Soyuz TMA-10M

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Soyuz TMA-10M
Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft approaches the ISS.jpg
Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft approaches the ISS, 26 September 2013
Mission typeISS crew rotation
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2013-054A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 39263
Mission duration166 days, 6 hours, 26 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 11F732A47 No.710
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TMA 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members Oleg V. Kotov
Sergey Ryazansky
Michael S. Hopkins
CallsignPulsar
Start of mission
Launch date25 September 2013, 20:58:50 (2013-09-25UTC20:58:50Z) UTC [1]
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date11 March 2014, 03:24 (2014-03-11UTC03:25Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude 420 kilometres (260 mi) [2]
Apogee altitude 424 kilometres (263 mi) [2]
Inclination 51.65 degrees [2]
Period 92.87 minutes [2]
Epoch 27 September 2013, 01:37:25 UTC [2]
Docking with ISS
Docking port Poisk zenith
Docking date26 September 2013, 02:45 UTC
Undocking date11 March 2014, 00:02 UTC
Time docked165 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes
Soyuz TMA-10M crew.jpg
(l-r) Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazansky
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-10M was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 37 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-10M is the 119th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained on board the space station for the Expedition 38/39 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.

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Crew

The Soyuz TMA-10M crew members conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on 6 September 2013. Soyuz TMA-10M crew at the Kremlin Wall.jpg
The Soyuz TMA-10M crew members conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on 6 September 2013.
Position [3] [4] Crew Member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Kotov, Roscosmos
Expedition 37
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Ryazansky, Roscosmos
Expedition 37
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Hopkins, NASA
Expedition 37
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position [5] Crew Member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg Steven Swanson, NASA

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