Expedition 15 (ISS-15)
Twelfth Russian Visiting Crew
Launch:
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On April 7, 2007 at 21:31:14 Moscow time (17:31:14 UTC) Russian manned transport
spacecraft Soyuz TMA-10 was launched by the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle. |
Launch Site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
Docking:
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On April 9, 2007 at 23:10:44 Moscow time (19:10:44 UTC) to the port of Zarya Functional and Cargo Module of the ISS Orbital Complex. |
Undocking:
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On April 21, 2007 at 13:11 Moscow time (09:11 UTC) the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft undocked from the Zaria Module of the ISS Orbital Complex. |
Landing:
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On April 21, 2007 at 16:31:30 Moscow time (12:31:30 UTC). |
Landing Site:
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In the area located to the north-east of the town Jezkazgan, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
Flight duration:
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13 days 19 hr 00 min |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- Launch of the visiting crew participant, U.S. citizen Charles Simonyi by manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-10;
- Transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-10 off-loading;
- Soyuz spacecraft handover during nominal changeover of the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft performing a function of a rescue-vehicle as part of the ISS
since September 20, 2006;
- Implementation of the utilization program of Charles Simonyi onboard the
ISS, and also performance of ESA life science experiments (MUSCLE, SAMPLE);
- System servicing of the Soyuz transport spacecraft;
- Individual life support onboard the ISS;
- Taking a route for the ISS urgency egress;
- Equipment transfer to the Soyuz TMA-9 transport spacecraft;
- Return of spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi to Earth together with two ISS-14 crew members Michael Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Turin in
the descent capsule of the Soyuz TMA-9 transport spacecraft.