Soyuz TMA-12 facts for kids

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Soyuz TMA-12

Operator	Roskosmos
Mission duration	198d 16h 21m
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Sergey Volkov Oleg Kononenko
Launching	Yi So-Yeon
Landing	Richard Garriott
Start of mission
Launch date	April 8, 2008, 11:16:39 (2008-04-08UTC11:16:39Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date	October 24, 2008, 03:37 (2008-10-24UTC03:38Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs nadir
Docking date	10 April 2008 12:57 UTC
Undocking date	24 October 2008 00:16 UTC
Time docked	196d 11h 19m
From left to right: Yi So-yeon, Sergey Volkov, Oleg Kononenko Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA-11 Soyuz TMA-13 →

Soyuz TMA-12 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was launched by a Soyuz FG rocket at 11:16 UTC on 8 April 2008. It docked to the Pirs module of the station on 10 April 2008. Landing occurred at 03:37 on 24 October. It was the first nominal landing in three missions, following separation failures on the Soyuz TMA-10 and 11 spacecraft.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Sergey Volkov, RKA Expedition 17 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	/ Oleg Kononenko, RKA Expedition 17 First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant	Yi So-Yeon, KAP Only spaceflight	/ Richard Garriott, SA Only spaceflight

Backup crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Maksim Surayev, RKA
Flight Engineer	Oleg Skripochka, RKA
Spaceflight Participant	Ko San, KAP	Nik Halik, SA

See also

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