オリジナル英文URL：Expedition 48 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is raised vertical after it was rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, July 4, 2016. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of JAXA will launch to the International Space Station the evening of July 6 Eastern time.
Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Last Updated: July 6, 2016
Editor: Sarah Loff
第48次長期滞在クルー派遣用のソユーズが準備完了
ソユーズMS-01宇宙ロケットが、2016年7月4日月曜日にカザフスタンのバイコヌール宇宙基地まで運搬した鉄道から、発射台に垂直に据え付けられました。NASAの宇宙飛行士ケイト・ラビン、Roscosmosの宇宙飛行士アナトリー・イヴィアニシン、JAXAの宇宙飛行士大西卓哉さんが東部時間7月6日の夕方に国際宇宙ステーションに向かって出発します。
訳者注
いよいよ大西さんが宇宙ステーションに向かいます。
大西さんが参加する第48次長期滞在クルーの3名は以下の方々です。
Kate Rubins ：ケイト・ラビン（米国）
Anatoly Ivanishin ：アナトリー・イヴィアニシン（ロシア）
Takuya Onishi :大西卓哉（日本）
(From left) Expedition 48-49 crew members Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi pose for a group photograph following the crew press conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
（左から）第48-49次長期滞在クルーメンバーのケイト・ラビン、アナトリー・イヴィアニシン、大西卓哉さんが、カザフスタンのバイコヌールにある出発待機用のホテルでの記者会見で、写真撮影のためのポーズをとっているところです。
The Expedition 48 crew members will spend four months contributing to more than 250 experiments in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development.
この第48次長期滞在クルーは4か月間の間、国際宇宙ステーションに滞在し、250以上の植物や地球科学、人体調査、物理実験や技術開発などの様々な実験を執り行う予定です。
詳細なスケジュール
2016年7月6日（米国東部時間：EDT）
3:36 p.m. Crew departs hotel (L-6 hrs)
3:51 p.m. Batteries installed in booster (L-5 hrs, 45 min)
4:06 p.m. State Commission “Go” (L-5 hrs, 30 min)
4:21 p.m. Crew arrives at Bldg 254 / Final medical check-ups
4:36 p.m. Tanking begins (L-5 hrs)
5:06 p.m. Crew suit up (L-4 hrs, 30 min)
5:31 p.m. Booster loaded with liquid Oxygen (L-4 hrs, 5 min)
6:06 p.m. Crew greets family and friends (L-3 hrs, 30 min)
6:31 p.m. 1st and 2nd stage O2 fueling complete (L-3 hrs, 5 min)
6:36 p.m. Crew walkout (L-3 hrs)
6:41 p.m. Crew departs for pad – Site 1 (L-2 hrs, 55 min)
7:01 p.m. Crew arrives at launch pad – Site 1 (L-2 hrs, 35 min)
7:11 p.m. Crew boards Soyuz MS-01 (L-2 hr, 25 min)
7:36 p.m. Crew in re-entry vehicle (L-2 hrs)
8:01 p.m. Re-entry vehicle hardware tested/suits ventilated
8:16 p.m. Hatch closed; leak checks begin (L-1 hr, 20 min)
8:30 p.m. NASA TV: Launch coverage begins
8:36 p.m. Launch vehicle control system prep; gyros active (L-1 hr)
8:40 p.m. NASA TV: Crew pre-launch activities (B-roll)
8:51 p.m. Pad service structure components lowered (L-45 min)
8:52 p.m. Clamshell-like gantry service towers retracted
8:59 p.m. Suit leak checks; re-entry vehicle testing complete
9:02 p.m. Emergency escape system armed (L-34 min)
9:21 p.m. Suit leak checks complete; escape system to auto
9:26 p.m. Gyros “uncaged” and recorders activated (L-10 min)
9:29 p.m. Pre-launch operations complete (L-7 min)
9:30 p.m. Final launch countdown operations to auto (L-6 min)
Launch complex/vehicle systems ready
9:31 p.m. Commander’s controls active/helmets closed (L-5 min)
Launch key inserted
9:32 p.m. Combustion chamber nitrogen purge (L-4 min)
9:33 p.m. Booster propellant tank pressurization (drainback)
9:35 p.m. Ground propellant feed terminated (L-90 seconds)
9:35:41 p.m. Vehicle to internal power (L-60 seconds)
9:36:06 p.m. Auto sequence start (L-35 seconds)
First umbilical tower separates
9:36:11 p.m. 3rd stage ground power umbilical separates (L-30 sec)
9:36:26 p.m. Second umbilical tower separates (L-15 sec)
9:36:29 p.m. Launch command issued (L-12 sec)
Central/side pod engines start
9:36:31 p.m. Engine turbopumps at flight speed (L-10 sec)
9:36:36 p.m. Engines at maximum thrust (L-5 sec)
9:36:41 p.m. LAUNCH (1 hr, 28 min after sunrise)
ISS 254 miles up and above southern Cameroon near border with Equatorial Guinea
9:45:26 pm Orbital insertion (L+8 min, 45 sec)
2016年7月8日（米国東部時間：EDT）
11:30 p.m. NASA TV: Docking coverage begins
12:12 am Docking to MRM1 –“Rassvet”
2:30 a.m. NASA TV: Coverage resumes
2:50 a.m. Hatches scheduled to open
