Soyuz TMA-18

Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 April 2010.
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2010-011A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.36505
Mission duration176 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAleksandr Skvortsov
Mikhail Kornienko
Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Callsignутес ("cliff")[1]
Start of mission
Launch date2 April 2010, 04:04 UTC[2][3]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Landing date25 September 2010, 05:23 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date4 April 2010, 05:25 UTC
Undocking date25 September 2010
02:02 UTC
Time docked173 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.

  1. ^ NASA TV coverage of the launch of Soyuz TMA-18 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA press release – 08-306. Retrieved 21 November 2008. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA. Retrieved 28 March 2009. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.