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Expedition 12 (ISS-12)
Ninth Russian Visiting Crew
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Launch:
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On October 1, 2005 at 07:54:53 Moscow Time (03:54:53 UTC) Russian manned transport spacecraft
Soyuz TMA-7 was launched by Soyuz-FG launch vehicle |
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Launch Site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Docking:
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On October 3, 2005 at 09:26:58 Moscow Time (05:26:58 UTC) Soyuz TMA-7 docked to docking compartment/module Pirs of the ISS Orbital Complex |
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Undocking:
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On October 11, 2005 at 01:49 Moscow time (October 10 at 21:49 UTC) Soyuz TMA-6 undocked from Zarya
module of the ISS Orbital Complex |
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Landing:
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On October 11, 2005 at 05:10 Moscow time (01:10 UTC) |
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Landing Site:
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In the area located near Arkalyk, Republic of Kazakhstan |
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Flight duration:
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9 days 21 hours 15 min |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- Launch of Gregory Olsen, participant of the visiting crew by manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-7;
- Unloading of transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-7;
- Soyuz turnover/acceptance within the planned changeover of Soyuz TMA-6 acting as a crew return vehicle as part
of the ISS since 17 April 2005;
- Implementation of Gregory Olsen's utilization program onboard the ISS, as well
as ESA life science experiments (SAMPLE, MUSCLE, MOP);
- Maintenance of Soyuz spacecraft systems;
- Provision of personal life support onboard the ISS;
- ISS Emergency drill walk;
- Retrieval of hardware to Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft;
- Return of Gregory Olsen, spaceflight participant, to Earth together with the ISS-11 crew in Soyuz TMA-6 descent capsule.
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