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Topic: Danmarks Tekniske Museum: Soyuz TMA-18M
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Solarplexus
Member Posts: 107
From: Norway
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 05-10-2018 12:14 PM
  
The Danish Museum of Science & Technology has purchased the Soyuz TMA-18M descent capsule that Denmark's first astronaut Andreas Mogensen launched to space aboard on Sept. 2, 2015, and that returned to Earth in March 2016 with the International Space Station's first "yearlong" crew, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. So it's an almost legendary object. The capsule was purchased for millions of dollars. And the Russian space agency has just declared that they do not sell more space capsules.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-11-2018 01:00 PM
collectSPACE Soyuz spacecraft that flew first Dane, first yearlong ISS crew on display in DenmarkThe Russian spacecraft that launched the first Dane into space and returned the first crew to spend a year aboard the International Space Station has landed on display in Denmark. The Soyuz TMA-18M descent capsule debuted on exhibit at the Danmarks Tekniske Museum, or Danish Museum of Science & Technology, in Helsingør, Denmark on Tuesday (May 8). The gumdrop-shaped spaceship orbited Earth for nearly 182 days from Sep. 2, 2015 through March 2, 2016.  |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-12-2018 02:42 AM
Might want to correct the thread's title. I don't know what Danmark is!  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-12-2018 03:44 AM
"Danmarks Tekniske Museum" is the name of the museum in Danish. In English, it is the Danish Museum of Science & Technology. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-12-2018 10:32 AM
Oooooooops! |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1618
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 05-13-2018 07:02 PM
So does that mean that most of the Soyuz returning will end up in the flown Soyuz graveyard? One would think selling these would benefit the Russian Space Agency. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-13-2018 07:27 PM
The aerospace company RSC Energia retains ownership of the Soyuz spacecraft. The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos (which itself is a corporation after a restructuring a few years ago) does not benefit from the sale of the spacecraft.That said, what isn't yet clear is if the decision to cease sales was something that Energia itself made, or if was ordered by the Russian government — assuming there was a decision at all and this is not misreported by Danish media. |
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