ISS Maneuver Broadcast on NASA-TV, 11/29-2004

[sloracer]

<font color="orange">Something for night owls or early risers, at 3:00 a.m., NASA will begin broadcasting this maneuver.</font><br /><br />Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:33:01 -0600<br />From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV<br />Subject: International Space Station Status Report #63<br /><br />2004<br />Report #63<br />2:30 p.m. CST, Friday, Nov. 26, 2004<br />Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas<br /><br />Just like many Earth-bound travelers, the International Space Station crew observed Thanksgiving this week and prepared for a short trip planned for Monday.<br /><br />Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov will vacate the Station briefly on Monday. After configuring Station systems for autonomous operation, they will fly their Soyuz spacecraft from one parking spot to another on the complex. To prepare for the Soyuz repositioning, Sharipov test-fired the Soyuz steering jets Wednesday. Today, the crew reviewed their plans for the brief undocking and redocking activities with ground controllers and closed the hatch between the ISS Progress 15 resupply craft and the Zvezda Service Module. Other hatches will be closed Sunday and early Monday prior to the Soyuz maneuver.<br /><br />At 3:29 a.m. Central time Monday, Sharipov, the Soyuz commander, and Chiao will undock the spacecraft from a port on the Station's Pirs Docking Compartment. They will back away to a distance of about 30 meters (98 feet) and then move laterally about 14 meters (45 feet) along the Station to briefly hold position facing the nadir docking port on the complex's Zarya module. The crew will then rotate the craft to align with the new docking port, and will guide the Soyuz in for its redocking at Zarya at about 4 a.m. Central time. The move will clear Pirs for use as an airlock from which Chiao and Sharipov will conduct two Russian spacewalks early next year.<br /><br />Monday's activities will be broadcast live on

 

[davp99]

I set my VCR to record the Move, and just now watched it,,,very Cool...but IMHO, Soyuz is one Ugly Duckling, I know, it's a Very Dependable Craft ,, etc ,,, but come on ,,, besides its Looks ... it's like driving a car from the Trunk, while using a Periscope? Always reminds me of the Spirit of St. Louis, , <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="4">Dave..</font> </div>