Soyuz TMA-10

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Mission emblem
Soyuz TMA-10 emblem
Mission dates
Mission: Soyuz TMA-10
COSPAR-ID : 2007-008A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-STA ( GRAY index  11F732)
serial number 220
Launcher: Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign: Пульсар (" pulsar ")
Crew: 3
Begin: April 7, 2007, 17:31:14 UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: ISS
Coupling: April 9, 2007, 19:10 UTC
Decoupling: October 21, 2007, 7:14 UTC
Duration on the ISS : 194d 12h 04min
Landing: October 21, 2007, 10:35:49 UTC
Landing place: 340 km west of Arqalyq
Flight duration: 196d 17h 04min 35s
Rotation time : 91.3 min
Apogee : 345
Perigee : 330
Team photo
v. l. No. Charles Simonyi, Oleg Kotow and Fyodor Jurtschichin
v. l. No. Charles Simonyi, Oleg Kotow and Fyodor Jurtschichin
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TMA-9
(manned) 		Soyuz TMA-11
(manned)

Soyuz TMA-10 is the 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-14S . It was the 14th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 120th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

Since Yurchikhin made his first space flight with the space shuttle , Soyuz TMA-10 is the first flight since Soyuz 7 in 1969, in which all three space travelers take off for the first time with a Soyuz spacecraft.

Substitute team

Return crew

  • Oleg Valerjewitsch Kotow (1st space flight), Commander (Roskosmos / Russia)
  • Fjodor Nikolajewitsch Yurtschichin (2nd space flight), flight engineer (Roskosmos / Russia)
  • Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor ( Malaysia ) (1st space flight), science spaceman , first Malay " Angkasawan "MalaysiaMalaysia 

Mission overview

This mission brought the 15th long-term crew to the International Space Station and replaced the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft as a rescue vehicle. The space tourist Anousheh Ansari was originally intended for this flight. However, after being preferred to Soyuz TMA-9, Charles Simonyi took third place alongside Yurchichin and Kotow.

After the crew of ISS Expedition 16 flew to the ISS with Soyuz TMA-11 together with the first Malaysian spaceman Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor , the 15th expedition returned with the spaceship with which they had started to the International Space Station. During the return flight, there were initially unexplained deviations during re-entry, so that the on-board computer guided the capsule on a ballistic trajectory and the space travelers were thus exposed to higher accelerations (8.6 g ) when entering the atmosphere . Nevertheless, all three space travelers were fine after landing. After the Soyuz TMA-11 also suffered a ballistic landing, the probable primary cause of the error was found to be a structural problem in the separating device between the landing and drive module .

See also

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-10  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RIA Novosti: Malaysia names the country's first cosmonaut and his double
  2. ^ RIA Novosti: ISS crew happy about the outcome of the risky landing
  3. ↑ RIA Novosti: ISS crew returned to earth in a glowing capsule
  4. ↑ spaceflightnow.com: Soyuz capsule makes 'ballistic' descent to Earth (English)
  5. ↑ William Harwwod: Possible Soyuz separation trouble under scrutiny. Spaceflightnow.com, April 22, 2008, accessed May 20, 2008 .