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ISS Orbit To Be Adjusted March 16
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 15, 2007 The International Space Station's orbit will be adjusted March 16 to prepare for the docking of a Russian spacecraft, Russia's mission control said Wednesday. Corrections to the space station's orbit are conducted periodically before launches of Russian cargo ships and U.S. shuttles to compensate for the Earth's gravity and to ensure successful dockings. "On Friday, March 16, the station's orbit is planned to be adjusted with the help of the docking and guidance system of a Progress M-58 cargo ship," the mission control's spokesman said. The maneuver is required to create optimal conditions for a Soyuz TMA-10 piloted spacecraft scheduled to be launched April 7 and provide for the landing of a Soyuz TMA-9 spaceship in the designated area planned for April 20, the spokesman said.
Crew Busy Preparing Station for Upcoming Activities On Thursday, a docked Progress 23 cargo craft will fire its engines to lift the station into a higher orbit. The reboost is necessary to put the station into the correct altitude for the upcoming docking of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying the Expedition 15 crew. Two weeks later Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Suni Williams will enter their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft to undock from the station and redock moments later to another port. The relocation allows Expedition 15 to dock to the station when it arrives on a Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. The Expedition 15 crew launches from Russia on April 7 and will dock to the International Space Station on April 9. Expedition 14 will leave the station and return home in its Soyuz TMA-9 on April 20. Related Links Expedition 14 Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com Station at NASA Station and More at Roscosmos S.P. Korolev RSC Energia Watch NASA TV via Space.TV Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
Station Crew Perform Experiments Related To Human Adaptation To Space
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 11, 2007The Expedition 14 crew members this week prepared for upcoming additions to the station and performed experiments related to human adaptation to space. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams completed the last of the internal assembly tasks for the startup later this year of the new Oxygen Generation System in the Destiny laboratory. |
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