Soyuz TMA-06M

Mission emblem
Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz TMA-06M
COSPAR-ID :	2012-058A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-STMA-Z ( GRAU index  11F747) serial number 707
Launcher:	Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign:	Казбек ( " Kazbek ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	October 23, 2012, 10:51 UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 31/6
Space station:	ISS
Docking place:	Poisk
Coupling:	October 25, 2012, 12:29 UTC
Decoupling:	March 15, 2013, 23:43 UTC
Duration on the ISS :	141d 11h 14min
Landing:	March 16, 2013, 03:06 UTC
Landing place:	64 km NE of Arkalyk , Kazakhstan 50 ° 45 ′  N , 67 ° 21 ′  E
Flight duration:	143d 16h 15min
Team photo
Kevin Ford, Oleg Nowitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin
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Soyuz TMA-05M (manned) Soyuz TMA-07M (manned)

Soyuz TMA-06M is a mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station . As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-32S. It was the 32nd visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 138th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Main crew

• Oleg Wiktorowitsch Novizki (1st space flight), Commander, ( Russia / Roscosmos )
• Evgeni Igorewitsch Tarelkin (1st space flight), flight engineer, (Russia / Roscosmos)
• Kevin Anthony Ford (2nd space flight), flight engineer, ( USA / NASA )

Substitute team

• Pawel Wladimirowitsch Vinogradow (3rd space flight), Commander, (Russia / Roscosmos)
• Alexander Alexandrowitsch Missurkin (1st space flight), flight engineer, (Russia / Roscosmos)
• Christopher John Cassidy (2nd space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)

Mission description

The mission brought three crew members from ISS expeditions 33 and 34 to the International Space Station. The Soyuz spaceship replaced the Soyuz TMA-04M as an escape pod . The landing had to be postponed by 24 hours due to bad weather and took place on March 16, 2013.

See also

• List of Soyuz missions
• List of manned space flights

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-06M  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Soyuz TMA-06M at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz TMA-06M on the Russian Space Web
• Soyuz TMA-06M at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz TMA-06M in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Soyuz TMA-06M in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Позывные экипажей советских / российских космических кораблей. astronaut.ru, June 10, 2012, accessed June 29, 2012 (Russian). 
2. ↑ ISS On-Orbit Status 10/23/12. NASA , October 23, 2012, accessed September 28, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru, March 13, 2012, accessed March 23, 2012 (Russian). 
4. ^ Günther Glatzel: Crew of Soyuz-TMA 06M landed. raumfahrer.net, March 16, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2013 .