Soyuz TMA-8

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Soyuz TMA-8
Soyuz TMA-8 launch.jpg
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2006-009A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 28996 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration182 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TMA 11F732
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Launch mass7,270 kilograms (16,030 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
Members Pavel Vinogradov
Jeffrey Williams
Launching Marcos Pontes
Landing Anousheh Ansari
CallsignCarat
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 30, 2006, 02:30 (2006-03-30UTC02:30Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing dateSeptember 29, 2006, 01:13 (2006-09-29UTC01:14Z) UTC
Landing siteKazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude 200 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude 241 kilometres (150 mi)
Inclination 51.67 degrees
Period 88.64 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zarya nadir
Docking date1 April 2006
04:19 UTC
Undocking date28 September 2006
21:53 UTC
Time docked180d 17h 34m
Expedition 13 Crew Members wave goodbye at launch pad.jpg
From top to bottom: Jeffrey Williams, Marcos Pontes and Pavel Vinogradov.
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.

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Crew

The crew at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz TMA-8 crew.jpg
The crew at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Soyuz TMA-8 was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 13 crew. The flight delivered ISS Commander Pavel Vinogradov and ISS Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams to the station to replace Expedition 12 crew members. Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes joined the TMA-8 crew for the ascent and docking with ISS, spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments as part of the Missão Centenário, then returned to Earth with the outgoing members of Expedition 12 aboard Soyuz TMA-7. Vinogradov and Williams were joined on their return trip to Earth by Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-9 and spent approximately eight days aboard ISS conducting experiments for the European Space Agency.

Position Launching crewLanding crew
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Vinogradov, RKA [1]
Expedition 13
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Jeffrey Williams, NASA [1]
Expedition 13
Second spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Pontes, AEB [1]
Only spaceflight
Flag of Iran.svg / Flag of the United States.svg Anousheh Ansari, SA
Only spaceflight
Tourist

Back-up crew

Position Crew
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Fyodor Yurchikhin, RKA [2]
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Michael Fincke, NASA [2]
Flight Engineer Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Volkov, RKA [2]

Docking with ISS

Mission highlights

The Soyuz TMA-8 launch on 30 March 2006. SoyuzTMA8 Launch.jpg
The Soyuz TMA-8 launch on 30 March 2006.
Jeffrey Williams inside the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft Jeffrey Williams inside the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft.jpg
Jeffrey Williams inside the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft

29th crewed flight to ISS (Flight 12S)

Soyuz TMA-8 is a Soyuz spacecraft which was launched on March 30, 2006 by a Soyuz-FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Near the end of second stage burn, a communications blackout occurred at Moscow Mission Control. A satellite link was lost, but was restored about 10 minutes later. The crew was safe throughout the loss of communications.

The spacecraft carried two members of the Expedition 13 crew to the International Space Station, together with Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian in space. The Brazilian government paid Russia approximately $20 million (USD) for Pontes' flight. [4] They replaced the Expedition 12 crew, Commander William McArthur and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev. Together with the Expedition 12 crew, Marcos Pontes returned to Earth on board Soyuz TMA-7.

Soyuz TMA-8 returned to Earth, together with Expedition 13, the spaceflight participant launched with Soyuz TMA-9, Anousheh Ansari. [5]

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