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.
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko is a Russian cosmonaut who has undertaken multiple missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
Soyuz TMA-01M was a Soyuz flight that transported three members of the Expedition 25 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-01M was the 107th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,and the first flight of the modernized TMA-M series. The spacecraft remained docked to the space station during Expedition 25,to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The spacecraft's COSPAR ID was 2010-052A.
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-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.
Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut. In 2011 he was in space serving as an Expedition 25/26 crewmember.
Expedition 25 was the 25th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 25 began with the Soyuz TMA-18 undocking on 25 September 2010. Three new crewmembers arrived aboard the ISS 10 October 2010 on Soyuz TMA-01M to join Douglas Wheelock,Fyodor Yurchikhin and Shannon Walker,and formed the full six member crew of Expedition 25. NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock accepted command of Expedition 25 on 22 September 2010,taking over from Russia's Aleksandr Skvortsov. The departure of Wheelock,Walker and Yurchikhin on 25 November 2010 marked the official end of Expedition 25.
Soyuz TMA-21 ("Gagarin") was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS,and docked at the station on April 6,2011. TMA-21 is the 109th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,the first of which launched in 1967. The Soyuz remained attached to the space station as a lifeboat,throughout the remainder of Expedition 27 and through the end of Expedition 28,and returned to Earth on September 16,2011.
Soyuz TMA-02M was a space mission that transported three members of the Expedition 28 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-02M was the 110th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft and the second flight of the improved Soyuz-TMA-M series. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 28 increment to serve as a potential emergency escape vehicle.
Soyuz TMA-22 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-22 was the 111th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,and transported three members of the Expedition 29 crew to the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the ISS on 16 November 2011,and remained docked to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until its undocking on 27 April 2012. Soyuz TMA-22 successfully landed in Kazakhstan on 27 April 2012 11:45 GMT.
Soyuz TMA-03M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It launched on 21 December 2011 from Site One at the Baikonur Cosmodrome,Kazakhstan,carrying three members of Expedition 30 to the ISS. TMA-03M was the 112th flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft,since the first in 1967,and the third flight of the modernised Soyuz-TMA-M version. The docking with the International Space Station took place at 19:19 Moscow Time on 23 December,three minutes ahead of schedule.
Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station (ISS),which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012. TMA-04M was the Soyuz spacecraft's 113th flight since its initial launch in 1967,and the fourth launch of the improved Soyuz TMA-M series. As per the mission plan,the spacecraft remained docked to the space station to serve as an emergency escape vehicle during Expedition 31.
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-07M was a spaceflight launched to the International Space Station in 2012 which transported three members of the Expedition 34 crew to the station. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station and served as an emergency escape vehicle for the Expedition 35 increment,before returning its crew to Earth in May 2013.
Soyuz TMA-09M was a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 36 crew to the space station. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station during Expeditions 36 and 37 to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The spacecraft landed on 11 November 2013,carrying the same three cosmonauts who were aboard for launch. The crew of Soyuz TMA-09M consisted of Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos,Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.
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.
Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15M was the 124th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 43 increment,serving as an emergency escape vehicle until departing and returning to Earth as scheduled in June 2015.
Soyuz TMA-16M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 43 crew to the station. TMA-16M was the 125th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft,the first having launched in 1967.
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It was launched on December 15,2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome,transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19M was the 128th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first in 1967. The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by American and British astronauts. The flight returned to Earth on June 18,2016. The Soyuz TMA-19M descent module is now in the collection of the UK's Science Museum Group.
