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Soyuz
Flight Details 10
Soyuz TMA-7 (ISS 11)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-12 crew, along with American scientist Gregory Olsen (a paying customer of the Russian Space Agency) were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on September 30, 2005. Astronaut Olsen returned to Earth with the ISS-11 crew after spending 10 days in space. Astronaut McArthur and cosmonaut Tokarev returned to Earth on April 8, 2006 after having spent almost 190 days in space.
Soyuz TMA-8 (ISS 12)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-13 crew, along with Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes, were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on March 29, 2006. Astronaut Pontes returned to Earth with the ISS-12 crew after spending 10 days in space. Cosmonaut Vinogradov and astronaut Williams returned to Earth on September 28, 2006 after having spent 183 days in space.
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-14 crew, along with American business woman Anousheh Ansari (a paying customer of the Russian Space Agency), were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on September 17, 2006. Ms. Ansari returned to Earth with the ISS-13 crew after spending 11 days in space. Astronaut Lopez-Alegria and cosmonaut Tyurin returned to Earth on April 21, 2007 after having spent 217 days in space. Lopez-Alegria's time for this flight set a new U.S. endurance record.
Soyuz TMA-10 (ISS 14)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-15 crew, along with American businessman Charles Simonyi (a paying customer of the Russian Space Agency), were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on April 7, 2007. Mr. Simonyi returned to Earth with the ISS-14 crew after spending 14 days in space. Cosmonauts Yurchikhin and Kotov returned to Earth on October 21, 2007 after having spent 198 days in space. There were some tense moments in the landing because a technical glitch sent the Soyuz re-entry module 200 miles west of the intended landing area and subjected the cosmonauts to eight times the force of gravity, or twice what the crew experiences during a normal re-entry. However Yurchikhin, Kotov, and Malaysian Sheikh Muszaphar (who was launched 11 days earlier aboard Soyuz TM-11) were not injured.
Soyuz TMA-11 (ISS 15)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-16 crew, along with Malaysian doctor Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on October 10, 2007. Astronaut Peggy Whitson became the first woman to serve as commander of the space station. Sheikh Muszaphar returned to Earth with the ISS-15 crew after spending 11 days in space. Astronaut Whitson and cosmonaut Malenchenko returned to Earth on April 19, 2008 after having spent 192 days in space. As with the return of the ISS-15 crew, there were some tense moments in the landing because a technical glitch sent the Soyuz re-entry module more than 250 miles away from the intended landing area and subjected the cosmonauts to eight times the force of gravity, or twice what the crew experiences during a normal re-entry. However Whitson, Malenchenko, and South Korean astronaut So-yeon Yi (who was launched 11 days earlier aboard Soyuz TM-12) were not injured.
Soyuz TMA-12 (ISS 16)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-17 crew, along with South Korean bio-engineer Yi So-yeon, were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on April 8, 2008. Cosmonaut Volkov became the first second-generation space traveller, as he is the son of Soviet-era Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov. So-yeon returned to Earth with the ISS-16 crew after spending about 11 days in space. Volkov and Kononenko themselves returned to Earth on October 23, after having spent a total of 199 days in space. Astronaut Garriott, spaceflight participant on the Soyuz TM-13 mission, returned to Earth with Volkov and Kononenko.
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Mission Highlights: The ISS-18 crew, along with Richard Garriott, paying space tourist and son of Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott, were launched to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on October 12, 2008. Astronaut Fincke, the commander of the ISS-18 crew, became the first American to fly on two Soyuz launches. Fincke and his ISS-18 crewmember Lonchakov remained aboard the space station a total of almost 6 months. They joined astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who was already aboard as part of the ISS-17 crew and now became a member of the ISS-18 crew. Garriott returned to Earth, after 12 days in space, aboard the Soyuz TM-12 spacecraft along with ISS-17 crewmembers Volkov and Kononenko. Fincke and Lonchakov themselves returned to Earth on April 8, 2009, after having spent a total of 178 days in space. Astronaut Simonyi, spaceflight participant on the Soyuz TM-14 mission, returned to Earth with Fincke and Lonchakov.
Soyuz TMA-14 (ISS 18)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: Two members of the ISS-19 crew were launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-14 on March 26, 2009. They were accompanied at launch by Charles Simonyi, a paying customer of the Russian Space Agency, who was making his second paid trip into space. The two ISS 19 crewmembers met up with fellow ISS 19 crewmate Koichi Wakata of Japan, who was launched to the space station aboard the STS-119 flight of space shuttle Discovery on March 15, 2009. Three additional space station crew members are scheduled to launch aboard Soyuz TMA-15 on May 27, 2009, bringing the space station crew to a total of six for the very first time. Simonyi returned to Earth, after 11 days in space, aboard the Soyuz TM-13 spacecraft along with ISS-18 crewmembers Fincke and Lonchakov. Gennady Padalka and Mike Barratt returned to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-14, along with paying passenger Guy Laliberte (launch on TMA-16), on October 11, 2009 after having spent a total of 199 days in space.
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Mission Highlights: Three additional members of the ISS-20 crew were launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-15 on May 27, 2009, bringing the total Station crew to 6 for the very first time. Along with the new astronauts launched by Soyuz TMA-15, the three astronauts already aboard the International Space Station as the ISS-19 crew (Russian Gennady Padalka, American Michael Barratt, and Japanese Koichi Wakata) became members of ISS Expedition 20 crew. The Soyuz TMA-15/ISS Expedition 20/21 crew land safely on December 1, 2009.
Soyuz TMA-16 (ISS 20)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: Crew assignments for the International Space Station became a little more complicated with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16 on September 30, 2009. Aboard were Russian cosmonaut Suraev and American astronaut Williams, who will make up the core of the ISS Expedition 21 crew along with astronauts de Winne (Belgium), Thirsk (Canada), cosmonaut Romanenko (Russia), and astronaut Stott (United States) of the Expedition 20 crew, all of whom will stay on as part of the Expedition 21 crew. Space tourist, Guy Laliberte (Canada) spent 11 days in space before returning to Earth with the Soyuz TMA-14 crew (Padalka and Barratt) on October 11.
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