"We shall individually be held responsible for doing one jot less than we have ability to do...But when we give ourselves wholly to God, and in our work follow His directions, He makes Himself responsible for its accomplishment. He would not have us conjecture as to the success of our honest endeavors. Not once should we even think of failure. We are to cooperate with One who knows no failure." ~Messages to Young People, p. 309

Friday, November 11, 2011

What Goes Up...Must Come Down (and more!!)

The Expedition 30 crew, expected to inhabit the International
Space Station on Christmas.

Due to a rocket failure this past August, the International Space Station will see more action than planned during the coming holidays.

Expedition 29 will come to full strength as Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin, and Dan Burbank rocket into the heavens this Sunday at 11:14pm, Eastern Standard Time. Docking to the International Space Station at 12:33am EST on November 16, 2011, there will be a five day period in which all six Expedition 29 crewmembers are in space. 


Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum will hand over command of the orbiting outpost to Dan Burbank on November 20, and thus Expedition 30 will begin. Fossum and his crewmates Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa will depart for the green hills of Earth on November 21, with an estimated landing time of 9:25pm EST. 


Burbank, Shkaplerov, and Ivanishin will remain alone on the space station until late December, when Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers, and Don Pettit will blast off from Kazakstan on December 21, reaching the International Space Station in time to celebrate Christmas with their Expedition 30 colleagues. 


More information about launch, docking, and landing times will be posted as they become available. Don't miss out on any of the action this season--watch it all on NASA TV!

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