OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... The spacecraft flight in a flyback phase was implemented in the automatic controllable descent mode. ... Soyuz TMA spacecraft being a modification of Soyuz spacecraft for operation in the frame of the ISS Project were developed by S.P. Korolev RSC Energia staff in cooperation with the subcontractors of the Russian rocket and space industry, and have been flying since November 2002. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Conceptual Design Review . ... Page History | ... Requirements . Design Documentation . ... Requirements Review . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . ... Return to Conceptual Design Review ( Edit ) . ... MRO-TRE-CAM-0000-0103 FLC Conceptual Design Report (JSY) . ... MRO-TRE-CAM-0000-0102 FTT/NAS Conceptual Design Report . ... MRO-TRE-CAM-0000-0104 FTT/NAS Requirements Compliance Matrix (JSY) . ... MRO-TRE-CAM-0000-0102 FTT/NAS Conceptual Design Report (JSY to collate) . ...

... A Landing on Planet Earth . ... 14.09.2013 . ... Seen in silhouette against the rockets' glare, the spacecraft is a Soyuz TMA-08M. Its crew, Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA were returning after five and half months aboard the International Space Station . ... A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station . ... Leaving the International Space Station ...

... Concept Spacecraft . ... The proposed lentiular design concept for the Apollo spacecraft was one of several unorthodox designs rejected in favour of the more familiar conical shape which was lighter and less complex.The lenticular design was a ?road not taken?, losing out to less challenging configurations.It is strange to think that if history had proceeded differently, each Apollo crew could have ended their lunar mission by gliding to a touchdown on a runway at Edwards AFB in a flying saucer! ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 September 14 . A Landing on Planet Earth . Image Credit: NASA , Bill Ingalls . Explanation: With parachute deployed and retro-rockets blazing, this spacecraft landed on planet Earth on September 11 (UT) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...

... JWST . ... Missions . ... Science Blog . ... Other systems passed their CDRs in preparation for the mission CDR in 2010: the ISIM in March, the OTE in October, the Backplane structure in December. The flight versions of these systems had been under construction prior to CDR and could now be completed and delivered to NASA. ... All the instrument engineering units were delivered to GSFC to be tested and integrated into the ISIM structure, prior to the delivery of the actual flight units. ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . ... Cosmonauts. ... Space Science . ... ISS Main Expedition Five Mission Chronicle: September 2002 . In September, Valeriy Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergey Treshchov conducted material science experiments and received another Progress M1 cargo ship. Day Off At Labor Day . ... Day Of Rememberance . ... Preparing For Change Of Progresses . ... Seasons At The ISS Planet . ... September Shakedown Of The ISS Project . ...