ISS expedition 40

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Mission dates
Mission: ISS expedition 40
Crew: 6th
Rescue ships: Soyuz TMA-12M , Soyuz TMA-13M
Space station: International space station
Start: May 13, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC
Started by: Decoupling from Soyuz TMA-11M
The End: September 10, 2014, 23:01 UTC
Ended by: Decoupling from Soyuz TMA-12M
Duration: 120d 0h 25min
Number of EVAs : 2
Total length of the EVAs: 12h 43min
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v. l. To the right: Alexander Skworzow, Steven Swanson, Oleg Artemjew, Alexander Gerst, Maxim Surajew and Reid Wiseman
v. l. To the right: Alexander Skworzow, Steven Swanson, Oleg Artemjew, Alexander Gerst, Maxim Surajew and Reid Wiseman
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ISS-Expedition 40 is the mission name for the 40th long-term crew of the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began with the disengagement of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from the ISS on May 13, 2014. The end was marked by the disengagement of the Soyuz TMA-12M on September 10, 2014.

team

Additionally from May 29, 2014:

Substitute team

Since Expedition 20, no official replacement team has been announced due to the permanent training for the six-person crew. Unofficially, the backup crews of the two Soyuz feeder spaceships TMA-12M and TMA-13M (see there) are used as substitute crews for Expedition 40. As a rule, these crews are deployed two missions later.

Mission description

ISS Expedition 40 began with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft on May 13, 2014. At the end of May, it was supplemented by the crew of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft .

The focus of interest was once again on scientific research in the fields of astronomy , atmospheric research , biology , earth exploration , medicine , physics and technology . Most of the experiments ran largely automatically and only occasionally required the astronaut's attention. Investigations in the medical-biological field as well as in the exploration of the earth required a greater amount of supervision. Much working time was also spent on maintenance and repair work as well as on physical activity to maintain health.

Among other things, the electromagnetic levitator was newly used . It allows melts to be heated to 2000 ° C in the melting chamber without contact with vessels, to be observed and solidification processes to be recorded. Several samples came to the station with the ATV 5 in August. The German spaceman Alexander Gerst also worked as a teleoperator, remotely controlling devices on Earth from space and waiting for their sensor values.

From August 19 to September 5, a total of 12 of 28 Flock-1B satellites were ejected from the airlock of the Japanese module Kibo and catapulted into space using a special launch device. However, problems arose, which is why the launch of the other small satellites was delayed.

Freight traffic

On May 18, the freighter Dragon CRS 3 was uncoupled and set down by the Canadarm2 station manipulator about 10 m below the station. He then maneuvered away from the station independently. After the last braking maneuver, the spaceship entered the earth's atmosphere and the capsule watered down in the Pacific.

On June 9th, the Progress-M 21M was finally disconnected and then burned up in dense layers of the earth's atmosphere. The freighter took off on November 25, 2013 and docked four days later with delays. After installing new control software, he had put it down on April 23, 2014 and docked again two days later without any problems. A new rendezvous system was tested with him, which will then also be used in Soyuz spaceships.

On July 13, Cygnus Orb 2 launched into space at the tip of an Antares launcher. He was captured on July 16 by the main manipulator arm of the ISS and attached to Harmony Nadir. He stayed there until August 15th. Loaded with waste, it burned up on August 18, 2014.

On July 22nd, the Progress-M 23M was decoupled from the Pirs exit module. It burned up after experiments to track orbit on August 1st. The Progress-M 24M took off on July 24th and docked at the ISS on the same day, loaded with around 2.5 t of cargo.

On July 30, 2014, ATV 5 "Georges Lemaitre" launched into space at the tip of an Ariane 5 launcher. On August 12, it docked at the stern of the International Space Station. It had about 6.5 tons of cargo on board.

Orbit maneuvers

Scheduled lifts with the engines of the Zvezda module at the stern of the station took place on June 25 and July 11. On July 23, the engines were re-ignited to avoid a piece of space junk. After the ATV 5 was docked at the stern, its engines were used for further orbit lifts on August 14th and 27th.

External works

On June 19, Alexander Skworzow and Oleg Artemjew got out into space for 7 hours and 24 minutes via the Pirs lock module to install a new antenna (АФАР), to move unit 2 of the Obstanowka experiment, samples on the outer skin of Zvezda to collect, to install two experiments elsewhere (ТМ / ТС & СВПИ) and to dispose of a scaffold that has become superfluous.

The second exit (5:10 h) by Skworzow and Artemjew took place on August 18th. First, the small satellite NS-1 was "thrown" into space. He should take pictures of the earth's surface and keep them ready on demand. A unit from the Expose-R experiment was then installed and samples from the Biorisk experiment recovered. In addition, samples were taken from the outer skin of the station and their condition was documented photographically.

Exits using US space suits had to be postponed until October due to problems with the batteries.

See also

Web links

Commons : ISS Expedition 40  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst flies to the space station in 2014! ESA, September 18, 2011, accessed November 1, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Экипаж ТПК «Союз ТМА-11М» вернулся на Землю. May 14, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Пилотируемый корабль "Союз ТМА-13М" успешно пристыковался к МКС. Roscosmos, May 29, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Транспортный грузовой корабль «Прогресс М-21М» в автономном полёте. Roscosmos, June 9, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Отстыковка транспортного грузового корабля "Прогресс М-23М". Roscosmos, July 22, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  6. ↑ ТГК "Прогресс М-24М" в составе МКС. Roscosmos, July 24, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  7. ^ Last ATV lifts off to supply the Space Station. ESA, July 29, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  8. ↑ ATV completes final automated docking. ESA, August 12, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Высота орбиты МКС увеличена. Roscosmos, June 25, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Международная космическая станция изменила орбиту. Roscosmos, July 23, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Проведена коррекция орбиты Международной космической станции. Roscosmos, August 14, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  12. ↑ Коррекция орбиты МКС. Roscosmos, August 27, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  13. ↑ Выход российских космонавтов в открытый космос завершен. Roscosmos, June 20, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Выход в открытый космос по российской программе завершен. Roscosmos, August 18, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 .