Expedition 29/30 (ISS-29/30)
MAIN TASKS OF THE INCREMENT
IN THE ISS-29 PHASE
(September 16 - November 22, 2011)
- Launch of two ISS-29/30 Russian crewmembers and one NASA (USA) crewmember by Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft;
- Docking of Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft to Mini Research Module Poisk (MRM2);
- Operational support for loading and undocking of Progress M-10M from Module Pirs (DC-1);
- Operational support for docking of Progress M-13M to the Module Pirs (DC-1);
- Partial unloading of Progress M-13M vehicle;
- Operational support for loading and undocking of Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft from Mini Research Module MRM1 Rassvet
(return to the Earth of three ISS-28/29 crewmembers);
- Support of the Space Station functionality;
- Performance of the science and application research program and experiments.
The ISS-29 crew consists of 3 persons (September 16 - November 16, 2011) and 6 persons (November 16-22,
2011).
MAIN TASKS OF THE INCREMENT
IN THE ISS-30 PHASE
(November 22, 2011 - April 27, 2012)
- Launch of one ISS-30/31 Russian crewmember and two NASA (USA) crewmembers by Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft;
- Docking of Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to Mini Research Module Rassvet (MRM1);
- Operational support for final unloading, loading and undocking of Progress M-13M from Module Pirs (DC1);
- Operational support for docking of Progress M-14M to Module Pirs (DC1) and partial unloading;
- Operational support for docking of HTV3 vehicle (to be defined);
- Operational support for docking of ATV3 vehicle to the Instrument Compartment of Service Module Zvezda;
- Operational support for loading and undocking of Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft from Mini Research Module MRM2 Poisk (return to the Earth of three ISS-29/30 crewmembers);
- Implementation of extravehicular activity - of one Russian "egress" (EVA) from the ISS Russian Segment (to be defined);
- Support of the Space Station functionality;
- Performance of the science and application research program and experiments.
The ISS-30 crew consists of 3 persons (November 22 - December 23,
2011) and 6 persons (December 23, 2011 - April 27, 2012).
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