Soyuz TMA-11M

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Mission: Soyuz TMA-11M
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-STMA-Z ( GRAY index  11F747)
serial number 711
Launcher: Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign: Восток (Vostok - " East ")
Crew: 3
Begin: November 7, 2013, 04:14 UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: ISS
Docking place: Rasswet
Coupling: November 7, 2013, 10:27 UTC
Decoupling: May 13, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC
Duration on the ISS : 187d, 12h, 9min
Landing: May 14, 2014, 01:58 UTC
Landing place: 148 km SE of Scheskasgan , Kazakhstan
47 ° 21 '  N , 69 ° 31'  E
Flight duration: 187d, 21h, 44min
Earth orbits: 2916
Team photo
Kōichi Wakata, Michail Tjurin, Richard Mastracchio
Kōichi Wakata, Michail Tjurin, Richard Mastracchio
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Soyuz TMA-10M
(manned) 		Soyuz TMA-12M
(manned)

Soyuz TMA-11M is a mission name for the flight of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz to the International Space Station . As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-37S. It was the 37th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 143rd flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Main crew

Substitute team

Mission description

As has been customary since Soyuz TMA-08M , the spacecraft approached the ISS in just six hours and docked with the Rassvet mini research module at 10:27 UTC . On board was the torch that was to be used to light the Olympic flame on February 7, 2014 in Sochi . Soyuz TMA-11M took off while Soyuz TMA-09M was at the ISS so that the torch could be brought back to earth in time (still without fire) . For the first time since October 2009, three Soyuz spaceships were on the ISS at the same time.

Soyuz TMA-11M brought three crew members to the ISS who, after the departure of Soyuz TMA-09M, together with the crew members of Soyuz TMA-10M formed ISS Expedition 38 . After decoupling from Soyuz TMA-10M, the crew switched to ISS Expedition 39 , with Kōichi Wakata as commander.

On May 13, 2014 at 10:36 UTC Soyuz TMA-11M undocked with Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata on board. This marked the beginning of Expedition 40 on the ISS with Steven Swanson as commander. The landing then took place on May 14th at 1:58 UTC 148 km southeast of Scheskasgan at 20 degrees Celsius and a cloudless sky in the steppe of Kazakhstan .

See also

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-11M  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Harwood: Three-man station crew lifts off carrying Olympic torch. Spaceflight Now, November 7, 2013, accessed November 7, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Soyuz TMA-11M - Mission Updates. Spaceflight101, May 14, 2014, archived from the original on May 17, 2014 ; accessed on May 16, 2014 (English).