{"id":55722,"date":"2015-08-25T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-369284"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:47:15","slug":"soyuz-move-sets-stage-for-arrival-of-new-space-station-crew","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/soyuz-move-sets-stage-for-arrival-of-new-space-station-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Soyuz Move Sets Stage for Arrival of New Space Station Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Soyuz spacecraft departs\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg 6048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/m15-130_soyuz_relocation.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station\u2019s Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) and heads toward a landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sept. 11, 2013 (Kazakhstan time).  On Friday Aug. 28, 2015, Expedition 44 crew will move their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Poisk module to the Zvezda docking port. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Half of the residents of the International Space Station will take a spin around their orbital neighborhood in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft on Friday, Aug. 28. NASA Television coverage will begin at 2:45 a.m. EDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StationCDRKelly\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Kelly<\/a> of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos will move the Soyuz from the station\u2019s Poisk module to the Zvezda docking port. The relocation maneuver will begin with undocking at 3:12 a.m. and end with redocking at 3:37 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relocation will free up the Poisk module for the docking of a new Soyuz vehicle, designated TMA-18M, carrying three additional crew members, and scheduled to launch to the station Wednesday, Sept. 2 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Aboard will be Expedition 45 crew member Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos, and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mogensen and Aimbetov will return to Earth with Padalka on Saturday, Sept. 12 in the Soyuz TMA-16M. In March 2016, the Soyuz TMA-18M will return with Volkov, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/one-year-crew\" rel=\"noopener\">one-year mission<\/a> crew members Kelly and Kornienko, who arrived on station in March  to begin collecting biomedical data crucial to NASA\u2019s human journey to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the International Space Station, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Hambleton<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\nkathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov<br>\nDan Huot<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ndaniel.g.huot@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half of the residents of the International Space Station will take a spin around their orbital neighborhood in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft on Friday, Aug. 28. NASA Television coverage will begin at 2:45 a.m. EDT. 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