Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS after just six hours

[Cidersomerset]

This story instantly reminded me of John Lear, and his theory the Shuttle used to
take so long because it stopped off supplying the orbiting weapons platform. Whether
that's true or not again it seems coincidental they can get there in six hrs now !



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BBC Online....
29 March 2013 Last updated at 06:57
Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS after just six hours

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The Soyuz capsule docked with the space station after a journey of six hours

A Soyuz space capsule has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a
journey of less than six hours.The three-man crew is the first to take the quicker route,
involving just four orbits.The journey normally takes two days for a Russian spacecraft.
The arrival of Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin and Chris Cassidy of
the US brings the number of crew at the ISS to six.
The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

After lift-off at 20:43 GMT, the Soyuz capsule then entered orbit and, using intricate
ballistics manoeuvres, succeeded in cutting out around 30 orbits and 45 hours from the
flight time to the ISS.Prior to the flight, the shortened route had been successfully
tested three times by Russian Progress cargo ships, which are unmanned versions of
the Soyuz that transport supplies to the ISS. The three new arrivals are due to return to
Earth in September. The other three members of the ISS crew arrived in December and
will leave in May.Over the next six months the crew will perform 137 investigations on
the US operating segment of the station, and 44 on the Russian segment, according to
a statement from the US space agency, Nasa.

Nasa said that the investigations will cover human research, biological and physical
sciences, technology development, Earth observation, and education.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21972804


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FULL MOVIE Soyuz TMA-08M launches to ISS, arrives in record time 6hr

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Published on 29 Mar 2013


Soyuz TMA-08M, a Russian spacecraft with a crew of three aboard, launched from
Kazakhstan to the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday at 20:43 UTC (2:43 AM
Friday, local time) and docked with the orbital outpost at 2:28 UTC on Friday after
following a flight plan enabling a docking in record time.

Christopher Cassidy, Pavel Vinogradov, and Aleksandr Misurkin (pictured left-to-right)
launched Thursday to the ISS on a record-breaking flight, arriving just under six hours
after liftoff.

Soyuz TMA-08M is the first manned Soyuz spaceflight to follow a new flight plan which
allowed the spacecraft to dock with the ISS in a record-breaking time of approximately
six hours, or four orbits, rather than the usual two days. This new flight plan, described
as "a fast track to the International Space Station" by NASA spokesman Josh Byerly,
had been tested successfully prior to Thursday's launch by three unmanned Progress
cargo ships delivering supplies to the station.

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On Friday, the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft has docked at the International Space
Station. With its arrival the permanent crew of the ISS has doubled to six people

[tnkayaker]

hmmmm.... quite interesting indeed, im sure no anti grav was used , lol

[Cidersomerset]

QUOTE (johnlear @ May 20 2010, 12:05 AM) *

Hello Pan,

There are good aliens and bad aliens just like there are good earthlings and bad earthlings. The bad aliens gave us some real nasty offensive weapons one of which was the weapon that destroyed the WTC.

It used molecular disassociation to reduce matter to it barest component which is why there was only 1 story left instead of 13 stories as in a controlled demolition. All of the dust particles none of which was more than 80 microns in size was what molecular disassociation does to matter: steel, concrete etc. We have 36 offensive weapons orbiting platforms plus 2 Naval command posts about the same size as the ISS.

If you ever wondered why it takes the shuttle 3 days (instead of the Russians who make it there in 30 minutes including docking) to get to the ISS its because they are stopping at those platforms with food and supplies. And if your wondering why it takes the shuttle 2 days to get back which should only take 54 minutes to deorbit and land its because they are distributing more food and supplies that were brought up by the Russians a couple of days before the shuttle arrives at the ISS.

Its a real nice cozy arrangement they have there and is the reason that, unknown by the public there are currently about 5000 astronauts current and qualified which include the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA and a few other secret teams. They all operate under US Space Command which was taken over by the Navy in, I think, 1992.

Cold war? There never was any such thing in reality. All the threats and hoopla was for public consumption. We have always been close allies to the Russians.

http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=17842&st=80

[araucaria]

Is that Chris Cassidy the astronaut mentioned a while back in some connection with Kerry Cassidy?

And what, I wonder, is that ufo flying around the launch at 1:20 - 1:40 ?

[Atlas]

Is that Chris Cassidy the astronaut mentioned a while back in some connection with Kerry Cassidy?

And what, I wonder, is that ufo flying around the launch at 1:20 - 1:40 ?

The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/nasa-ufo-mystery-chris-cassidy_n_3789947.html) | Posted: 08/21/2013

UFO Spotted By Astronaut Chris Cassidy Outside ISS Unidentified No Longer, Thanks To Russians

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NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy spotted something strange -- an unidentified flying object -- floating past a window at the International Space Station on Monday morning. Just watch the video above. But when Cassidy radioed this odd encounter in to the agency's Mission Control Center in Houston, there was a much simpler explanation.

“That object has been identified by Russian flight controllers as an antenna cover from the Zvezda service module,” NASA officials said in the video above. So, basically space junk?

The Zvezda module is part of the space station itself, launched in 2000 as Russia's first major contribution to the ISS. It provides living quarters and a variety of life support systems for the station, according to NASA.

CORRECTION: A previous headline on this article attributed the identification of the object to NASA. As the story states, the antenna was identified by Russian scientists.