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31.08.2013
Expedition 37 Patch
ISS037-S-001 (August 2012) -- Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, created some 525 years ago, as a blend of art and science and a symbol of the medical profession, is depicted amongst the orbits of a variety of satellites circling the Earth at great speed. Da Vinci's drawing, based on the proportions of man as described by the Roman architect Vitruvius, is often used as a symbol of symmetry of the human body and the universe as a whole. Almost perfect in symmetry as well, the International Space Station, with its solar wings spread out and illuminated by the first rays of dawn, is pictured as a mighty beacon arcing upwards across our night skies, the ultimate symbol of science and technology of our age. Six stars represent the six members of Expedition 37 crew, which includes two cosmonauts with a medical background, as well as a native of Da Vinci's Italy. The design for insignia for space station flights is reserved for use by the crew members and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which is not anticipated, it will be publicly announced.
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Astronaut Michael Hopkins Preps for Flight
JSC2012-E-237838 (9 Nov. 2012) -- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, prepares for a flight in a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
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Emergency Scenario Training Session
JSC2013-E-004167 (15 Jan. 2013) -- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, participate in an emergency scenario training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
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Expedition 37/38 Emergency Scenario Training Session
JSC2013-E-009135 (24 Jan. 2013) -- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzansky, both Expedition 37/38 flight engineers, participate in an emergency scenario training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
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Expedition 37/38 Emergency Scenario Training Session
JSC2013-E-009155 (24 Jan. 2013) -- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzansky, both Expedition 37/38 flight engineers, participate in an emergency scenario training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
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Astronaut Michael Hopkins Participates in Spacesuit Fit Check
JSC2013-E-027494 (25 April 2013) -- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) of the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 39 flight engineer and Expedition 40 commander, assisted Hopkins. Photo credit: NASA
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Expedition 37 Crewmates Train for Station Mission
JSC2013-E-028681 (3 May 2013) -- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (left), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (center) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, both Expedition 37/38 flight engineers, participate in a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
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Expedition 37/38 crew members participate in a preflight press conference
JSC2013-E-067490 (17 July 2013) --- Expedition 37/38 crew members, journalists and social media participants are pictured during a preflight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Crew members pictured (from left) are Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer; and Oleg Kotov, Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer. Public Affairs Office moderator Nicole Cloutier is at right. Photo credit: NASA
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Michael Hopkins, Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy
JSC2013-E-067491 (17 July 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 37 flight engineer and Expedition 38 commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins (left) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, both Expedition 37/38 flight engineers, pose for a portrait following an Expedition 37/38 preflight press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA
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Soyuz TMA-10M
Crew: Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy, Michael Hopkins
Launch: Sept. 25, 2013
Landing: March 2014
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Quelle: NASA
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Update: 21.45 MESZ
Russian mission control successfully adjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday using thrusters of the unmanned European spacecraft ATV-4 “Albert Einstein” docked with the station.
The perigee height of the ISS is now 412 kilometers (256 miles) and apogee height 418 kilometers (260 miles), a mission control spokesman told RIA Novosti.
The orbit adjustment was to make easier the upcoming docking of a Soyuz spacecraft that is to bring a new crew to the ISS next month, the spokesman said.
The crew comprises Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins. Their spacecraft will blast off for the ISS on September 25.
Quelle: Roscosmos
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Update: 6.09.2013
Neue ISS-Besatzung bringt Schwarz Spielzeug Katze als Maskottchen mit
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STAR CITY, September 6 (RIA Novosti) – A toy black cat will be the new good-luck charm for the next crew on board the International Space Station (ISS), a cosmonaut said on Friday.
There’s a tradition amongst Russian cosmonauts to take a small toy with them to hang inside the “Soyuz” capsule on trips to outer space.
In flight, the toy indicates the start of weightlessness after leaving the Earth’s atmosphere.
This particular toy cat is already an experienced mascot, having been in orbit twice before, cosmonaut Oleg Kotov told journalists at a press conference.
“Our talisman will be a veteran of two space flights, and it’s going to fly with me a third time,” Kotov said. “It's [the cat’s] called Dimler, from the first syllables of the names of my children Dima and Lera, who gave it to me before my first flight.”
Cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky – who told journalists he’s taking family photos with him – and American NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins – who’s bringing his and his wife’s wedding rings – will accompany Kotov into space.
Kotov is the most experienced crew member, having already completed two missions to the ISS. This will be Ryazansky and Hopkins' first trip.
The three will be sent to the ISS on September 26 aboard a Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will replace the previous ISS crew, who have been in space since March and are scheduled to return on September 11.
Quelle: RIANOVOSTI
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Update: 8.09.2013
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Expedition 37/38 Prime Crew Reports for Qualification Exams
JSC2013-E-079235 (3 Sept. 2013) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 37/38 prime crew members check in with Russian officials Sept. 3 prior to the start of a round of qualification exams for their launch to the International Space Station later this month. Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins are in the final weeks of training for their scheduled launch Sept. 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA
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Russian Instructors Monitor Crew in Soyuz Simulator
JSC2013-E-079964 (4 Sept. 2013) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Russian instructors monitor the performance of Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy Sept. 4 as they conducted a qualification exam in a Soyuz spacecraft simulator. The trio is in final training for launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA
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Expedition 37/38 crew members
JSC2013-E-080226 (6 Sept. 2013) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) holds up a certificate proclaiming his readiness to launch and his crewmate, Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (right) holds up a crew portrait Sept. 6 as NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins (left) looks on. Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, aboard the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA
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Expedition 37/38 crew members at the Kremlin Wall
JSC2013-E-080233 (6 Sept. 2013) --- With the onion dome spires of St. Basil's Cathedral serving as a backdrop, Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA (front row, left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (front row, center) and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (front row, right) lead the way along the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow to lay flowers Sept. 6 in a traditional ceremony to honor Russian space icons who are interred there. Kotov, Hopkins and Ryazanskiy are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, aboard the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA
Quelle: NASA
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Update: 13.09.2013
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MOSCOW, The main and backup crews of the long-term Expedition 37/38 to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday are flying to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where they will be awaiting the launch of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft, which is scheduled for September 26.
Press secretary of the Cosmonaut Training Centre (CTC) Irina Rogova told Itar-Tass that “the main crew is expected to fly out at 10:00 MSK, and the backup crew - at 10:30 MSK. Before the departure the cosmonauts will talk to reporters and have a traditional photo and video sessions in the Star City.”
Crews, as usually, will take off to Baikonur from the Chkalovsky airfield outside Moscow in two planes.
Cosmonauts of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazan, as well as NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins are have the final fitting of the Sokol spacesuits at Baikonur. They will also conduct a visual inspection of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft, after which the crew will make their remarks and suggestions, which will be taken into account by experts during the final “fine-tuning” of the ship before the start.
The backups - Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronaut Steven Swanson will conduct the final operations ahead of the launch along with the main crew. They will be on standby until the blastoff - when the main crew take their seats in the spaceship on the launch pad.
The Soyuz spacecraft is to fly to the ISS on a short-cut journey, which will last less than six hours.
Quelle: Itar-Tass
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Update: 15.09.2013
The orbit of the International Space Station(ISS) will be raised on Sunday by nearly one kilometer to ensure safe docking of a Russian spacecraft with new crew members, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said.Russia’s mission control center will adjust the ISS orbit by switching on thrusters of Europe’s Europe’s ATV-4 “Albert Einstein” resupply spacecraft currently docked with the station.
"Thrusters of the European spacecraft will be started at 16:42 Moscow time [12:42 GMT] on Sunday and will remain switched on for 204.22 seconds, giving the station a boost of 0.5 meters per second. As a result, the average altitude of the ISS will be increased by approximately 900 meters (29.5 feet), to 418.8 kilometers (260 miles),” the spokesman said.
Such adjustments are carried out regularly to compensate for the Earth's gravity and to facilitate the successful docking and undocking of spacecraft.
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins will fly to the station aboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft at 00:58 Moscow time on September 26 (GMT 20:58, September 25).
They will join the current ISS crew, comprising Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and astronauts Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.
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Die erste Trainingseinheit der Haupt-Besatzung bemanntes Raumschiff "Sojus TMA-10M". Überprüfen Anzüge für Leckagen. Baikonur. 14. September 2013
Crew-37 haben die Flaggen der Vertragsstaaten der Mission 37/38-y Langzeitmission auf der ISS aufgezogen. Baikonur. 15.09.2013
Quelle: RIANOVOSTI
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Update: 20.09.2013
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Update: 23.09.2013
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New Station Trio Preps for Launch
JSC2013-E-088569 (20 Sept. 2013) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center) and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft Sept. 20 as they completed a final "fit check" dress rehearsal of procedures leading to their launch Sept. 26, Kazakh time, from Baikonur to begin a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Update: 22.55 MESZ
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Update: 25.09.2013
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Russia Approves New Crew for International Space Station
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Update: 19.30 MESZ
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Update: 26.09.2013
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Frams: NASA-TV
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Update
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US-Russian Crew Arrives at Space Station After 6-Hour Flight
