Soyuz TMA-06M

Soyuz TMA-06M
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2012-058A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.38871
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F747
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg Novitskiy
Evgeny Tarelkin
Kevin A. Ford
CallsignKazbek
Start of mission
Launch date23 October 2012, 10:51:11 (2012-10-23UTC10:51:11Z) UTC[1][2]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date16 March 2013, 03:11 (2013-03-16UTC03:12Z) UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date25 October 2012
12:29 UTC
Undocking date15 March 2013
23:43 UTC
Time docked141d 11h 14m

(l-r) Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-06M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station launched on 23 October 2012, transporting three members of the Expedition 33 crew. TMA-06M was the 115th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. Soyuz TMA-06M launch was also the first crewed flight from the remote Site 31 pad since July 1984.

The Soyuz remained on board the space station for the Expedition 33 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. Soyuz TMA-06M successfully returned to Earth on 15 March 2013.[4]

  1. ^ William Harwood (2012-10-23). "Three-man crew launches for International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  2. ^ William Harwood. "Russia Orders Soyuz Delays In Wake Of Test Mishap". SpaceflightNow.com. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  3. ^ "Soviet Space Capsule Lands Safely with US-Russian Crew". Space.com. 16 March 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MarchReturn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).