Soyuz TMA-02M

Soyuz TMA-02M
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2011-023A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.37633
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F747
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersSergey Volkov
Satoshi Furukawa
Michael E. Fossum
Start of mission
Launch date7 June 2011, 20:12 (2011-06-07UTC20:12Z) UTC[1][2]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date22 November 2011, 02:26 (2011-11-22UTC02:27Z) UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date9 June 2011
21:18 UTC
Undocking date21 November 2011
23:00 UTC
Time docked165d 1h 42m

From left to right: Furukawa, Fossum and Volkov
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-02M was a space mission that transported three members of the Expedition 28 crew to the International Space Station.[2] TMA-02M was the 110th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft (first launched 1967) and the second flight of the improved Soyuz-TMA-M series (first launched 7 October 2010). The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 28 increment to serve as a potential emergency escape vehicle.

The Soyuz spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 7 June 2011 at 20:12 UTC (8 June 2011, 02:12  local time).[4] Originally expected to dock with the International Space Station around 05:22 pm EDT on Thursday, 9 June 2011,[5][6] the Soyuz docked with the ISS at 5:18 pm EDT, four minutes ahead of schedule.[2] The spacecraft carried to the ISS a three-person crew (Sergey Volkov, Russia; Michael E. Fossum, U.S.; Satoshi Furukawa, Japan).[7] The crew landed in Kazakhstan at 02:26 UTC on 22 November 2011.[3]

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  3. ^ a b "3 Space Station Astronauts Land Safely in Kazakhstan". Space.com. 22 November 2011.
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  5. ^ Station-bound Soyuz space capsule climbs into orbit. Spaceflight Now, 7 June 2011. Accessed 8 June 2011
  6. ^ 3 traveling to space station safely in orbit, USA Today, 7 June 2011. Accessed 8 June 2011
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