Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space,on 10 August 2003,when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva,who was in Texas,while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zealand,on the International Space Station. As of December 2023,Malenchenko ranks third for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former commander of the International Space Station.
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin is a Russian cosmonaut of Pontic Greek descent,engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mission STS-112. His second was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a flight engineer for Expedition 15;for this mission he was launched in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He has undertaken two further long-duration stays aboard the ISS,as a crew member of Expedition 24 / 25. For this mission he was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19,and he landed in November 2010,also with the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft. He served as Soyuz commander for his fourth mission aboard Soyuz TMA-09M,as flight engineer for Expedition 36 and ISS commander for Expedition 37. In April 2017,Yurchikhin launched on Soyuz MS-04 for the fifth spaceflight of his career,a six-month mission to the ISS as part of Expedition 51 and 52,for which he was the commander.
Soyuz TMA-5 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle.
Soyuz TMA-6 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It carried three crew members of Expedition 11 to the International Space Station. It was the 26th crewed flight to the ISS. It was launched by a Soyuz FG and returned to Earth after performing operations at the ISS.
Soyuz TMA-7 was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 12 crew launched October 1,2005. The flight delivered ISS Commander William McArthur and ISS Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev to the station to replace Expedition 11 crew members. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen joined the TMA-7 crew for the ascent and docking with the ISS,spent approximately eight days aboard conducting experiments,then returned to Earth with the outgoing members of Expedition 11 aboard Soyuz TMA-6. McArthur and Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments for the Brazilian Space Agency.
Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006 at 08:09 MSD,docked with the ISS at 09:21 MSD on 20 September,and returned to Earth on 21 April 2007. Soyuz TMA-9 transported two-thirds of ISS Expedition 14 to the space station along with one "spaceflight participant" who performed several experiments on behalf of the European Space Agency.
Expedition 14 was the 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Michael López-Alegría,and flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006,04:09 UTC,aboard Soyuz TMA-9. They joined Thomas Reiter,who had arrived at the ISS on 6 July 2006 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-121. In December 2006,Discovery mission STS-116 brought Sunita Williams to replace Reiter as the third member of Expedition 14. On 21 April 2007,López-Alegría and Tyurin returned to Earth aboard TMA-9. Landing occurred at 12:31:30 UTC.
Soyuz TMA-11 was a human spaceflight mission using a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began at 13:22 UTC on October 10,2007,when the spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It brought to the station two members of the ISS Expedition 16 crew,as well as Sheikh Muszaphar,the first Malaysian in space. TMA-11 remained at the station as an escape craft,and returned safely to Earth on April 19,2008,after it had been replaced by Soyuz TMA-12. Although the vehicle landed safely,it suffered a partial separation failure which caused a ballistic re-entry that in turn caused it to land 475 km from the intended landing point.
Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol,Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program,he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging over 526 days in space. Most recently,Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight,from September 2013 until March 2014.
Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Four crew members participated in the expedition,although for most of the expedition's duration only three were on the station at any one time. During Expedition 15,the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice:STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss,and STS-118 brought the S5 truss.
Rassvet,also known as the Mini-Research Module 1 and formerly known as the Docking Cargo Module,is a component of the International Space Station (ISS). The module's design is similar to the Mir Docking Module launched on STS-74 in 1995. Rassvet is primarily used for cargo storage and as a docking port for visiting spacecraft. It was flown to the ISS aboard Space ShuttleAtlantis on the STS-132 mission on 14 May 2010,and was connected to the ISS on 18 May 2010. The hatch connecting Rassvet with the ISS was first opened on 20 May 2010. On 28 June 2010,the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft performed the first docking with the module.
Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-17 crew members participated in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23. The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on 2 June 2010.
Poisk,also known as the Mini-Research Module 2,is a docking module of the International Space Station (ISS). Added in 2009,Poisk was the first major Russian addition to the International Space Station since 2001. Poisk is overall the same design as the docking module Pirs. Whereas Pirs was attached to the nadir ("bottom") port of Zvezda,Poisk is attached to the zenith ("top");Pirs was closer to the Earth with the ISS in its usual orientation,and Poisk is on the other side. Poisk is Russian for explore or search. Poisk combines various docking,EVA,and science capabilities. It has two egress hatches for EVAs in addition to the two spacecraft docking ports. Although Poisk is designated as Mini-Research Module 2,it arrived before Mini-Research Module 1 (Rassvet),which had a different design;Poisk looks more like the Pirs docking port,which is not designated as a mini-research module.
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first crewed flight in 1967.
Soyuz TMA-19 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme. It was launched on 15 June 2010 carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station,who remained aboard the station for around six months. Soyuz TMA-19 was the 106th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,since the first mission which was launched in 1967. The spacecraft remained docked to the space station for the remainder of Expedition 24,and for Expedition 25,to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. It undocked from ISS and landed in Kazakhstan on 26 November 2010. It was the 100th mission to be conducted as part of the International Space Station programme since assembly began in 1998.
Soyuz TMA-20 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and was part of the Soyuz programme. It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15,2010,and docked with the ISS two days later. The three-person crew of Soyuz TMA-20 –Dmitri Kondratyev,Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli –represented the ISS partner organizations of Roscosmos,NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). Soyuz TMA-20's crew represented half of the members of Expedition 27;the other three members of the expedition arrived at the station on board Soyuz TMA-21 on April 6,2011. The COSPAR ID of Soyuz TMA-20 was 2010-067A. It is ISS flight 25S.
Expedition 27 was the 27th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS),starting on 16 March 2011. Expedition 27 saw numerous notable events,including the undocking of the Progress M-09M and Kounotori 2 spacecraft,the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-21 and Progress M-10M spacecraft,and the final rendezvous with the ISS of NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour,on its last mission,STS-134. The expedition ended on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft,although command of the station was ceremonially handed over to the crew of Expedition 28 on 22 May.
Progress M-04M,identified by NASA as Progress 36P,was a Russian Progress spacecraft launched in February 2010 to resupply the International Space Station. It was docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the station.
Soyuz TMA-12M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 39 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-12M was the 121st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first in 1967 and the 38th Soyuz mission to the ISS.
Soyuz TMA-14M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 41 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-14M is the 123rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 42 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until undocking and landing as scheduled in March 2015.
