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Soyuz TMA-7

2005 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Soyuz TMA-7
Summary

2005 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

FieldValue
nameSoyuz TMA-7
imageFile:Soyuz TMA-7 launch.jpg
operatorRoscosmos
COSPAR_ID2005-039A
mission_duration189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes
orbits_completed2,987
spacecraft_typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
manufacturerEnergia
launch_mass7200 kg
launch_dateUTC
launch_rocketSoyuz-FG
launch_siteBaikonur 1/5
landing_dateUTC
crew_size3
crew_membersValery I. Tokarev
William S. McArthur, Jr.
crew_launchingGregory H. "Greg" Olsen
crew_landingMarcos C. Pontes
crew_photoCrew of soyuz tma7.jpg
orbit_referenceGeocentric
orbit_regimeLow Earth
orbit_periapsis~200 km
orbit_apoapsis~252 km
orbit_inclination~51.7 degrees
orbit_period~88.7 minutes
apsisgee
docking_targetISS
docking_typedock
docking_portPirs nadir
docking_date3 October 2005
05:27 UTC
undocking_date18 November 2005
08:46 UTC
time_docked
docking_targetISS
(Relocation)
docking_typedock
docking_portZarya nadir
docking_date18 November 2005
09:05 UTC
undocking_date20 March 2006
06:49 UTC
time_docked
docking_targetISS
(Relocation)
docking_typedock
docking_portZvezda aft
docking_date20 March 2006
07:11 UTC
undocking_date8 April 2006
20:28 UTC
time_docked
previous_missionSoyuz TMA-6
next_missionSoyuz TMA-8
programmeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

William S. McArthur, Jr.

05:27 UTC 08:46 UTC (Relocation) 09:05 UTC 06:49 UTC (Relocation) 07:11 UTC 20:28 UTC (Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-7 () was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 12 crew launched October 1, 2005. The flight delivered ISS Commander William McArthur and ISS Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev to the station to replace Expedition 11 crew members. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen joined the TMA-7 crew for the ascent and docking with the ISS, spent approximately eight days aboard conducting experiments, then returned to Earth with the outgoing members of Expedition 11 aboard Soyuz TMA-6. McArthur and Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments for the Brazilian Space Agency.

Soyuz TMA-7 seen from the [[ISS]].

Crew

Docking with ISS

  • Docked to ISS: October 3, 2005, 05:27 UTC (to Pirs module)
  • Undocked from ISS: November 18, 2005, 08:46 UTC (from Pirs module)
  • Docked to ISS: November 18, 2005, 09:05 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
  • Undocked from ISS: March 20, 2006, 06:49 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
  • Docked to ISS: March 20, 2006, 07:11 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda)
  • Undocked from ISS: April 8, 2006, 20:28 UTC (from aft port of Zvezda)

Mission highlights

28th crewed flight to ISS (Flight 11S).

Soyuz TMA-7 is a Soyuz spacecraft which was launched on October 1, 2005 by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Soyuz TMA-7 approaches the International Space Station.

The spacecraft carried two members of the Expedition 12 crew to the International Space Station, together with the space tourist Gregory Olsen. They replaced the Expedition 11 crew, Commander Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips.

The last member of the original Expedition 12 crew, Thomas Reiter finally launched in July 2006 on STS-121. Owing to shuttle mechanical and weather delays, he was forced to move to Expedition 13.

This was the last flight which is covered by the 1996 "balance" agreement that required the Russians to provide 11 Soyuz spacecraft to ferry joint U.S-Russian crews to and from the International Space Station. Further Soyuz flights needed a renegotiation between NASA and its Russian counterpart, and a modification of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000.

After re-entry, when the pilot parachute was deployed at a height of 10 km the main parachute took a while to open, which caused some concern among the crew and could have been fatal if the main parachute had taken longer to deploy.

Replica

A company in Bauru is building a replica of the capsule that brought Marcos Pontes back to Earth, but they wrongly describe it as the Soyuz TMA-8.

References

References

  1. (October 11, 2005). "OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE about the return of the ISS-11 and VC-9 crews to the Earth". [[NPO Energia]].
  2. Mark Wade. "Soyuz TMA-7".
  3. Joachim Becker. (2018-04-20). "Soyuz TMA-7". SPACEFACTS.
  4. Anatoly Zak. (2012-05-05). "Soyuz TMA-7". RussianSpaceWeb.
  5. Pontes, Marcos. (2011). "Missão Cumprida: A História completa da primeira missão espacial brasileira". McHilliard.
  6. (2021-05-16). "Empresa produz réplica de cápsula que trouxe Marcos Pontes à Terra".
  7. (2021-05-12). "Aeródromo de Bauru terá réplica em tamanho original de cápsula espacial usada por Marcos Pontes".
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