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Expedition 13 (ISS-13)
Tenth Russian Visiting Crew
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Launch:
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Soyuz TMA-8, Russian manned transport spacecraft, was launched by the Souyz-FG launch
vehicle on March 30, 2006, at 06:30:20 Moscow Time (02:30:20 UTC) |
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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 April 1, 2006 at 08:19:26 Moscow Time (04:19:26 UTC) to the Functional Cargo Block Zarya of the ISS |
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Undocking:
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Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft undocked from Zvezda Service Module of the ISS on April 9, 2006, at 00:28 Moscow Time (20:28 UTC). |
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Landing:
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April 9, 2006 at 03:48 Moscow Time (April 8, at 23:47 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 17 min |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- Launch of visiting crew participant Brazilian astronaut
Markos Caesar Pontes aboard the Soyuz TMA-8 manned
vehicle;
- Unloading of the Soyuz TMA-8 transport vehicle;
- transfer/acceptance of Soyuz vehicles during scheduled
replacement of Soyuz TMA-7 vehicle used as a rescue
vehicle within the ISS since October 3, 2005;
- implementation of the scientific research program on
the ISS under the BSM "CENTENARIO"
project, as well as performance of activities on world community information symbol manipulation (PR & Symbolic);
- maintenance of the Soyuz transport vehicle systems;
- support of personal vital activities aboard the ISS;
- passage along the route of ISS urgent escape;
- return of hardware to the Soyuz TMA-7 transport vehicle;
- Return of the Brazilian astronaut Marcos C. Pontes to Earth together with the ISS-12 crew in Soyuz TMA-7 descent capsule.
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