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ISS Crew Completes Soyuz Repositioning
UPI Correspondent Houston TX (UPI) (SPX) Oct 10, 2006 The International Space Station crew successfully repositioned the Soyuz spacecraft docked at the rear of the Zvezda living quarters Tuesday. The move was in preparation for the arrival later this month of a Russian cargo spacecraft. With Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin at the controls, the Soyuz undocked from the Zvezda port on schedule, backing at one-tenth of a meter per second from the ISS. The Soyuz redocked with the Earth-facing Zarya module port at 3:34 p.m. EDT, five minutes ahead of schedule. In a separate development, one of the space station's four gyroscopes used to maintain the station's orientation in space was shut down Tuesday morning after exceeding the allowed vibration limit. NASA said only three gyroscopes are needed to properly maintain the station's orientation. Ground controllers in Houston were to perform additional diagnostic testing.
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Expedition 14 Learn The Ropes As They Drill And Troubleshoot Equipment
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2006Expedition 14 completed its first full week solo on the International Space Station performing standard early mission checks, drills and some equipment troubleshooting. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin have been aboard the station for 19 days, while Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency is in his third month in orbit. |
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