 11:53 UTC the "Shenzhou-8” docked with the "Tiangong-1” space lab module again.
Following the re-docking, the coupled spacecraft will fly together for two more days before the scheduled return of Shenzhou-8 to Earth. |
Soyuz TMA-22 docked to the ISS.
On November 16, 2011 at 05:24 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-22” spacecraft docked with the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the Russian "Poisk” module of the ISS.
The Soyuz TMA-22 delivered three new members of Expedition 29 to the ISS, Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoliy Ivanishin and American astronaut Daniel Burbank. They will replace Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, who will return to Earth on November 22.
The new crew will remain on board the station for 124 days, performing a spacewalk and conducting 37 scientific experiments. |
Russia launched the Soyuz TMA-22 piloted spacecraft.
On November 14, 2011 at 04:14 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-22” manned spacecraft with a new crew for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft was orbited by the "Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier.
photo by Russian Cosmonaut Training Center.
The crew of the space vehicle consists of 3 members: Commander – Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (in the center); Flight-engineer - Russian cosmona
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China accomplishes its first space docking.
On November 2, 2011 at 17:28 UTC two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure. The Chinese"Shenzhou-8” unmanned spacecraft docked with the "Tiangong-1” space lab module at 01:28 a.m. Beijing time on November 3, 2011 marking another great leap for China's space program.
The success of the docking procedure makes China the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to master the technique, moving the country one step closer to establishing its own space station.
President of China Hu Jintao, who was in France for the G-20 summit, sent a congratulatory message on the success of the country's first-ever space docking. |
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