May 3, 2008

More Than Your Regular Ride Home From Space

Astronaut calls landing 'one big hit and a roll', CNN

"From inside the capsule I had no perspective that we actually had bounced, it was just one big hit and a roll," Whitson said Friday in a telephone interview from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Soyuz astronaut recalls terrifying descent, Houston Chronicle

"I have no doubt we will get the best investigation possible," said Mike Suffredini, NASA's space station program manager."I think the best minds in Russia are working on this."


Posted by Keith Cowing at May 3, 2008 10:52 AM
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NASA PAO made a short audio recording of an interview with Peggy Whitson shortly after she landed. It is online at http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/04/post_landing_au.html

Posted by: Keith Cowing at May 3, 2008 1:03 PM

Editor's note; Um, hate to break it to you but this topic has been covered in depth - not only these malfunctions, but others as well. Jim Oberg has been watching this like hawk.

Posted by: Keith Cowing at May 3, 2008 5:25 PM
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