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Soyuz TMA-11 / Expedition 16 Manuel De La Mission Soyuz TMA-11 / Expedition 16 Manuel de la mission SOYUZ TMA-11 – EXPEDITION 16 Par Philippe VOLVERT SOMMAIRE I. Présentation des équipages II. Présentation de la mission III. Présentation du vaisseau Soyuz IV. Précédents équipages de l’ISS V. Chronologie de lancement VI. Procédures d’amarrage VII. Procédures de retour VIII. Horaires IX. Sources A noter que toutes les heures présentes dans ce dossier sont en heure GMT. I. PRESENTATION DES EQUIPAGES Equipage Expedition 15 Fyodor YURCHIKHIN (commandant ISS) Lieu et Lieu et date de naissance : 03/01/1959 ; Batumi (Géorgie) Statut familial : Marié et 2 enfants Etudes : Graduat d’économie à la Moscow Service State University Statut professionnel: Ingénieur et travaille depuis 1993 chez RKKE Roskosmos : Sélectionné le 28/07/1997 (RKKE-13) Précédents vols : STS-112 (07/10/2002 au 18/10/2002), totalisant 10 jours 19h58 Oleg KOTOV(ingénieur de bord) Lieu et date de naissance : 27/10/1965 ; Simferopol (Ukraine) Statut familial : Marié et 2 enfants Etudes : Doctorat en médecine obtenu à la Sergei M. Kirov Military Medicine Academy Statut professionnel: Colonel, Russian Air Force et travaille au centre d’entraînement des cosmonautes, le TsPK Roskosmos : Sélectionné le 09/02/1996 (RKKE-12) Précédents vols : - Clayton Conrad ANDERSON (Ingénieur de vol ISS) Lieu et date de naissance : 23/02/1959 ; Omaha (Nebraska) Statut familial : Marié et 2 enfants Etudes : Promu bachelier en physique à Hastings College, maîtrise en ingénierie aérospatiale à la Iowa State University Statut professionnel: Directeur du centre des opérations de secours à la Nasa Nasa : Sélectionné le 04/06/1998 (Groupe) Précédents vols : - Equipage Expedition 16 / Soyuz TM-11 Peggy A. WHITSON (commandant ISS) – ISS16 Lieu et date de naissance : 09/02/1960 ; Mt Ayr (Iowa) Statut familial : Mariée et sans enfants Etudes : Bachelière en chimie et biologie, doctorat en biochimie Statut professionnel: Deputy Division Chief of Medical Science Division au Johnson Space Center Nasa : Sélectionnée le 01/05/1996 (Groupe) Précédents vols : Expedition 5 (05/06/2002 au 07/12/2002) totalisant 184 jours 22:15 dans l’espace Yuri I. MALENCHENKO (ingénieur de bord) – ISS16 Lieu et date de naissance : 22/12/1961 ; Svetlovodsk (Ukraine) Statut familial : Marié et 1 enfant Etudes : Graduat ingénieur pilote Statut professionnel: Colonel, Russian Air Force Roskosmos : Sélectionné comme cosmonaute le 26/03/1987 (TsPK-8) Précédents vols : Soyuz TM-19 (01/07/1994 au 04/11/1994) STS-106 (08/09/2000 au 20/09/2000) Expedition 7 (26/04/2003 au 28/10/2003) totalisant 322 jours 16:51 dans l’espace Sheikh MUSZAPHAR SHUKOR (Astronaute ANGKASA) – TMA11 Lieu et date de naissance : 26/07/1972 ; Kuala Lumpur (Malaisie) Statut familial : Célibataire Etudes : Doctorat Statut professionnel: Médecin ANGKASA : Sélectionné comme astronaute malaisien le 09/01/2006 Précédents vols : - II. PRESENTATION DE LA MISSION Numéro de vol (habité): 98 (11ème en version TMA) Numéro de mission Soyuz: TMA-11 Numéro de mission pour l’ISS: ISS Soyuz 16 (10ème parti à bord de Soyuz) Lanceur: Soyuz FG Arrivée sur pad: 09/10/2007 Pad: LC-1 (Baïkonour) Temps de la mission: Retour d’Expedition 15 le 21/10/2007 Coordonnées de l’orbite: 300 km; 51,6° Objectifs de la mission: L’équipage permanent de l’ISS a un emploi du temps plus léger qu’une mission courte comme celle de la navette. Lorsque l’équipage s’envole vers la station spatiale, il a 2 types d’activités. La première est la quotidienne (entretien de la station, 2 heures de sport par jour pour diminuer les effets contraignant de l’apesanteur, différentes tâches qui s’étendent depuis la première mission, comme prendre des clichés de la Terre, notamment dans le cadre EarthKam). La seconde est celle des tâches bien spécifiques à la mission et pour lesquelles l’équipage a suivi un entraînement plus intensif comme des sorties extra-véhiculaires, des expériences bien spécifiques. Le programme réalisé par l’équipage au quotidien est téléchargeable au format PDF à l’adresse suivante : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html Une fois par semaine, la Nasa publie un résumé dans le Station Status Report : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/station_status_search_agent_archive_1.html Au cours de la mission, Expedition 16 devrait voir s’arrimer : Discovery STS-120 le 23/10/2007 avec le remplacement de Clayton Anderson par Daniel Tani Atlantis STS-122 en décembre 2007 avec le remplacement de Daniel Tani par Leopold Eyharts Endeavour STS-123 en février 2008 avec le remplacement de Leopold Eyharts par Garrett Reisman Sheikh MUSZAPHAR SHUKOR est un astronaute de l’agence spatiale malaisienne, l’ANGKASA. Il a été sélectionné avec Faiz bin Khaleed dans le cadre du programme Program Angkasawan Negara pour un vol de 11 jours à bord de l’ISS. Il partira avec les deux premiers membres d’Expedition 16 et reviendra quelques jours plus tard avec Expedition 15. III. PRESENTATION DU VAISSEAU SOYUZ Bien qu’il vole depuis 1967, le vaisseau Soyuz n’est pas démodé pour autant. Au fil des ans, il a subi des modifications, notamment suite aux accidents de Soyuz 1 en 1967 (parachutes qui se sont mal déployés lors du retour sur Terre) et Soyuz 11 (dépressurisation lors du retour sur Terre), mais aussi un lifting. Dans sa première version, Soyuz a volé jusqu’en 1981. Dans la version T, il s’est arrimé aux différentes stations spatiales Salyut de 1980 jusqu’à l’arrivé de Mir en 1986. A cette date, c’est la version TM qui a pris le relais. Depuis octobre 2002, seule la version TMA est utilisée. Soyuz en chiffres : Masse au décollage : 7 250 kg Nombre de passagers : 3 avec combinaison spatiale Largeur : 10,6 m panneaux solaires déployés (2,7 m non déployés) Hauteur : 7,2 m Volume habitable : +/- 10 m³ Soyuz : module orbital Module orbital quasi sphérique (2,2 m de diamètre pour 2,6 m de haut) pesant environ 1 300 kg. Il est situé au sommet du vaisseau et comprend les antennes et le collier d’amarrage. L’équipage s’en sert pour se dégourdir les jambes entre le lancement et l’amarrage quelques 48 heures plus tard environ. Dans ce module, on y entrepose une partie du matériel, effets personnels et diverses expériences, soit une masse de 230 kg maximum. Soyuz : module de descente Module dans lequel l’équipage est assis au moment du lancement et de l’atterrissage. C’est la seule partie qui revient sur Terre, protégée par un bouclier thermique largable en vol. Il mesure 2,1 m de haut pour 2,2 m de diamètre. Il pèse quelques 2 900 kg. Il peut également transporter des effets personnels, à concurrence de 50 kg pour 3 personnes. Soyuz : module technique et de propulsion Cylindre de 2,5 m de haut pour 2,7 m de diamètre à la base. On y retrouve les moteurs, les réservoirs de carburants et les panneaux solaires. IV. PRECEDENTS EQUIPAGES DE L’ISS Expedition 1 William M. (Bill) Shepherd (Commandant ISS) - USA Yuri Pavolich Gidzenko (Commandant Soyuz) - Russie Sergei K. Krikalev (Ingénieur de vol) - Russie Lanceur: Soyuz(International Space Station Flight 2R) Lancement: 31/10/2000 Amarrage: 02/11/2000 Désamarrage: 18/03/2001 (STS-102) Atterrissage: 21/03/2001 (ISS Flight 5A.1) Durée de la mission: 140 jours 23:38:00 Expedition 2 Yuri V. Usachev (Commandant ISS) - Russie James S. Voss(Ingénieur de vol) - USA Susan J. Helms (Ingénieur de vol) - USA Lanceur: Discovery (International Space Station Flight 5A.1) Lancement: 08/03/2001 Amarrage: 10/03/2001 Désamarrage: 20/08/2001 (STS-105) Atterrissage: 22/08/2001 (ISS Assembly Flight 7A.1) Durée de la mission: 167 jours 06:41:00 Expedition 3 Frank Culbertson (Commandant ISS) - USA Vladimir Dezhurov (Commandant Soyuz) - Russie Mikhail Tyurin (Ingénieur de vol) - Russie Lanceur: Discovery (International Space Station Flight 7A.1) Lancement: 10/08/2001 Amarrage: 12/08/2001 Désamarrage: 15/12/2001 (STS-108) Atterrissage: 17/12/2001 (ISS Assembly Flight UF-1) Durée de la mission: 128 jours 20:45:00 EVAs: 4 Expedition 4 Yury I. Onufrienko (Commandant ISS) - Russie Daniel W. Bursch (Ingénieur de vol) - USA Carl E. Walz (Ingénieur de vol) - USA Lanceur: Endeavour (International Space Station Flight UF-1) Lancement: 05/12/2001 Amarrage: 07/12/2001 Désamarrage: 15/06/2002 (STS-111) Atterrissage: 19/06/2002 (ISS Assembly Flight UF-2) Durée de la mission: 195 jours 19:39:00 EVAs: 3 Expedition 5 Valery Korzun (Commandant ISS) - Russie Peggy Whitson (Ingénieur de vol) - USA Sergei Treschev (Ingénieur de vol) - Russie Lanceur: Endeavour (International Space Station Flight UF-2) Lancement: 05/06/2002 Amarrage: 07/06/2002 Désamarrage: 02/12/2002 (STS-113) Atterrissage: 07/12/ 2002 (ISS Flight 11A) Durée de la mission: 184 jours 22:14 EVAs: 2 Expedition 6 Kenneth Bowersox (Commandant ISS) - USA Donald Pettit (Ingénieur de vol) - USA Nikolai Budarin (Ingénieur de vol) - Russie Lanceur: Endeavour (ISS Assembly Flight 11A) Lancement: 23/11/2002 Amarrage: 25/11/2002 Désamarrage: 03/05/2003 Atterrissage: 03/05/2003 (Soyuz TMA-1) Durée de la mission: 161 jours 01:17 EVAs: 2 Expedition 7 Yuri Malenchenko (Commandant ISS) - Russie Ed Lu (Ingénieur de vol) - USA Mission: Expedition 7/ Soyuz 6 Lanceur: Soyuz TMA-2 Lancement: 25/04/2003 Amarrage: 28/04/2003 Désamarrage: 27/10/2003 Atterrissage: 27/10/2003 Durée de la mission: 184 jours 21:47 Expedition 8 Michael Foale (Commandant ISS) - USA Alexander Kaleri (Ingénieur de vol) - Russie Pedro Duque (Ingénieur de vol) – ESA/Espagne (Cervantes Mission) Mission: Expedition 8 / Soyuz 7 Lanceur: Soyuz TMA-3 Lancement: 18/10/2003 Amarrage: 20/10/2003 Désamarrage: 29/04/2004 Atterrissage: 29/04/2004
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