Soyuz TMA-7 launch

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shoogerbrugge

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Its almost time for another Soyuz leaving the pad. October the frist, TMA-7 will be launched into orbit. A third space tourist will tour the ISS for a little while, his name is George Olson. ESA declared that the kind Mr Olson is also going to do some work on his expencive holiday, by performing some experiments for ESA scientist.<br /><br />I don't know if NASA is going to give us a nice life feed of the Soyuz launch. But prepartion fotos can be found of the following site:<br />http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html<br /><br />If you don't mind me saying, pictures of the 28th and 29th are my favorites. On one specific picture you can see a An-2 making a fly by around the erected Soyus FG. Lovely Its also amazing to see that actual integration of the Soyuz is being done on one day, they just got the parts laying there in the integration facility and one day later we got a complete LV on a train ready to be shipped.<br /><br /><br /><br />
 
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CalliArcale

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Probably nobody; the last time a tourist had to back out (due to insufficient funds), they sent more cargo instead. There's no actual need for a third person to go up. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>
 
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bpcooper

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The Russians are touting yesterday's Expedition 12 launch as the official 100th manned Russian space launch.<br />This does include Soyuz 18a, which failed to achieve orbit on an upper stage malfunction. But it does not include Soyuz T-10a, which exploded on the launch pad in the final seconds of the countdown forcing activation of the Launch Escape System. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-Ben</p> </div>
 
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bpcooper

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98 from the same pad actually. There were two manned flights that launched from a different pad. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-Ben</p> </div>
 
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bpcooper

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I'm wrong actually..even more than 2 flew from the other Soyuz pad:<br /><br />http://www.rka-statistics.com/soyuz/launch/launch.html<br /><br />13 of the 100. Somewhere I remember reading two, but that was a while ago so I must just be foggy.<br /><br />Launch Pad 1 has hosted about 425 launches, including Sputnik and Gagarin and yesterdays. So if you look at the 1700 Soyuz and R-7s that flew, most were NOT from this pad. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-Ben</p> </div>
 
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dreada5

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That Soyuz system is one helluva reliable, robust launch system. Another great success for the Russian Space Agency and Space Adventures! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />NASA just HAD to follow suit with a similar launch system for manned LEO access... about time!
 
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shoogerbrugge

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Does anybody know of Greg Olson was able to bring his IR camera with him to the ISS. I recall he wanted to do that, but it wasn't sure due to weight restrictions.<br /><br />Anybody got more on this
 
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shoogerbrugge

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Good, then he will get his money worth out of the trip I guess.
 
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