For 58 years, Jeff Williams is not afraid to go back into space and he even set an ambitious goal. It intends to surpass the record of Scott Kelly with a quota of 534 days outside the planet Earth. Jeff Williams, 58, a grandfather of three grandchildren, and Russian cosmonauts
58 years, Jeff Williams is not afraid to go back into space and s’ even set an ambitious goal. It intends to surpass the record of Scott Kelly with a quota of 534 days outside the planet Earth.
Jeff Williams, 58, a grandfather of three grandchildren and Russian cosmonauts Oleg and Alexei Skripotchka Ovtchinine, took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:26 p.m. GMT.
“the Soyuz rocket took off successfully,” confirmed the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) in a statement, adding that the docking of the spacecraft to the ISS was scheduled for 3:11 GMT Saturday. After this stay, which should last about six months, his third in the ISS, Williams has spent a total of 534 days above the Earth.
He thus surpass the 520 days in the aggregate of its compatriot Scott Kelly, 52 who returned on March 1 of a mission of 340 days on board the ISS, a continuous record time in the station where he made four trips in total.
the absolute record remains held by Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, returned from his last mission in September 2015 after accumulated 879 days in space.
the purpose of NASA is always based on study of the human body
in preparation for a manned flight to Mars, NASA needs to know more information about the adaptation of the human body when it is in space. Initially, Scott Kelly was able to participate in this study for months and returned to Earth in the last few days before announcing that he was retiring now. An astronaut wants dethrone with a number of days spent in much larger space. It will therefore take the direction of the ISS with the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos.
Back on Earth, Jeff Williams hopes to break the record of Scott Kelly
The agency already shone in the last few days giving the kickoff of the 2016 ExoMars mission latter should reach the red planet by October and scrutinize in detail the atmosphere of Mars. The missions are therefore preparing for a manned and Jeff Williams will participate in this epic to the ISS. As was able to point Scott Kelly, a long vacation can be quite heavy. If all goes as planned, Jeff Williams should earn its return to Earth 534 days in space.
They will be six aboard the ISS
Jeff Williams colleagues will participate in a large study that will focus on the physiological effects, disorders of the musculoskeletal system that are caused by a stay in space. The agency now expects that the weather is favorable and if necessary Saturday, the three astronauts namely two Russians and an American take flight to the ISS. They will not be alone, as three astronauts already on board since 2015 namely Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Peake and Tim Kopra.
To study the physiological and psychological effects of long stays
the objective of the mission was to study the physiological and psychological effects of long stays in space for a manned mission to Mars. Twin brother Scott Kelly, Mark, a former astronaut, participated in this study.
The US space agency announced last week that Scott Kelly will retire on April 1, after a twenty-year career Nasa. He spent a total of 520 days in space during four visits in total in the ISS, the last of which lasted 340 days.
Shortly after returning to Earth on March 1, Scott Kelly s’ had complained of soreness throughout the body and had found it much more difficult to readjust to gravity on Earth but to adapt to microgravity in space.
Jeff Williams, married with two grown children, he will return to Earth in September.
“a lot of enthusiasm”
“I feel really ready to return to the ISS ( …) it is a great privilege “, said Jeff Williams, a native of Wisconsin (northern US), television Nasa.
this former driver, who was part of the ‘parachute team of the military academy at West Point (northeast US), in particular stayed in the ISS in 2006, when the station included only two modules.
“J ‘did the math recently and I think I’ve been in orbit on the ISS with 45 different people in total, “detailed Mr. Williams, promising to share his experience on social networks.
Since his arrival in Baikonur there about two weeks, he shared on Twitter several pictures and videos explaining the preparations for the launch of the Soyuz rocket and praising the “peaceful” Kazakh steppes.
“On launch day! There is some snow in the air and a lot of enthusiasm, “said he wrote Friday on Twitter, hours before take-off to the ISS. For its part, Ovtchinine Alexei told the press carry with him into space a pink stuffed owl, a toy of her daughter.
“My daughter loves owls, and she was kind enough give me this toy that will make me remember my family throughout the theft, “he told the official news agency TASS.
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