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Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing explained

submitted by Ickster

9 years 10 months 3 weeks ago

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YouTube Description:

How does an astronaut return to Earth from the International Space Station? What does it feel like to re-enter the atmosphere? How does the Soyuz capsule function? Watch and find out. This video is based on an actual lesson delivered to the ESA astronaut class of 2009 (also known as the #Shenanigans09) during their ESA Basic Training. It features interviews with astronauts who have flown on the Soyuz and dramatic footage of actual landings.Produced by the ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations (HSO) Astronaut Training Division, Cologne, Germany, in collaboration with the HSO Strategic Planning and Outreach Office, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, with special support from Roskosmos.Narration Voice: Bernard OattesTechnical Experts: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin (HSO-UT)Content Design: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin, Raffaele Castellano, Matthew Day (HSO-UT)Animation & Video Editing: Raffaele Castellano (HSO-UT), HSO-KProject Coordination: Matthew Day, Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin (HSO-UT)Special thanks to:Martin Schweiger (Orbiter software: http://orbit/medphys.ucl.ac.uk/)Nikita Vtyurin, Andrew Thielmann (Orbiter Soyuz model)Lionel Ferra (HSO-UT)Oleg Polov...