Soyuz TMA-11

Soyuz TMA-11
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2007-045A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.32256Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration191 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersYuri Malenchenko
Peggy A. Whitson
LaunchingSheikh Muszaphar Shukor
LandingYi So-Yeon
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 10, 2007, 13:22:39 (2007-10-10UTC13:22:39Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing dateApril 19, 2008, 08:30 (2008-04-19UTC08:31Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking portZarya
Docking date12 October 2007
14:50 UTC
Undocking date19 April 2008
05:06 UTC
Time docked189d 14h 16m

From left to right: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Yuri Malenchenko, Peggy Whitson
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-11 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 13:22 UTC on October 10, 2007, when the spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It brought to the station two members of the ISS Expedition 16 crew, as well as Sheikh Muszaphar, the first Malaysian in space. TMA-11 remained at the station as an escape craft, and returned safely to Earth on April 19, 2008, after it had been replaced by Soyuz TMA-12. Although the vehicle landed safely, it suffered a partial separation failure which caused a ballistic re-entry that in turn caused it to land 475 km from the intended landing point.