Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS on April 28,2003 and undocked on October 28,2003. Soyuz TMA-2 was the second flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft,and the 6th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft,and the 7th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
Soyuz TM-32 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight which was launched on April 28,2001,and docked with the International Space Station two days later. It launched the crew of the visiting mission ISS EP-1,which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito,as well as two Russian cosmonauts. The Soyuz TM-32 remained docked to the station until October;during this time it served as the lifeboat for the crew of Expedition 2 and later for the crew of Expedition 3. In October it landed the crew of ISS EP-2,who had been launched by Soyuz TM-33.
Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions. He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two spacewalks. From 2014 to 2017,Lonchakov served as head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on 19 April 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia,Michael Fincke from the US and AndréKuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to Earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the re-entry module of the Soyuz TMA-3,the other two stayed as ISS crew 9. The craft landed 24 October 2004 with Padalka,Fincke and Yuri Shargin aboard.
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 TM-33 was a crewed Russian spaceflight which launched on October 21,2001,on the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. It carried Russian cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev,Konstantin Kozeyev,and French cosmonaut Claudie Haigneréto the International Space Station.
Pirs(Russian:Пирс,meaning "pier") –also called Stykovochny Otsek 1 and DC-1 –was a Russian module on the International Space Station (ISS). Pirs was launched on 14 September 2001,and was located on the Zvezda module of the station. It provided the ISS with one docking port for Soyuz and Progress spacecraft,and allowed egress and ingress for spacewalks by cosmonauts using Russian Orlan space suits. Pirs was docked to Zvezda for almost 20 years,until 26 July 2021,when it was decommissioned and undocked by Progress MS-16 to make way for the new Nauka module.
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-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.
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.
Soyuz TMA-10 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 17:31:09 UTC on April 7,2007 when the spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. Soyuz TMA-10 brought to the station two members of ISS Expedition 15 crew,along with one spaceflight participant. It remained at the space station as an escape craft until it was replaced by Soyuz TMA-11 in October 2007.
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-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.
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.
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.
The Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) is the name given to the components of the International Space Station (ISS) constructed in Russia and operated by the Russian Roscosmos. The ROS handles Guidance,Navigation,and Control for the entire Station.
