Friday, May 6, 2011

Russian cosmonaut Finally Returning to Earth


Russian cosmonauts had just completed a trip to the international space station ISS (International Space Station) for the 28th time.

They are Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka, who returned to Earth with the plane Pirs.

Travel 4 hours 51 minutes that ended on Earth at 1:21 pm local time.

On the international space station, the two cosmonauts reportedly doing a pair of experiments in outer parts of Russia.

However, the two experiments is more to the weather observations that occur on Earth's surface.

First, the Molniya-Gamma experiments that observe the radiation from storms and lightning on Earth. Radiometria second experiment, which will collect seismic to present a more accurate prediction of earthquakes.

At that time, Kondratyev and Skripochka spent 5.5 hours on the way to the space station. They entered the station on Friday night, 5-5 - 2011.

Previously, the two cosmonauts to install high-speed data transmission equipment in the room called the Russian Zvezda service.

They also shut down and release the plasma injector device, and installed television cameras on a small study room on the ISS's MIM Russia.

Just to note, Kondratyev and Skripochka wearing Russian spacesuits new property named Orlan-MK equipped with a digital computer during a mission.

"Exploring space is a big and important events in a space mission ISS, therefore preparation for this special attention from the earth station," Kondratyev said.

Years of service that has been orbiting ISS for ten years will end in 2015 but this time the members of the program which consists of Canada, the European Union, Japan, Russia, and the United States is negotiating an attempt to extend the operating life until 2020.

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