Soyuz TMA-11 Landing

[Urwumpe]

The damaged compartment is the pitch jet compartment - it was very likely damaged when the capsule fell over to it's side. There is a tiny damage to the hatch mushroom seal, but I would need another photo to tell if this minor damage is an anomaly. It does not look very strong and did not enter the seal.

And it is really a piece of art, the first photo.

My suggestion for the caption contest:
"Come to where the flavor is."

 

[SiberianTiger]

And who is that guy on the left?

Most probably, the owner of the photo or the owner's mate. They are S&R crews of the Space Force.

 

[SiberianTiger]

The damaged compartment is the pitch jet compartment

Yeah, that's for pitch, of course. Corrected my post.

- it was very likely damaged when the capsule fell over to it's side.

Seems like it to me too. The people inspecting the capsule said that this hole can be looked through from inside (it gives a way for light inside the capsule). This is because there is a mounting round opening in the capsule casing here, covered with softer material that got breached. That's why it was smoking.

My suggestion for the caption contest:
"Come to where the flavor is."

Another one: Can't shake off a feeling that we have landed on a wrong planet.

 

[Urwumpe]

Seems like it to me too. The people inspecting the capsule said that this hole can be looked through from inside (it gives a way for light inside the capsule). This is because there is a mounting round opening in the capsule casing here, covered with softer material that got breached. That's why it was smoking.

Well, if there was a grass fire around the capsule, it sure was smoking - after landing though. But I can't believe that 2.5 tons of mass on a 0.25 m² area can create so much pressure that a pressure shell for 105 kPa gets breached.

 

[simonpro]

The pressure shell is designed to support forces in the opposite direction, however. Also, think back to the Apollo LM, that thing had a pressure shell, but you could break the skin with just a hammer.

 

[SiberianTiger]

But I can't believe that 2.5 tons of mass on a 0.25 m² area can create so much pressure that a pressure shell for 105 kPa gets breached.

The pitch engines assembly is mounted in this hole:

And fixed with a gasket. It's not quite clear, whether this gasket was weakened by an excessive thermal load or got breached through when the capsule hit the ground this part down or both. Can't see why is this impossible.

 

[Urwumpe]

Oh. I thought the RCS is not mounted inside the pressure shell, but mounted outside for safety.

 

[Ghostrider]

Good for a caption contest

Mine is "Yo, dude, look at them apes down there staring at us..."

 

[dougkeenan]

"You're just soft because you don't work in space. C'mon, let's go help them put out that fire."

 

[SiberianTiger]

SKorea's first astronaut in hospital with back pain

http://www.physorg.com/news128670719.html

South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon has been admitted to hospital with severe back pains caused by her rough return voyage to Earth, officials said Tuesday.

The state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute said Yi is undergoing MRI and other scans at an air force hospital to determine the exact cause of her discomfort.

"She has complained of considerable back pains and will have to cancel all her appointments for the time being, including visits to the presidential office and TV interviews," a doctor at the military hospital was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying.

Yi and two colleagues returned to Earth in what some Russian media called a dangerous re-entry on April 19, when her Russian-designed Soyuz capsule landed hundreds of kilometres off target.

Interfax news agency said the capsule was facing the wrong direction when it entered the atmosphere, depriving it of the protection of its heat-resistant shield.

The landing subjected the crew to huge gravitational forces, and experts quoted by Yonhap said that Yi may have received more shock than the other two members as the capsule hit the ground near her seat.

 

[Urwumpe]

Isn't backpain also a indication of microgravity adaption amnd more severe for women than for men?

Also, why do all people rely on the damn Interfax rumors? Have they ever reported something correctly about spaceflight?

 

[SiberianTiger]

Also, why do all people rely on the damn Interfax rumors? Have they ever reported something correctly about spaceflight?

It's forgiveable as long as Roscosmos keeps silent like a Belorussian partisan tortured by Gestapo. However, that's odd that she suffered such a bad trauma, since the cushioning engines have gone off nicely prior to landing. TMA-10's landing was considerably harder, and the guys there kept a much higher chance to get injured.

 

[simonpro]

Smaller cosmonauts are more likely to get injured. Can't remember why that is, but apparently the statistics show this.
My guess is that the bigger ones are so tightly jammed in that they can't move, whereas smaller ones have a bit more freedom and are thus more likely to get jarred from side to side.

 

[Ghostrider]

It's forgiveable as long as Roscosmos keeps silent like a Belorussian partisan tortured by Gestapo.

Vee haf vays to make him talk.

 

[Urwumpe]

Vee haf vays to make him talk.

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms!

 

[dougkeenan]

Yuri sure could have used a comfy chair.

 

[Ghostrider]

Yuri sure could have used a comfy chair.

He had one. Rocket-powered.

 

[MajorTom]

Caption for "art" photo:

Comrade, it's worse than you know. The rules forbid me from even asking the ladies to help clean up this mess...

 

[ijuin]

Well, if there was a grass fire around the capsule, it sure was smoking - after landing though. But I can't believe that 2.5 tons of mass on a 0.25 m² area can create so much pressure that a pressure shell for 105 kPa gets breached.

2.5 tons is about 24.5 kilonewtons, and that much force on 0.250 m^2 area gives you 98 kPa right there--but that would be at rest. When the capsule smacks into the ground at about 10 m/s, the force would be greater.

 

[Marcel]

My caption contest entry;
"Yuri, I think you need to change your diaper."