 Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 April 2010. | |
| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-011A |
| SATCAT no. | 36505 |
| Mission duration | 176 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Kornienko Tracy Caldwell Dyson |
| Callsign | утес ("cliff")[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 April 2010, 04:04 UTC[2][3] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 25 September 2010, 05:23 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 4 April 2010, 05:25 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 September 2010 02:02 UTC |
| Time docked | 173 days, 20 hours and 37 minutes |
 From left to right: Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov and Kornienko Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first crewed flight in 1967.
- ^ NASA TV coverage of the launch of Soyuz TMA-18
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA press release – 08-306. Retrieved 21 November 2008. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA. Retrieved 28 March 2009. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
