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Commander Chiao

Flight engineer Sharipov

Taxi cosmonaut Shargin



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International Space Station officials at Johnson Space Center provide a detailed preview of the Expedition 10 mission during this pre-launch press conference. (19min 15sec file)
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The three men to launch aboard the next Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station -- Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao, flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov and Russian taxi cosmonaut Yuri Shargin -- hold a pre-flight news conference near Moscow on Sept. 23. (43min 05sec file)
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Expedition 10 launch-to-docking timeline
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: October 11, 2004

Day 1 - Wednesday night/Thursday morning

Event Mission Time Eastern TimeGMT
LAUNCH 0/00:00:00 11:06:26 p.m. 0306:26
Orbit Insertion 0/00:08:45 11:15:11 p.m. 0315:11
Maneuver DV1
(12.55 m/s)
0/03:35:00 02:41:26 a.m. 0641:26
Maneuver DV2
(3.17 m/s)
0/04:13:54 03:20:20 a.m. 0720:20

Day 2 - Thursday night/Friday morning

Event Mission Time Eastern TimeGMT
Maneuver DV3
(2.00 m/s)
1/00:28:28 11:56:32 p.m. 0356:32

Day 3 - Friday night/Saturday morning

Event Mission Time Eastern TimeGMT
Start Automated
Rendezvous
1/22:52:24 09:58:50 p.m. 0158:50
DV4 / Impulse 1
(27.737 m/s)
1/23:13:34 10:20:00 p.m. 0220:00
Soyuz Kurs-A
activation
1/23:32:04 10:38:30 p.m. 0238:30
Impulse 2
(1.256 m/s)
1/23:37:04 10:43:30 p.m. 0243:30
DV5 / Impulse 3
(34.433 m/s)
1/23:59:05 11:05:31 p.m. 0305:31
Orbital sunset 2/00:29:31 11:35:57 p.m. 0335:57
Soyuz TV
activation
Range 8 km
2/00:33:24 11:39:50 p.m. 0339:50
Impulse 4
(6.788 m/s)
2/00:41:43 11:48:09 p.m. 0348:09
Ballistic Targeting
Point
2/00:42:224 11:48:50 p.m. 0348:50
Impulse 5
(4.689 m/s)
2/00:48:03 11:54:29 p.m. 0354:29
Impulse 6
(2.136 m/s)
2/00:49:52 11:56:18 p.m. 0356:18
Start flyaround
mode
2/00:51:54 11:58:20 p.m. 0358:20
Start stationkeeping 2/01:00:54 00:07:20 a.m. 0407:20
Orbital sunrise 2/01:02:11 00:08:37 a.m. 0408:37
Start final approach 2/01:09:05 00:15:31 a.m. 0415:31
DOCKING 2/01:18:34 00:25:00 a.m. 0425:00

Data source: NASA.