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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8"
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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 2006-009A / 28996 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 02h.30m.20s. March 30, 2006 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-FG |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.7 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.8 |
| - perigee (km) | 202 |
| - apogee (km) | 259 |
| Time and date of landing (UTC) | 01h.13m.37s. September 29, 2006 |
| Place of landing | ~80 km NE of Arkalyk |
| Duration | 182d.22h.43m.17s. |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 2885 |
| Summary | Delivery of the new crew to the ISS. 29th manned fly to the ISS (flight ISS-12S). |
| LAUNCHED CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr Cdr/PE-13/ISS |
Vinogradov, Pavel Vladimirovich | Yurchikhin, Fyodor Nikolayevich | |
| 2 | FE FE/PE-13/ISS |
Williams, Jeffrey Nels | Fincke, Edward Michael | |
| 3 | MCF | Pontes, Marcos Cesar | Volkov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | |
| Call sign | Carat | |||
| LANDED CREW |
| Order number |
Status | Crew |
| 1 | Cdr Cdr/PE-13/ISS |
Vinogradov, Pavel Vladimirovich |
| 2 | FE FE/PE-13/ISS |
Williams, Jeffrey Nels |
| 3 | MCF | (w) Ansary, Anousheh |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Mar 30, 2006 | 02:30:20 | 1 | ISS:42069 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" , flight ISS-12S (crew: Vinogradov, Williams, Pontes ). |
| Apr 01, 2006 | 04:19:26 | 34 | ISS:42102 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" (crew: Vinogradov, Williams, Pontes ) to nadir port of module "Zarya" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA7" - "Progress M55" . |
| Apr 01, 2006 | 05:59 | 35 | ISS:42103 | Opened hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA8 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" : Vinogradov, Williams, Pontes ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' opening:
McArthur, |
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| Apr 08, 2006 | 17:22 | 2987 | ISS:42221 | Closed hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA7 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" : Tokarev, McArthur, Pontes ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' closing: Vinogradov, Williams. | |||
| Apr 08, 2006 | 20:27:54 | 2989 | ISS:42223 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" (crew: Tokarev, McArthur, Pontes ) from aft docking port of module "Zvezda" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M55" . |
| Apr 08, 2006 | 22:57:32 | 2990 | ISS:42224 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" (crew: Tokarev, McArthur, Pontes ). |
| Apr 08, 2006 | 23:47:24 | 2991 | ISS:42225 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" (crew: Tokarev, McArthur, Pontes ). |
| Apr 24, 2006 | 16:03:25 | 1 | ISS:42472 | Lift-off cargo "Progress M56" . |
| Apr 26, 2006 | 17:41:31 | 34 | ISS:42505 | Docking of "Progress M56" to aft docking port of module "Zvezda" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M55" . |
| Jun 01, 2006 | 22:48 |
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ISS:43076 | Beginning of EVA ( Vinogradov, Williams ); the 1st [of 2] EVA of the expedition ISS-13. The 18th EVA from airlock Pirs. |
| Jun 02, 2006 | 05:19 |
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ISS:43080 | Ending of EVA ( Vinogradov, Williams ), duration 6:31; expedition ISS-13. |
| Jun 19, 2006 | 14:06:35 | 2835 | ISS:43354 | Undocking of "Progress M55" from docking port of module "Pirs" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M56" . |
| Jun 19, 2006 | 17:06:01 | 2837 | ISS:43356 | Deorbit burn of "Progress M55" . |
| Jun 19, 2006 | 17:53:14 | 2837 | ISS:43356 | End of existence of "Progress M55" . |
| Jun 24, 2006 | 15:08:18 | 1 | ISS:43433 | Lift-off cargo "Progress M57" . |
| Jun 26, 2006 | 16:24:36 | 34 | ISS:43466 | Docking of "Progress M57" to docking port of module "Pirs" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M56" . |
| Jul 04, 2006 | 18:37:55 | 1 | ISS:43593 | Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-121" , flight ISS-ULF-1.1 (crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers, Reiter ). |
| Jul 06, 2006 | 14:51:45 | 30 | ISS:43622 | Docking of "STS-121" mission spacecraft (crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers, Reiter ) to PMA-2 of module "Destiny" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M56" - "Progress M57" . |
| Jul 06, 2006 | 16:30 | 31 | ISS:43623 | Opened hatches between spacecraft Discovery and ISS (crew of mission "STS-121" : Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers, Reiter ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' opening: Vinogradov, Williams, Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers, Reiter. | |||
| Jul 06, 2006 | 19:30? | 33 | ISS:43625 | Reiter officially joined ISS-13 crew ( Vinogradov and Williams). |
| Jul 07, 2006 | 12:15 |
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ISS:43636 | MPLM Leonardo berthed on bottom (nadir) port of module "Unity" of ISS (spacecraft "STS-121" , operators of the robot arm ?). |
| Jul 08, 2006 | 13:17 |
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ISS:43653 | Beginning of EVA ( Sellers, Fossum ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-121" . The 19th EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Jul 08, 2006 | 20:49 |
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ISS:43658 | Ending of EVA ( Sellers, Fossum ), duration 7:31; mission "STS-121" . |
| Jul 10, 2006 | 12:14 |
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ISS:43684 | Beginning of EVA ( Sellers, Fossum ); the 2nd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-121" . The 20th EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Jul 10, 2006 | 19:02 |
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ISS:43688 | Ending of EVA ( Sellers, Fossum ), duration 6:47; mission "STS-121" . |
| Jul 12, 2006 | 11:20 |
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ISS:43715 | Beginning of EVA ( Sellers, Fossum ); the 3rd EVA of the mission "STS-121" . The 21st [of 3] EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Jul 12, 2006 | 18:31 |
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ISS:43719 | Ending of EVA ( Sellers, Fossum ), duration 7:11; mission "STS-121" . |
| Jul 14, 2006 | 14:58 |
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ISS:43749 | MPLM Leonardo unberthed from bottom (nadir) port of module "Unity" of ISS (spacecraft "STS-121" , operators of the robot arm Wilson, Nowak ). |
| Jul 15, 2006 | 07:53 | 168 | ISS:43760 | Closed hatches between spacecraft Discovery and ISS (crew of mission "STS-121" : Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' closing: Vinogradov, Williams, Reiter. | |||
| Jul 15, 2006 | 10:07:51 | 169 | ISS:43761 | Undocking of "STS-121" mission spacecraft (crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers ) from PMA-2 of module "Destiny" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M56" - "Progress M57" . |
| Jul 17, 2006 | 12:06:55 | 202 | ISS:43794 | Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-121" (crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers ). |
| Jul 17, 2006 | 13:15:49 | 203 | ISS:43795 | Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-121" (crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers ). |
| Aug 03, 2006 | 14:04 |
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ISS:44063 | Beginning of EVA ( Williams, Reiter ); the 2nd [of 2] EVA of the expedition ISS-13. The 22nd EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Aug 03, 2006 | 19:58 |
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ISS:44067 | Ending of EVA ( Williams, Reiter ), duration 5:54; expedition ISS-13. |
| Sep 09, 2006 | 15:14:55 | 1 | ISS:44648 | Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-115" , flight ISS-12A (crew: Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ). |
| Sep 09, 2006 | 15:14:55 | 1 | ISS:44648 | Lift-off module "P3/P4" of orbital station "ISS" (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle "Atlantis" , flight ISS-12A). |
| Sep 11, 2006 | 10:48:27 | 29 | ISS:44676 | Docking of "STS-115" mission spacecraft (crew: Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ) to PMA-2 of module "Destiny" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M56" - "Progress M57" . |
| Sep 11, 2006 | 12:30? | 30 | ISS:44677 | Opened hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-115" : Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' opening: Vinogradov, Williams, Reiter, Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean. | |||
| Sep 12, 2006 | 08:35 | 44 | ISS:44691 | P3/P4 truss mounted on the truss P1 of the ISS, operator of the station's robot arm Canadarm-2 MacLean (mission "STS-115" ); Shuttle's robot arm operators Burbank and Ferguson (mission "STS-115" ). |
| Sep 12, 2006 | 09:17 |
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ISS:44691 | Beginning of EVA ( Tanner, Stefanyshyn-Piper ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-115" . The 23rd EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Sep 12, 2006 | 15:43 |
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ISS:44695 | Ending of EVA ( Tanner, Stefanyshyn-Piper ), duration 6:26; mission "STS-115" . |
| Sep 13, 2006 | 09:05 |
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ISS:44707 | Beginning of EVA ( Burbank, MacLean ); the 2nd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-115" . The 24th EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Sep 13, 2006 | 16:16 |
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ISS:44711 | Ending of EVA ( Burbank, MacLean ), duration 7:11; mission "STS-115" . |
| Sep 15, 2006 | 10:00 |
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ISS:44739 | Beginning of EVA ( Tanner, Stefanyshyn-Piper ); the 3rd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-115" . The 25th EVA from airlock Quest. |
| Sep 15, 2006 | 16:42 |
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ISS:44743 | Ending of EVA ( Tanner, Stefanyshyn-Piper ), duration 6:42; mission "STS-115" . |
| Sep 17, 2006 | 10:27 | 124 | ISS:44771 | Closed hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-115" : Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' closing: Vinogradov, Williams, Reiter. | |||
| Sep 17, 2006 | 12:49:54 | 125 | ISS:44772 | Undocking of "STS-115" mission spacecraft (crew: Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ) from PMA-2 of module "Destiny" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M56" - "Progress M57" . |
| Sep 18, 2006 | 04:08:42 | 1 | ISS:44782 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA9" , flight ISS-13S (crew: Tyurin, Lopez-Alegria, Ansary ). |
| Sep 19, 2006 | 00:28:17 | 2325 | ISS:44796 | Undocking of "Progress M56" from aft docking port of module "Zvezda" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M57" . |
| Sep 19, 2006 | 03:28:00 | 2327 | ISS:44798 | Deorbit burn of "Progress M56" . |
| Sep 19, 2006 | 04:14:40 | 2327 | ISS:44798 | End of existence of "Progress M56" . |
| Sep 20, 2006 | 05:21:20 | 34 | ISS:44815 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA9" (crew: Tyurin, Lopez-Alegria, Ansary ) to aft docking port of module "Zvezda" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA8" - "Progress M57" . |
| Sep 20, 2006 | 08:34? | 36 | ISS:44817 | Opened hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA9 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA9" : Tyurin, Lopez-Alegria, Ansary ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' opening: Vinogradov, Williams, Reiter, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Ansary. | |||
| Sep 21, 2006 | 09:14:23 | 186 | ISS:44833 | Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-115" (crew: Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ). |
| Sep 21, 2006 | 10:22:16 | 187 | ISS:44834 | Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-115" (crew: Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean ). |
| Sep 28, 2006 | 18:40? | 2882 | ISS:44950 | Closed hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA8 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" : Vinogradov, Williams, Ansary ). |
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Crew of ISS after hatches' closing: Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Reiter. | |||
| Sep 28, 2006 | 21:53:09 | 2884 | ISS:44952 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" (crew: Vinogradov, Williams, Ansary ) from nadir port of module "Zarya" of orbital complex ISS - "Soyuz-TMA9" - "Progress M57" . |
| Sep 29, 2006 | 00:24 | 2885 | ISS:44953 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" (crew: Vinogradov, Williams, Ansary ). |
| Sep 29, 2006 | 01:13:37 | 2886 | ISS:44954 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA8" (crew: Vinogradov, Williams, Ansary ). |
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