Posted on 12/01/2010 5:00:44 AM PST by RileyD, nwJ
PHOTOS OF:
A Soyuz descent module carrying Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Korniyenko, and NASA's Tracy Caldwell Dyson came back to Earth September 25, 2010 from the International Space Station and landed safely in Kazakhstan, a day after an initial attempt to return was aborted after latches holding the Soyuz TMA-18 craft to the orbital station failed to open.
I once read an article praising the success of the Russian space program and referring to their “big dumb rockets”. They aren’t the prettiest things in the world but they are dependable. Those are some amazing photos and I don’t recall ever seeing anything like them before.
LOL—who are the guys in leather jackets about halfway down? FSB?
Great photos! Thanks for posting!
It not unusual for Russians to wear leather jacket. It a kind of fashion over there.
A buddy of mine works for NASA on the Shuttle program. He's been there since just before Challenger. He told me recently that the Russians missed their landing target by 250 nm on one recent re-entry. On another recent trip to the ISS they missed the rendezvous with the ISS by over 150 miles.
The Shuttle may be a very complicated bird with a less than perfect safety record, but I don't recall NASA ever being that far off on a docking with the ISS or landing after re-entry. In fact, I've never seen them do anything but grease the center line of the runway on landing.
In Russia, leather jacket wears you!
I like the crazy hats they have on while holding their awards.
Mike
“On another recent trip to the ISS they missed the rendezvous with the ISS by over 150 miles. “
You mean the landed on the wrong end of one of those plowed fields?
My thought was crude but cheap
Oops, copied the wrong quote from you. Should have been about missing the landing zone by 25O NM.
The capsule looks burned to a crisp.
Looks like the landing in Kazakhstan went off without a hitch and all the cosmonauts are safe and accounted for! Congrats on their return from a successful mission!
Heat shield did its job. They’re alive and well. Two Russian men and an American woman.
Yeah, 250 nm away from where they were supposed to land, i.e., near the support vehicles, etc. Apparently, it's a running joke now around NASA folks....
I like the idea of the slide to disembark from the capsule. Fun! Of course I’m sure this pales in comparison to riding into Earth’s atmosphere like a cosmic campfire marshmallow!
OUTSTANDING! Thanks.
OK, you win this time!
Is this NASA’s future? Not what I had hoped for in the new millenium.
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