Soyuz TMA-12M

Mission emblem

Mission dates

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-12M

Spacecraft:

Soyuz 7K-STMA-Z ( GRAU index 11F747)
serial number 712

Launcher:

Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)

Call sign:

Утёс (" rock ")

Crew:

3

Begin:

March 25, 2014, 21:17 UTC

Starting place:

Baikonur 1/5

Space station:

ISS

Docking place:

Poisk

Coupling:

March 27, 2014, 23:53 UTC

Decoupling:

September 10, 2014, 23:01 UTC

Duration on the ISS :

166d, 23h, 08min

Landing:

September 11, 2014, 02:23 UTC

Landing place:

149 km SE of Scheskasgan , Kazakhstan
47 ° 19 ′ N , 69 ° 33 ′ E

Flight duration:

169d 05h 06min

Earth orbits:

2626

Team photo

Steven Swanson, Alexander Skworzow, Oleg Artemjew

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Soyuz TMA-11M
(manned)

Soyuz TMA-13M
(manned)

Soyuz TMA-12M 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-38S. It was the 38th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 144th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Main crew

Alexander Alexandrowitsch Skworzow (2nd space flight), commander, ( Russia / Roscosmos )
Oleg Germanowitsch Artemjew (1st space flight), flight engineer, (Russia / Roskosmos)
Steven Ray Swanson (3rd space flight), flight engineer, ( USA / NASA )

Substitute team

Alexander Michailowitsch Samokutjajew (2nd space flight), Commander, (Russia / Roscosmos)
Jelena Olegowna Serowa (1st space flight), flight engineer, (Russia / Roskosmos)
Barry Eugene Wilmore (2nd spaceflight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)

Mission description

The mission brought three crew members from ISS expeditions 39 and 40 to the International Space Station.

Soyuz TMA-12M was scheduled to dock with the ISS in “express mode”, ie after six hours or four orbits around the earth. The first two engine ignitions required for this took place properly. The third ignition failed because of incorrect orbit data. The Russian flight controllers then opted for the conventional approach over a period of two days. The approach to the ISS, the coupling and the transfer of the space travelers then took place without any problems.

On September 10, 2014 at 23:01 UTC Soyuz TMA-12M undocked with Skworzow, Artemjew and Swanson on board. This marked the beginning of Expedition 41 on the ISS with Maxim Surajew as commander. The Deorbit Burn took place at 1:30 UTC on September 11th and brought the space capsule into the denser areas of the earth's atmosphere at 2:01 UTC . The landing then took place at 2:23 UTC 149 km southeast of Scheskasgan, punctually and precisely in the steppe of Kazakhstan .