Launch of the Russian “Prichal” Node Module to the ISS - Wednesday the 24-Nov-2021:
Perhaps someone else can cover this as I am covering the DART Mission?
UPDATE:-
Launch is scheduled at 08:06 a.m. EST
[ 13:06 p.m. GMT
] on Wednesday the 24-Nov-2021
.
A new Russian, modified Progress Cargo Craft topped with the Prichal Docking Module, is scheduled to Launch atop a Russian Soyuz Rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday the 24-Nov-2021 at 08:06 a.m. EST [ 13:06 p.m. GMT ]. NASA's Live coverage will begin at 07:45 a.m. EST [ 12:45 p.m. GMT ].
Automatic Docking with Russia's Nauka Multipurpose Module at the ISS is expected on Friday the 26-Nov-2021 at 10:26 a.m. EST [ 15:26 p.m. GMT ].
The Launch was on time and went smoothly. Unfortunately, there was a problem with MOST of the LIVE broadcast pictures from Russia. Hopefully this will be corrected when it is uploaded to NASA TV & YouTube.
Perhaps someone else can cover this as I am covering the DART Mission?
NEXT EVENT:-
Prichal is planned to dock to the Nauka nadir port on Friday, November 26 at 15:26 UTC / 10:26 EST, using the automated Kurs rendezvous system.
Following leak checks, hatch opening will be performed in the following days. The Progress M-UM propulsion segment is planned to be detached from Prichal on December 21. On January 19, a Russian spacewalk will be performed to connect cables between Nauka and Prichal.
The first docking to Prichal is planned to take place on March 18, 2022, with the Soyuz MS-21 mission.
(All times Eastern U.S. time, which equates to UTC-5.)
Nov. 26, Friday
9:30 a.m. – Coverage of the rendezvous and docking of the Russian “Prichal” Node Module to the ISS. Docking scheduled at 10:26 a.m. [
15:26 p.m. GMT
].
Perhaps someone else can cover the rest of this
Automatic Docking went smoothly without ANY problems.