Launch News Soyuz TMA-01M atop Soyuz-FG on October 7, 2010

[Orbinaut Pete]

From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 15/03/2011.

Soyuz TMA-01M Post-Undock Tests:
In a departure from the standard undock/sep/deorbit template, Soyuz TMA-01M/24S will conduct two attitude control tests shortly after physical separation (4:27 AM GMT) and before deorbit. After moving slowly away from MRM-2 (Mini Research Module-2) in the Zenith direction (–Z = straight up), the spacecraft will station-keep at a range of ~50m, and the crew will test the new RODK (Manual Attitude Control in Digital Mode) of the ship at ~4:31 AM GMT. After the test, at ~4:36 AM GMT, Soyuz will perform a 20 second separation burn (delta-V ~0.72m/sec), moving further to the ISS Zenith and then Aft. At ~4:37 AM GMT, the crew will perform the second test, this time of the ROAK (Manual Attitude Control in Analog Mode) using the new angular speed sensors (ammeters). Nominal deorbit burn is scheduled for ~7:03 AM to 7:07 AM GMT.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Crew

CDR Alexander Kaleri

FE1 Joseph Kelly

FE2 Oleg Skripochka

Landing Locations

Primary: 51°00'N 67°10'E [ame="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51.00N+67.167E&sll=51.0,67.167&sspn=3.433451,9.788818&ie=UTF8&ll=51.0,67.167&spn=1.823784,4.894409&z=8"]Primary: 86 km NE of Arkalyk[/ame]

Secondary (for a BR mode): 50°14'N 60°53'E
[ame="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=50.233N+60.883E&sll=50.233,60.883&sspn=1.823784,4.894409&ie=UTF8&ll=50.233,60.883&spn=1.730417,4.894409&z=8"]Secondary[/ame]

Consolidated timeline of landing events

Event|Time Msc|Time UTC|Time EDT|Alt, km|Lat (deg,min)|Long (deg,min))|Velocity, m/s|g Load|Comments
Hooks Open command|07:24:00|04:24:00|12:24:00am||||||at 70626 rev of the station, 2507nd of the ship
Separation springs action/physical sep|07:27:00|04:27:00|12:27:00am||||||delta-V ~0.12 m/sec
Separation burn|07:29:00|04:29:00|12:29:00am||||||10 seconds action od 2 DPO engines at distance 20 m away from the ISS
Station keeping|07:31:00|04:31:00|12:31:00am||||||To check control systems capability, at 50 m away from the ISS
Final separation burn|07:36:00|04:36:00|12:36:00am||||||Double DPO engines' action, delta-V ~0.8 m/sec
Deorbit Burn start|10:03:17|07:03:17|3:03:17am|362,4|-38.28|319.23|7,390|0,00||
Deorbit Burn complete|10:07:14|07:07:14|3:07:14am|352,9|-27.13|333.07|7,289|0,05||
Tri-Module separation|10:27:57|07:27:57|3:27:57am|140,0|+34.20|024.17|7,549|0,00||
Atmospheric entry|10:30:50|07:30:50|3:30:50am|102,3|+41.44|035.37|7,595|0,00||
Controlled descent interface|10:32:36|07:32:36|3:32:36am|080,5|+45.32|043.54|7,598|0,08||
Max G-load|10:37:27|07:37:27|3:37:27am|033,7|+50.39|065.49|2,200|4,07||
Parachute deploy command|10:39:23|07:39:23|3:39:23am|010,6|+50.59|066.57|0,212|1,18||
TMA-01M Landing|10:53:43|07:53:43|3:53:43am|000,0|+51.00|067.10|0,000|1,00|at 12:53:43 Local Kazakhstan Time|
Parachute deploy after Ballistic entry|10:37:19|07:37:19|3:37:19am|010,7|+50.14|060.53|0,208|1,27|Contingency|

Descent chart

References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru



[eventTimer]2011-03-16 04:27:00?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] TMA-01M undocking


[eventTimer]2011-03-16 07:37:27?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] TMA-01M Peak G-Load


[eventTimer]2011-03-16 07:53:43?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] TMA-01M landing (nominally)

Weather forecast for Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan for March 16, 2011 (12pm local time)

Time|Temps|Wind|Chill|Heat Index|UV Index|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Clouds|Visibility|Wind|Weather
12 PM|-7°C|-11°C|-7°C|2|Low|-11°C|69%|20%|20%|39%|16KM|SW 2.24 m/s|

P Cloudy

 

[SiberianTiger]

A farewell picture of Soyuz TMA-01M crew before hatch closure:

And a breaking news here: there's a touchdown in the nominal point! :thumbup:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Very rough conditions with cold gusting wind at the landing spot are reported, the rescuers are making their way towards the crew.

upd: the Soyuz capsule is on its side. Not surprising, considering the wind.

 

[SiberianTiger]

upd: the rescuers report the crewmembers are in good shape.

 

[SiberianTiger]

They are extracting Alexander Kaleri first. No video coverage is available from the site, only audio.

upd: Vid is available at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

They have extracted Scott Kelly.

 

[SiberianTiger]

They have to quickly bring the cosmonauts inside helicopters to conceal them from purga conditions. It's much much milder here in Moscow then it's now in the middle of the Great Steppe.

 

[SiberianTiger]

All three crewmembers are put aboard helicopters for transportation to Kostanai.

 

[orb]

NASASpaceflight: Russian Soyuz TMA-01M in nominal return to Earth

Spaceflight Now: Soyuz capsule makes snowy landing with three-man crew

CBS News Space: Soyuz TMA-01M returns to Earth

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Astronaut Mark Kelly, bundled up against cold weather, re-adapts to gravity after being assisted from the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft early Wednesday.

Credit: NASA TV​

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[N_Molson]

Another successful SoyuzTMA flight, Welcome back on Earth ! :thumbup:

Even if times are quite troubled...

 

[IronRain]

 

[astrosammy]

What a great weather for a Soyuz landing. Those pictures are amazing!

 

[SiberianTiger]

I want a Roscosmos blanket. Whoa, it's full of stars! :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Find a very good gallery of TMA-01M landing and S&R operations at
http://discovery.amelito.com/cosmos/tma-01m-return/

Click on the small icons at the bottom of flash player controls to advance to the next slide.

 

[IronRain]

photo gallery form SPN: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp26/110316landing/

Check the original landing point and where it ended..

 

[orb]

And here are some chosen photos from the Flash gallery SiberianTiger has linked (if you don't like to view them in Flash player):

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHe7bnLClI/AAAAAAADB4c/I_3oCvM8Hh4/m1300356758681496202.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHe_ppS1DI/AAAAAAADB5M/DF20w4SXiZ8/m1300356771578884490.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHe-QgQUrI/AAAAAAADB48/W-6SrJmTYk0/m1300356766980176272.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHe_EZhPQI/AAAAAAADB5E/XhF0L7BYvEw/m1300356769299162840.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHfDLKOC3I/AAAAAAADB50/sffBg5fyTAA/m1300356780588924315.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHfFLIGuAI/AAAAAAADB6M/aUpM3-2Rwiw/m1300356790247074506.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dRCn6Dyf_LU/TYHfF-ien4I/AAAAAAADB6U/JBihcXdbO3M/m1300356792348255950.jpg​

 

[IronRain]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ2x3DKE-rE&feature=feedu"]YouTube - Expedition 26[/ame]

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Scott & Mark Kelly are reunited on Earth! This photo was taken in Houston just as Scott stepped off the plane from Kazakhstan.

Hi-res version.