Soyuz TMA-02M

Mission emblem
Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz TMA-02M
COSPAR-ID :	2011-023A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-STMA-Z ( GRAY index   11F747) serial number 702
Launcher:	Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign:	Эридан (" Eridanus ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	June 7, 2011, 20:12 UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 1/5
Space station:	ISS
Docking place:	Rasswet
Coupling:	June 9, 2011 21:18 UTC
Decoupling:	November 21, 2011, 23:00 UTC
Duration on the ISS :	165d 1h 42min
Landing:	November 22, 2011, 2:25 UTC
Landing place:	90 km north of Arkalyk , Kazakhstan 51 ° 3 ′  N , 67 ° 11 ′  E
Flight duration:	167d 6h 13min
Earth orbits:	2614
Team photo
Michael Fossum, Sergei Volkov, Satoshi Furukawa
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Soyuz TMA-21 (manned) Soyuz TMA-22 (manned)

Soyuz TMA-02M is a mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-27S. It was the 27th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 133rd flight in the Soyuz program. For the second time the further developed Soyuz spaceship with digital control technology was used, which can be operated by just one spaceman.

crew

Main crew

• Sergei Alexandrowitsch Volkov (2nd space flight), commander, ( Russia / Roscosmos )
• Michael Edward Fossum (3rd space flight), flight engineer, ( USA / NASA )
• Satoshi Furukawa (1st spaceflight), flight engineer, ( Japan / JAXA )

Substitute team

• Oleg Kononenko (2nd space flight), commander, (Russia / Roscosmos)
• Donald Pettit (3rd space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)
• André Kuipers (2nd spaceflight), flight engineer, ( Netherlands / ESA )

Mission history

The mission brought three crew members from ISS Expeditions 28 and 29 to the International Space Station. The Soyuz spaceship replaced the Soyuz TMA-20 as an escape pod.

See also

• List of Soyuz missions
• List of manned space flights

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-02M  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Soyuz TMA-02M at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz TMA-02M on the Russian Space Web
• Soyuz TMA-02M at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz TMA-02M in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Soyuz TMA-02M in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)

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1. ↑ rka statistics - Soyuz program
2. ↑ Позывные экипажей советских / российских космических кораблей. astronaut.ru, October 31, 2010, accessed November 9, 2010 (Russian). 
3. ↑ ISS On-Orbit Status 06/08/11. NASA , June 8, 2011, accessed September 28, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Ralf Möllenbeck: Soyuz-TMA 02M reaches the ISS. Raumfahrer.net, June 10, 2011, accessed June 13, 2011 .