Soyuz TMA-02M
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Soyuz TMA-02M was a space mission that transported three members of the Expedition 28 crew to the International Space Station.[2] TMA-02M was the 110th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft (first launched 1967) and the second flight of the improved Soyuz-TMA-M series (first launched 7 October 2010). The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 28 increment to serve as a potential emergency escape vehicle.
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2011-023A |
SATCAT no. | 37633 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Sergey Volkov Satoshi Furukawa Michael E. Fossum |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 June 2011, 20:12 (2011-06-07UTC20:12Z) UTC[1][2] |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 22 November 2011, 02:26 (2011-11-22UTC02:27Z) UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | 9 June 2011 21:18 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 November 2011 23:00 UTC |
Time docked | 165d 1h 42m |
From left to right: Furukawa, Fossum and Volkov Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
The Soyuz spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 7 June 2011 at 20:12 UTC (8 June 2011, 02:12 local time).[4] Originally expected to dock with the International Space Station around 05:22 pm EDT on Thursday, 9 June 2011,[5][6] the Soyuz docked with the ISS at 5:18 pm EDT, four minutes ahead of schedule.[2] The spacecraft carried to the ISS a three-person crew (Sergey Volkov, Russia; Michael E. Fossum, U.S.; Satoshi Furukawa, Japan).[7] The crew landed in Kazakhstan at 02:26 UTC on 22 November 2011.[3]