Soyuz TMA-17

Soyuz TMA-17
Launch of TMA-17
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2009-074A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.36129
Mission duration164 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg Kotov
Timothy Creamer
Soichi Noguchi
CallsignPulsar [1]
Start of mission
Launch date20 December 2009, 21:52 UTC[2]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, site 1/5
End of mission
Landing date2 June 2010, 03:25 UTC
Landing siteSteppes of Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portZarya nadir
Docking date22 December 2009, 22:48 UTC
Undocking date12 May 2010, 13:26 UTC
Time docked140 days, 14 hours and 38 minutes
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZvezda
Docking date12 May 2010, 13:53 UTC
Undocking date2 June 2010, 00:04 UTC
Time docked20 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes

From left to right: Creamer, Kotov and Noguchi
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-17 crew members participated in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23. The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on 2 June 2010.

  1. ^ "Soyuz TMA-17: Redocking Plan (Mission from FGB Nadir Port to Zvezda Instrumentation Compartment)". Russian Federal Space Agency. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. ^ Yembrick, John; Byerly, Josh (20 December 2009). "Crew Lifts Off From Kazakhstan to Begin Science and Construction Work Aboard the International Space Station" (Press release). NASA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2009. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.