Soyuz TMA-19

Mission emblem
Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz TMA-19
COSPAR-ID :	2010-029A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-STA ( GRAY index  11F732) serial number 229
Launcher:	Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign:	Олимп (" Olympus ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	June 15, 2010, 21:35 UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 1/5
Space station:	ISS
Docking place:	Zvezda , from June 28, 2010: Rassvet
Coupling:	June 17, 2010, 10:21 PM UTC
Decoupling:	November 26, 2010, 01:23 UTC
Duration on the ISS :	161d 3h 2min
Landing:	November 26, 2010, 04:46 UTC
Landing place:	85 km north of Arkalyk (Kazakhstan) 50 ° 57 ′  N , 67 ° 13 ′  E
Flight duration:	163d 7h 11min
Team photo
v. l. To the right: Douglas Wheelock, Fyodor Jurtschichin, Shannon Walker
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Soyuz TMA-18 (manned) Soyuz TMA-01M (manned)

Soyuz TMA-19 is a mission name for the flight of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz to the International Space Station (ISS) . As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-23S. It was the 23rd visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS, the 100th flight to the ISS overall and the 129th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Main crew

• Fyodor Nikolajewitsch Yurtschichin , (3rd space flight), Commander (Roskosmos / Russia)
• Shannon Walker (1st spaceflight), flight engineer (NASA / USA)
• Douglas Wheelock (2nd space flight), flight engineer (NASA / USA)

Replacement crew

• Dmitri Jurjewitsch Kondratjew , Commander (Roskosmos / Russia)
• Paolo Nespoli , board engineer (Esa / Italy)
• Catherine Grace Coleman , flight engineer (NASA / USA)

Mission overview

The launch took place on June 15, 2010 at 21:35 UTC . The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft docked automatically on June 17, 2010 at 22:21 UTC with three crew members from ISS expeditions 24 and 25 at the stern of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The Soyuz spacecraft replaces the Soyuz TMA-17 as an escape pod. On June 28, the crew moved the spaceship to its final berth at the new Rasswet module using the manual flight procedure .

On November 26, 2010 at 1:23 UTC, Soyuz TMA-19 undocked with Yurchichin, Wheelock and Walker on board. This marked the start of Expedition 26 on the ISS with Scott Kelly as commander. The brake ignition was initiated at 3:55 UTC. After a normal descent, the crew capsule landed in the Kazakh steppe near Arkalyk at around 4:46 a.m. UTC .

See also

• List of manned space flights
• List of spacemen

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-19  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Soyuz TMA-19 at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz TMA-19 on the Russian Space Web
• Soyuz TMA-19 at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz TMA-19 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Soyuz TMA-19 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Позывные экипажей советских / российских космических кораблей. astronaut.ru, October 31, 2010, accessed November 9, 2010 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Soyuz TMA-19 takes off. Raumfahrer.net, June 15, 2010, accessed June 18, 2010 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Soyuz TMA-19 Relocation. NASA , June 30, 2010, accessed October 2, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Expedition 24 complete. Raumfahrer.net, June 18, 2010, accessed June 18, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Katherine Trinidad, Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters: NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering. NASA, November 21, 2008, accessed November 21, 2008 . 
6. ^ Expedition 24 Prelaunch Preparations. NASA, June 7, 2010, accessed June 17, 2010 . 
7. ↑ Roscosmos News: Fiodor Yurchikhin, Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock Returned to the Earth ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )