Soyuz TMA-22
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Soyuz TMA-22 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-22 was the 111th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and transported three members of the Expedition 29 crew to the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the ISS on 16 November 2011,[3] and remained docked to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until its undocking on 27 April 2012.[4] Soyuz TMA-22 successfully landed in Kazakhstan on 27 April 2012 11:45 GMT.[2]
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2011-067A |
SATCAT no. | 37877 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Anton Shkaplerov Anatoli Ivanishin Daniel C. Burbank |
Callsign | Astraeus |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 November 2011, 04:14:03 (2011-11-14UTC04:14:03Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 27 April 2012, 11:45 (2012-04-27UTC11:46Z) UTC[2] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 16 November 2011 05:24 UTC |
Undocking date | 27 April 2012 08:15 UTC |
Time docked | 163d 2h 51m |
From left to right: Daniel C. Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
TMA-22 was the final flight of a Soyuz-TMA vehicle, following the design's replacement by the modernized TMA-M series.[5] The launch of Soyuz TMA-22 was originally scheduled for 30 September 2011, but was delayed until 14 November following the launch failure of the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle on 24 August 2011.[6] Soyuz TMA-22 was the first crewed mission to dock with the ISS since the Retirement of the American Space Shuttle fleet at the end of the STS-135 mission in July 2011.