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Soyuz TMA-12

2008 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Summary

2008 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Field	Value
name	Soyuz TMA-12
operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR_ID	2008-015A
mission_duration
spacecraft_type	Soyuz-TMA
manufacturer	Energia
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-FG
launch_site	Baikonur 1/5
landing_date	UTC
crew_size	3
crew_members	Sergey Volkov
Oleg Kononenko
crew_launching	Yi So-Yeon
crew_landing	Richard Garriott
crew_callsign	Eridan
crew_photo	Soyuz TMA-12 Crew.jpg
crew_photo_caption	From left to right: Yi So-yeon, Sergey Volkov, Oleg Kononenko
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
apsis	gee
docking_target	ISS
docking_type	dock
docking_port	Pirs nadir
docking_date	10 April 2008
12:57 UTC
undocking_date	24 October 2008
00:16 UTC
time_docked
previous_mission	Soyuz TMA-11
next_mission	Soyuz TMA-13
programme	Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Oleg Kononenko

12:57 UTC 00:16 UTC

(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. 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.

Crew

Backup crew

Crew Notes

Yi So-yeon flew as a guest of the Russian government through the Korean Astronaut Program after the Korean government paid the Russian government 25 million US dollars in agreement to support the first Korean astronaut in space. Her role aboard the Soyuz is referred to as a Spaceflight Participant in English-language Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA documents and press briefings. Ko San was originally scheduled to fly, with Yi as his backup. On 10 March 2008, it was announced that Ko breached regulations surrounding removal of books from the training centre in Russia, and therefore would not be allowed to fly.

Soyuz TMA-12 approaches the International Space Station for docking on 10 April 2008.

Richard Garriott flew as a private astronaut through a program run by Space Adventures. He is also referred to as a Spaceflight Participant in English-language Roscosmos and NASA documents.

Soyuz TMA-12 saw the joined landing of the world's first two second-generation space travellers, Sergey Volkov and Richard Garriott. Volkov's father, Aleksandr Volkov, flew to space three times and visited the Salyut 7 and Mir space stations. Garriott's father, Owen Garriott, flew to space twice and visited the Skylab space station.

References

NASA. (2008). "Expedition 17". NASA.
"Expedition 17 Crew Launches from Baikonur".
"CNN - S. Korea names woman as first astronaut".
[http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnews&newsid=554 Space Adventures Announces 1st Second Generation Astronaut ] Space Adventures
(28 January 2008). "Space Adventures Announces the Identity of Back-up Crew Member". PRNewswire.com.
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition17/index.html NASA – Expedition 17]
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7286989.stm BBC News - South Korea swaps first astronaut]

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