Soyuz TMA-10

Soyuz TMA-10
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2007-008A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.31100Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration196 days, 17 hours
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg V. Kotov
Fyodor Yurchikhin
LaunchingCharles Simonyi
LandingSheikh Muszaphar Shukor
CallsignPulsar
Start of mission
Launch dateApril 7, 2007, 17:31:09 (2007-04-07UTC17:31:09Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing dateOctober 21, 2007, 10:36 (2007-10-21UTC10:37Z) UTC
Landing sitewest of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portZarya nadir
Docking date9 April 2007
19:10 UTC
Undocking date27 September 2007
20:20 UTC
Time docked171d 1h 10m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date27 September 2007
20:47 UTC
Undocking date21 October 2007
07:14 UTC
Time docked23d 10h 27m

From left to right: Charles Simonyi, Oleg Kotov, Fyodor Yurchikhin
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-10 was a human spaceflight mission using a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began at 17:31:09 UTC on April 7, 2007 when the spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. Soyuz TMA-10 brought to the station two members of ISS Expedition 15 crew, along with one spaceflight participant. It remained at the space station as an escape craft until it was replaced by Soyuz TMA-11 in October 2007.

Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station.