Tim Ekspedisi 47-48 Siap Meluncur ke Stasiun Luar Angkasa!


Ketiga kru dari Ekspedisi 47-48, Astronaut Jeff Williams (NASA), Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka dan Alexey Ovchinin (Russia/ Roscosmos), siap untuk meluncur ke Stasiun Luar Angkasa pada dini hari besok 19 Maret 2016 pukul 04.26 WIB (17.26 EDT waktu Kazakhstan). 

Mereka akan diluncurkan dari Baikonur Kosmodrome, Kazakhstan dengan menggunakan Roket Soyuz TMA-20M menuju Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional (ISS) untuk menjalani misi selama 6 bulan. 

Berikut ini timeline kegiatan peluncuran yang dirilis oleh NASA (waktu dalam EDT): 

March 18


11:26 a.m.    Crew departs Cosmonaut Hotel (L-6)
11:41 a.m.    Batteries installed in booster
12:11 p.m.    Crew arrives at Site 254
12:26 p.m.    Tanking begins
12:56 p.m.    Crew suit up
12:21 p.m.    Booster loaded with liquid oxygen
1:56 p.m.      Crew meets family members on other side of the glass
2:21 p.m.      First and second stage Oxygen fueling complete
2:26 p.m.      Crew walkout from 254 and boards bus for the launch pad (L-3)
2:31 p.m.      Crew departs for launch pad (Site 1)
2:51 p.m.      Crew arrives at launch pad (Site 1)
3:01 p.m.      Crew boards Soyuz; strapped in to the Descent module
3:51 p.m.      Descent module hardware tested
4:06 p.m.      Hatch closed; leak checks begin
4:26 p.m.      Launch vehicle control system prep; gyro activation (L-1)
4:30 p.m.      NASA TV Launch Coverage Begins
4:40 p.m.      NASA TV: Crew pre-launch activities played (B-roll)
4:41 p.m.      Pad service structure components lowered
4:42 p.m.      Clamshell gantry service towers retracted
4:49 p.m.      Suit leak checks begin; descent module testing complete
4:52 p.m.      Emergency escape system armed
5:11 p.m.      Suit leak checks complete; escape system to auto
5:16 p.m.      Gyros in flight readiness and recorders activated
5:19 p.m.      Pre-launch operations complete
5:20 p.m.      Launch countdown operations to auto; vehicle ready
5:21 p.m.      Commander’s controls activated
5:22 p.m.      Combustion chamber nitrogen purge
5:23 p.m.      ISS FLIES OVER THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME
5:23 p.m.      Propellant drainback
5:23 p.m.      Booster propellant tank pressurization
5:25 p.m.      Ground propellant feed terminated
5:25 p.m.      Vehicle to internal power
5:26 p.m.      First umbilical tower separates

Auto sequence start

5:26 p.m.      Ground umbilical to third stage disconnected
5:26 p.m.      Second umbilical tower separates
5:26 p.m.      Launch command issued

Engine Start Sequence Begins

5:26 p.m.      Engine turbopumps at flight speed
5:26 p.m.      Engines at maximum thrust
5:26 p.m.      Launch of SOYUZ TMA-20M to the ISS
10:30 p.m.    Docking Coverage Begins on NASA TV
11:11 p.m.     Docking to the ISS

MARCH 19

12:30 a.m.  Hatch opening coverage begins on NASA TV
12:55 a.m.  Hatch opens


Godspeed Astronauts! Enjoy your ride!
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