Expedition 12

Expedition 12
Promotional poster
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration187 days, 14 hours, 1 minute (at ISS)
189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes (launch to landing)
Orbits completed2,987
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began3 October 2005, 05:27 (2005-10-03UTC05:27Z) UTC
Ended8 April 2006, 19:28 (2006-04-08UTC19:29Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-7
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-7
Crew
Crew size2
MembersWilliam S. McArthur
Valeri I. Tokarev
EVAs2
EVA duration11 hours, 5 minutes

Expedition 12 mission patch

William S. McArthur, Jr. (United States left), Valeri I. Tokarev (Russia right)

Expedition 12 (2005) was the 12th expedition to the International Space Station, launched from Kazakhstan using the Russian Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft. The crew landed back in Kazakhstan on 8 April 2006 with the addition of the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes.

American entrepreneur Gregory Olsen was launched in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft and returned with Expedition 11 on Soyuz TMA-6 on 11 October 2005 thereby becoming the third space tourist.[1]

  1. ^ BBC.news: Space tourist blasts off to ISS, accessed last 11 March 2011