Operator | Roscosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2008-015A |
SATCAT no. | 32756 |
Mission duration | 198d 16h 21m |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Sergey Volkov Oleg Kononenko |
Launching | Yi So-Yeon |
Landing | Richard Garriott |
Callsign | Eridan |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 8, 2008, 11:16:39 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 24, 2008, 03:37[1] | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs nadir |
Docking date | 10 April 2008 12:57 UTC |
Undocking date | 24 October 2008 00:16 UTC |
Time docked | 196d 11h 19m |
From left to right: Yi So-yeon, Sergey Volkov, Oleg Kononenko Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TMA-12 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was launched by a Soyuz FG rocket at 11:16 UTC on 8 April 2008. It docked to the Pirs module of the station on 10 April 2008.[2] Landing occurred at 03:37 on 24 October. It was the first nominal landing in three missions, following separation failures on the Soyuz TMA-10 and 11 spacecraft.