Expedition 29
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
---|---|
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 16 September 2011, 00:38 | UTC
Ended | 21 November 2011, 23:00 | UTC
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-02M Soyuz TMA-22 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-02M Soyuz TMA-22 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Expedition 28/29: Dan Burbank |
Expedition 29 mission patch (l-r) Furukawa, Fossum, Volkov, Ivanishin, Burbank and Shkaplerov |
Expedition 29 was the 29th long-duration expedition to the
Soyuz TMA-22, which brought the remaining three Expedition 29 crew members to the ISS, was originally scheduled to launch in September 2011, but due to the launch failure of the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle on 24 August, its launch was delayed to 14 November.[2] It docked successfully with the ISS on 16 November 2011.[3]
Expedition 29 officially ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-02M on 21 November 2011. Furukawa, Fossum, and Volkov returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft, while astronauts
Crew
Position | First part (September 2011 to November 2011) |
Second part (November 2011) |
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Commander | Mike Fossum, NASA Third and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | RSA Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 3 | RSA First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 4 | RSA First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 5 | Daniel Burbank, NASA Third and last spaceflight |
Mission highlights
Soyuz TMA-02M launch
The expedition's first three crew members launched aboard
Soyuz TMA-22 launch
Soyuz TMA-22 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 04:14 UTC on 14 November 2011, carrying Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin (Roscosmos), and Daniel Burbank (NASA). The spacecraft was placed into a 250-kilometre (160 mi) parking orbit,[8] and docked successfully with the ISS at 5:24 am GMT on 16 November 2011.[3]
Departure of Soyuz TMA-02M
Expedition 29 concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-02M from the ISS at 11:00 pm GMT on 21 November 2011, carrying astronauts Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa. The spacecraft soft-landed safely (albeit on its side) in Kazakhstan at 2:26 am GMT on 22 November.[9]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the
- ^ "Soyuz TMA-21 returns to Earth". NASA, 15 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- Xinhua, 24 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Russian, U.S. crew safely dock with space station". Reuters, 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Expedition 30". NASA. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ NASA HQ (2009). "NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews". NASA. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ JAXA announcement of Furukawa assignment, 17 December 2008 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Expedition 28". NASA. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Soyuz TMA-22 manned transportation spacecraft launched towards ISS". SpaceDaily, 15 November 2011.
- ^ "3 Space Station Astronauts Land Safely in Kazakhstan". Space.com, 21 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
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