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Volkov, Sergei Aleksandrovich

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Volkov Sergey Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1997-2017. Born: 1973-04-01. Spaceflights: 3 . Total time in space: 547.93 days. Birth Place: Chuguyev.

Graduated from Tambov Marina Raskova Higher Military School of Pilots, 1995. Captain, Military Transport Aviation. Cosmonaut training completed November 19, 1999.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:VOLKOV, SERGEY ALEXANDROVICH
(cOLONEL, rUSSIAN aIR fORCE)
SOYUZ TMA-M COMMANDER
ISS FLIGHT ENGINEER
INSTRUCTOR-test-cosmonaut OF yU.a. gagarin cosmonaut training center, russia
472ND wORLD sPACE eXPLORER, 101ST cosmonaut of the russian federation

PERSONAL DATA: Born April 1, 1973, in Chuguyev, Kharkov Region, Ukraine. Married to Natalia Volkova (Shinkarenko). They have one son, Egor, born in 2001. His hobbies include sport games, tennis, windsurfing, reading, museums.

EDUCATION: After graduation from Star City High School in 1990 Volkov entered the Tambov Air Force Pilot School named after M. Raskova from which he graduated in 1995 as a pilot-engineer.

AWARDS: Hero of the Russian Federation (2009), Air Force medals.

EXPERIENCE: After graduation from the pilot school he served as second commander in the Air Force. He flew L-29, L-39, IL-22, IL-76 and Tu-134 aircraft. Volkov has logged over 500 hours of flight time. He is a Class 3 Air Force pilot and SCUBA diver

SPACEFLIGHT TRAINING: Volkov was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December of 1997. He finished basic space training in November 1999, and was qualified as a test-cosmonaut. Since January 2000 he completed advanced training with a group of cosmonauts.

From September 2001 – February 2003 Volkov completed training as a Soyuz commander and ISS pilot of the ISS 7 backup crew. From April 2004 to February 2005 he trained as ISS-11 prime crewmember for a shuttle launch (STS-121). From January 2005 to February 2006 Volkov was assigned to the ISS cosmonaut pool. From February to April 2006 Volkov trained as an ISS 13/Soyuz 10 visiting crew backup crewmember, and he backed up the space flight participant of that mission.

From May 2006 to April 2008 Volkov trained as an ISS 17 prime crew commander and Soyuz TMA commander. From December 2009 he has been training as a Soyuz TMA-M commander and ISS flight engineer in the ISS-25/26 backup crew.

SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Volkov performed his first spaceflight April, 8 – October 24, 2008 as Soyuz TMA-12 commander and ISS commander. During this flight JEM PM of the Kibo module and the JEMRMS manipulator were installed, and ATV-001 “Jules Verne” operations took place for the first time. Volkov logged 12 hours 15 minutes of EVA time in two spacewalks and logged a total of 199 days in space.

SEPTEMBER 2010

• Birth of Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov - . Nation: Ukraine. Related Persons: Volkov, Sergey. Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut 1997-2017. 547 cumulative days in space. Son of cosmonaut Aleksandr Volkov. 3 spaceflights, 547.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-12 (2008), Soyuz TMA-02M, Soyuz TMA-18M..

• Russian Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 12 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kondratiyev, Lonchakov, Moshkin, Romanenko, Roman, Skvortsov, Aleksandr, Surayev, Valkov, Volkov, Sergey.

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/08/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Our good partners did it again: Soyuz TMA-12 (16S) launched flawlessly this morning on time at 7:16:39am EDT.. Additional Details: here....

• Soyuz TMA-12 - . Call Sign: Eridanus. Crew: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey, Yi Soyeon. Return Crew: Garriott, Richard, Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 222. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Garriott, Richard, Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey, Yi Soyeon. Agency: RKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 198.54 days. Decay Date: 2008-04-19 08:29:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 32756 . COSPAR: 2008-015A. Apogee: 343 km (213 mi). Perigee: 336 km (208 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.30 min.

  Launched the EO-17 long-duration crew to replace the EO-16 crew. The commander was the son of cosmonaut Aleksandr Volkov. Also aboard was Oleg Kononenko (no relation to the 1970's Buran pilot of the same name) and Korean astronaut Yi Soyeon. Soyuz TMA-12 docked at the Pirs module of the International Space Station on 2008 Apr 10 at 12:57 GMT on 10 April. Volkov and Kononenko stayed aboard as the EO-17 long duration crew. Yi returned to earth with the EO-16 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-11. Soyuz TMA-12 undocked on 24 October at 00:16 GMT with the EO-17 crew of Kononenko and Volkov, plus space tourist Richard Garriott, aboard. They landed safely at 03:37 GMT.

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/09/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  Soyuz TMA-12/16S, with Expedition 17 crewmembers CDR Sergei Alexandrovich Volkov (CDR) and Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko (FE-1), plus Korean SFP (Spaceflight Participant) So-Yeon Yi, 14th Visiting Crewmember (VC) to spend time on the station, continues to catch up with the ISS for the docking tomorrow morning at ~9:02am EDT. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/10/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. The ISS crew's work/sleep cycle shifted this morning, from wakeup at 2:00am to 5:00am EDT (sleeptime tonight at 9:30pm, from 5:30pm).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/11/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Day 2 of joint E16/E17 operations.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/12/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11. Day 3 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/13/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Day 4 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/14/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Day 5 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/15/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Kotov, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Day 6 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/16/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Day 7 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/17/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Garan, Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Day 8 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/18/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Day 9 of joint E16/E17 operations by CDR-16 Peggy Whitson, FE-1-16 Yuri Malenchenko, FE-2-17 Garrett Reisman, CDR-17 Sergei Volkov, FE-1-17 Oleg Kononenko and SFP/VC14 So-Yeon Yi.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/19/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11. Day 192 in space for Peggy and Yuri (190 days onboard ISS).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/20/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Drew, Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Ahead: Week 1 of Increment 17 (with CDR Sergei Volkov, FE-1 Oleg Kononenko, FE-2 Garrett Reisman).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/21/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Underway: Week 1 of Increment 17 (with CDR Sergei Volkov, FE-1 Oleg Kononenko, FE-2 Garrett Reisman).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/22/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  FE-1 Kononenko performed major periodic replacements on the SM(Service Module)'s ASU toilet facility, changing out replaceable parts with new components, such as a sensor unit (A8A-9060), two receptacles (PR and MP), four hoses, a T-connector, an elbow fitting, an indicator, a filter insert (F-V), and the pretreat container (E-K) with its hose. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/23/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10.

  Before breakfast, CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman began their workday with the periodic session of the Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement and PZEh-MO-8/Body Mass Measurement (first for CDR and FE-1, second for FE-2), using the IM mass measurement device which Oleg Kononenko afterwards broke down for stowage. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/24/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  Before breakfast and exercise, CDR Volkov and FE-1 Kononenko completed their first session with the periodic Russian MedOps test "Hematokrit" (MO-10), which measures the red cell count of the blood, with FE-2 Reisman acting as CMO (Crew Medical Officer, Russian: Examiner). Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/25/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Tani, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-124.

  FE-2 Reisman continued his support of the experiment CSLM-2 (Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures 2) in the MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox), today concluding the processing of SPU-8 (Sample Processing Unit 8), transferring the data from the ECU (Electronics Control Unit) to the MSG laptop, then removing SPU-8 from the WV (Work Volume) and installing SPU-7 for the next run. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/26/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16. Saturday - half-day off for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/27/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Sunday - crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/28/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Underway: Week 2 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/29/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16. CDR Volkov worked a major IFM (Inflight Maintenance) in replacing the compressor unit of the Russian SKV-2 air conditioner with a spare, after first verifying deactivation of SKV-2 and the associated NOK-2 condensate evacuation pump.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 04/30/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  Upon wake-up, FE-1 Kononenko terminated his first MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session, started last night, by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/01/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Russian holiday: Spring and Labor Day.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/02/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  CDR Sergey Volkov conducted the periodic auditing and restocking of the Russian SSVP (Docking and Internal Transfer System) accessory kits, located in the Soyuz BO (Orbital Compartment), FGB GA (Pressurized Adapter), FGB PGO (Instrumentation Cargo Compartment), Service Module PrK (SM Transfer Compartment), and DC1 (Docking Compartment). Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/03/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Saturday - half-day off for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/04/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Sunday - crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/05/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Tani, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Underway: Week 3 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/06/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Tani, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-124. Using the RSE1 laptop, CDR Volkov and FE-1 Kononenko spent three more hours on their test program with the new KPT-2 BAR-RM payload equipment begun yesterday.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/07/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. FE-1 Kononenko completed the periodic servicing of the active Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System) by starting the "bake-out" cycle to vacuum on absorbent bed #1 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/08/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  Hint: watch tonight's 'The Colbert Report' on Comedy Central, at 11:30pm EDT! Before breakfast, CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman began their workday with the periodic session of the Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement (second for CDR and FE-1, third for FE-2. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/09/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16. Off-duty holiday for the crew: Russia's Victory Day, one of the most sacred national holidays for the Russian people, commemorating the dozens of millions of their countrymen fallen in the Great Patriotic War (World War II).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/10/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16. Saturday - day off for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/11/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Sunday - crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/12/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Fossum, Garan, Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Underway: Week 4 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/13/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-122, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  From the US voluntary 'job jar' task list, after wakeup and before breakfast, FE-2 Reisman downloaded the SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data from his Actiwatch to the HRF-1 (Human Research Facility 1) laptop. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/14/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Kotov, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  For the US Sleep study, currently on his voluntary 'job jar' task list, FE-2 Garrett Reisman downloaded the SLEEP (Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure during Spaceflight) experiment data after wakeup and before breakfast from his Actiwatch to the HRF-1 (Human Research Facility 1) laptop. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/15/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-122, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Progress M-64/29P launched nominally yesterday at Baikonur at 4:22:56pm EDT, when ISS was leading with 152 deg phase angle.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/16/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  Yest kasaniye! Progress M-64 (29P), approaching from below the station, docked smoothly at the FGB nadir port at 5:39pm EDT, followed by docking probe retraction and hook closure ('sborka') after motion damp-out, while the ISS was in LVLH (local vertical/local horizontal) attitude. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/17/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Saturday - light duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/18/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Sunday - crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/19/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Crew off-duty day. Underway: Week 5 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/20/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. CDR Volkov and FE-1 Kononenko had several hours between them for Progress 29P unloading and cargo transfers, while logging movements in the IMS (Inventory Management System).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/21/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Tani, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Oleg Kononenko initiated the transfer of the potable water supplies brought up by Progress M-64 to the Service Module (SM)'s Rodnik water tanks (BV1, BV2).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/22/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. CDR Volkov conducted the periodic servicing of the active Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System) by starting the "bake-out" cycle to vacuum on absorbent bed #1 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/23/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  Before breakfast, CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman began their workday with the periodic session of the Russian biomedical routine assessments PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement and PZEh-MO-8/Body Mass Measurement (second for CDR and FE-1, third for FE-2), using the IM mass measurement device which Oleg Kononenko afterwards broke down for stowage. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/24/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16. Saturday - off-duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/25/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Sunday - crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/26/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. US Holiday: Memorial Day.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/27/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. FE-2 Garrett Reisman continued activities in the COL (Columbus Orbital Laboratory), today replacing a failed locking actuator on BLB (Biolab) and taking detailed photos of the bellows and shutter above rotor A.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/28/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Kotov, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  For the long-term Russian sleep study, FE-1 Oleg Kononenko terminated his third MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session upon wake-up by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/29/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Ham, Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124.

  Upon wake-up, CDR Sergey Volkov terminated his third MBI-12 SONOKARD experiment session for the long-term Russian sleep study, by taking the recording device from his SONOKARD sports shirt pocket and later copying the measurements to the RSE-MED laptop for subsequent downlink to the ground. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/30/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Drew, Fossum, Garan, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. FE-2 Reisman conducted 'Week 6' sampling of potable water for chemical and microbial analysis from the SVO-ZV tap and two SRV-K taps, the latter after preliminary heating of the water (four heating cycles) and flushing.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 05/31/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Love, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Saturday - a light-duty but long day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/01/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Sunday - a busy pre-docking day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Reisman.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/02/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Underway: Week 7 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/03/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Hoshide, Kononenko, Love, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Flight Day 4 (FD4) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/04/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Kotov, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, STS-124. Flight Day 5 (FD5) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/05/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Flight Day 6 (FD6) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/06/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Morgan, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Flight Day 7 (FD7) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/07/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Love, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Saturday -- Flight Day 8 (FD8) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/08/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Garan, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Sunday -- Flight Day 9 (FD9) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/09/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fossum, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Flight Day 10 (FD10) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/10/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Drew, Ham, Hoshide, Kelly, Mark, Kononenko, Nyberg, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Flight Day 11 (FD11) of STS-124/1J.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/11/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. ISS and STS-124/Discovery are flying in separate orbits again.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/12/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-123 ISS EO-16. First day alone for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/13/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Before breakfast, CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff began their workday with the periodic session of the Russian biomedical routine assessment PZEh-MO-7/Calf Volume Measurement (third for CDR and FE-1, first for FE-2).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/14/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. Saturday - off-duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/15/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Sunday -- off-duty for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/16/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Today 45 years ago (June 16, 1963), Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova became the first woman to orbit the earth.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/17/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Major focus for CDR Volkov and FE-1 Kononenko today was on Orlan spacesuit activities in the DC1 'Pirs' Docking Compartment, to extend for the next several days.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/18/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14. Today 25 years ago (June 18, 1983), Sally K. Ride became the first US woman to orbit the Earth.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/19/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Small sleep cycle shift: The crew goes to sleep half an hour earlier tonight for a 30-min earlier wakeup tomorrow morning in support of the Orlan training exercise, enabling suit telemetry over RGS (Russian Groundsites).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/20/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Tani, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-120 ISS EO-16. Crew wake-up was half an hour earlier (1:30am EDT) for the Orlan training exercise, enabling suit telemetry over RGS (Russian Groundsites).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/21/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Simonyi, Volkov, Sergey, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-123. Saturday - lightened-duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/22/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Simonyi, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-12, STS-124. Sunday -- off-duty for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/23/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Nyberg, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-124. Underway: Week 10 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/24/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Tani, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Before breakfast and exercise, all crewmembers completed a 10-min session with the periodic Russian MedOps test "Hematokrit" (MO-10), which measures the red cell count of the blood, with CDR Volkov acting as CMO (Crew Medical Officer, Russian: Examiner).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/25/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-124. Crew sleep cycle shift: After wake-up at the regular 2:00am EDT this morning, the crew will begin their sleeptime at 2:30pm.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/26/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Nyberg, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122, STS-124. Today at ~9:55am EDT, the ISS (specifically its FGB module) completed 55,000 orbits of the Earth, having covered a distance of 2.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/27/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Nyberg, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12, STS-122. Half-day rest for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/28/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Saturday - off duty for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/29/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Sunday -- off-duty for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko and FE-2 Chamitoff.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 06/30/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Underway: Week 11 of Increment 17.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 07/01/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Today 46 years ago (7/1/62), Cape Canaveral, FL was established as NASA's Launch Operations Center, under its first director, Dr. Kurt Debus.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 07/02/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Crew Sleep Cycle: Wake/sleep cycle remains right-shifted (5:30am - 9:00pm EDT).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 07/03/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Crew Sleep Cycle: Wake/sleep cycle remains right-shifted (5:30am - 9:00pm EDT).. Additional Details: here....

• EVA ISS EO-17-1 - . Crew: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12.

  Inspected the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft in an attempt to determine the reason for the failure of the service module to separate on earlier missions, removed a pyrotechnic bolt from the struts connecting the service and reentry modules of the Soyuz for examination on earth, and installed a docking target for the future Russian Multipurpose Research Module.

• EVA ISS EO-17-2 - . Crew: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Installed a docking target on the Zvezda service module and the Vsplesk experiment. Straightened a ham radio antenna and retrieved a Biorisk cannister..

• Soyuz TMA-01M - . Call Sign: Ingul. Crew: Kaleri, Kelly, Scott, Skripochka. Backup Crew: Garan, Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 701. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-01M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 159.78 days. Decay Date: 2011-03-16 . USAF Sat Cat: 37183 . COSPAR: 2010-052A. Apogee: 355 km (220 mi). Perigee: 350 km (210 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.60 min. ISS EO-25 crew. The Soyuz docked at the Poisk module of the ISS at 00:01 GMT on 10 October. The crew entered the spacecraft and undocked at 04:27 GMT on 16 March 2011. Following retrofire and re-entry they landed safely in Kazakhstan at 07:53 GMT..

• Soyuz TMA-02M - . Call Sign: Eridanus. Crew: Fossum, Furukawa, Volkov, Sergey. Backup Crew: Kononenko, Kuipers, Pettit. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 702. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-02M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 167.26 days. Decay Date: 2011-11-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 37633 . COSPAR: 2011-023A. Apogee: 403 km (250 mi). Perigee: 374 km (232 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.30 min. Carried the EO-28 crew to the station. Docked with the ISS at the Rassvet on 9 June at 21:18 GMT. Undocked from the same port on 21 November at 23:00 GMT, followed by landing of the crew in Kazakhstan at 02:26 GMT on 22 November..

• EVA ISS EO-27-1 - . Crew: Samokutyayev, Volkov, Sergey. EVA Duration: 0.27 days. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-02M, Soyuz TMA-21.

  Cosmonauts Volkov and Samokutyaev, in Orlan suits, entered space from the Pirs module. They deployed the RadioSkaf-V amateur radio satellite and installed the BTLS-N lasercom terminal on the Zvezda module and the Biorisk-MSN exposure package outside the Pirs module.

• Soyuz TMA-16M - . Call Sign: Altair. Crew: Kelly, Scott, Korniyenko, Padalka. Backup Crew: Ovchinin, Volkov, Sergey, Williams, Jeffrey. Return Crew: Aimbetov, Mogensen, Padalka. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 716. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-16M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 168.21 days. Decay Date: 2015-04-05 . USAF Sat Cat: 40540 . COSPAR: 2015-016A. Apogee: 213 km (132 mi). Perigee: 198 km (123 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.

  Docked with the Poisk module of the ISS at 5 hours 50 minutes after launch. Padalka was the commander, and Kelly and Kornienko were part of a long-duration crew that would spend nearly a year aboard the space station. On 28 August Padalka, Kelly and Kornienko flew Soyuz TMA-16M from the Poisk to Zvezda docking ports. Undocking from Poisk was at 07:12 GMT and docking with Zvezda was at 07:30 GMT. This freed the Poisk port for the TMA-18M arrival, and freed Zvezda for a refuelling spacecraft once TMA-16M returned to Earth. ISS EO- 44 concluded when Soyuz TMA-16M undocked from the Zvezda aft port at 21:29 GMT on 11 September, carrying Expedition 44 commander Padalka and EP-18 visiting crew members Mogensen and Aimbetov. Soyuz TMA-16M landed in Kazakhstan at 00:51:36 GMT on 12 September.

• Soyuz TMA-18M - . Call Sign: Eridanus. Crew: Aimbetov, Mogensen, Volkov, Sergey. Backup Crew: Skripochka, Pesquet, Prokopyev. Return Crew: Volkov, Sergey, Kelly, Scott, Korniyenko. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 718. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-18M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 181.99 days. Decay Date: 2016-03-02 04:25:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 40885 . COSPAR: 2015-043A. Apogee: 406 km (252 mi). Perigee: 398 km (247 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.60 min.

  Docked with ISS at the Poisk port at 07:39 GMT on 4 September. On Mar 2 at 0102 UTC Volkov, Kornienko and Kelly, aboard Soyuz TMA-18M, undocked from the Poisk module, concluding Expedition 46. Tim Kopra then became commander of Expedition 47, with flight engineers Yuriy Malenchenko and Tim Peake. Soyuz TMA-18M made the deorbit burn at 0332 UTC and landed in Kazakhstan at 0426 UTC. Soyuz commander Volkov had spent six months in space, while Kornienko and Kelly completed 340d 8h 21min in space, or about 0.93 years.

• EVA ISS VKD-42 - . Crew: Malenchenko, Volkov, Sergey. EVA Duration: 0.20 days. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS.

  Astronauts Malenchenko and Volkov carried out spacewalk VKD-42 from the Pirs module. The hatch was opened at 1255 UTC and closed at 1740 UTC. They retrieved the EXPOSE-R2 and SKK 2-M2 materials exposure experiments and installed SKK 3-M2 and two Vinoslivost panels. They also jettisoned a small package consisting of a bag of towels attached to a commemorative flash drive with videos about World War II to celebrate the 70th anniversary of 'Victory Day'. The inert package will reenter in a few days or weeks.