Sojuz TMA-08M

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Wystartował pierwszy ekspresowy Sojuz
 28.03.2013 o 20:43:20,288 z Bajkonuru została wystrzelona RN Sojuz-FG, która wyniosła w T+8' 50" na orbitę o parametrach: hp=201 km, ha=247 km, i=51,68° załogowy statek kosmiczny Sojuz TMA-08M.
Jego połączenie z ISS nastąpiło 29.03.2013 o 02:28:16, było to pierwsze zbliżenie statku załogowego Sojuz z ISS według schematu szybkiego podejścia.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n130316.htm#07

Soyuz TMA-08M Crew Ready for Rapid Trek to Space Station
by Ben Evans 10 years ago


Pictured before qualification simulator runs at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, near Moscow, Soyuz TMA-08M crewmen (from left) Aleksandr Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov, and Chris Cassidy clasp hands. Photo Credit: NASA
https://www.americaspace.com/2013/03/21/the-soyuz-express-next-crew-ready-for-rapid-trek-to-space-station/

Fast-Track Soyuz TMA-08M Crew Arrives at Space Station – UPDATE
by Ben Evans 10 years ago

(...) Although same-day rendezvous and docking are nothing new—and America’s three Skylab crews in the early 1970s arrived at their orbital home eight or nine hours after launch—it has been typical during ISS missions to follow a longer profile of around two days, which has proven more economical in terms of propellant expenditure and the demands of orbital mechanics. However, the confines of Russia’s tiny Soyuz capsule are cramped and highly stressful and often serve to exacerbate sensations of nausea and motion sickness. Getting crews to the station soon, though hugely complicated, was considered highly desirable. Writing last year, analyst James Oberg noted that a fast-rendezvous plan had been developed, involving a ballet of between four and six thruster firings to create the right conditions for an early docking. “The destination in space,” wrote Oberg, “must be lined up much more precisely in a narrow ‘slot’ in the sky. With the two-day profile, that destination could be anywhere halfway along the ISS’ round-the-world orbital track … but with the fast-track rendezvous, the target must be maneuvered in advance into a segment of the target’s orbit that is only 20 degrees wide at the time of the spacecraft’s launch.”(...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2013/03/28/soyuz-tma-08m-crew-begins-rapid-ride-to-space-station/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/soyuz-tma-08m-crew-iss-record-time/
https://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp35/exp35launch.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/201303290004hq.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/jsc2013e018018.html
https://spacenews.com/34649soyuz-docks-with-iss-six-hours-after-liftoff/
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/d36a2ecbe0c0d8afe6c794a9463339d3-560.html

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-091013b.html

http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tma-08m.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuztma-8.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-8
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojuz_TMA-8
https://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp9/040415soyuztma.html