Soyuz TMA-11M docked at the ISS (center) | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-061A |
| SATCATno. | 39373 |
| Mission duration | 187 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 11F732A47 No.711 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Mikhail V. Tyurin Richard A. Mastracchio Koichi Wakata |
| Callsign | Vostok |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 November 2013, 04:14:15 (2013-11-07UTC04:14:15Z) UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 14 May 2014, 01:58 (2014-05-14UTC01:59Z) UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
| Docking date | 7 November 2013, 10:27 UTC |
| Undocking date | 13 May 2014, 22:36 UTC |
| Time docked | 187 days, 12 hours, 9 minutes |
(l-r) Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-11M was a 2013 flight to theInternational Space Station. It transported three members of theExpedition 38 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-11M is the 120th flight of aSoyuz spacecraft, with the first flight launching in 1967. The successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft on November 7, 2013 marked the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the space station without the presence of a Space Shuttle.
The rocket and spacecraft carried Olympic symbols on the fairing of the ship. During the mission, theOlympic torch was passed for the first time in open space. Russian cosmonautsOleg Kotov andSergey Ryazansky passed it in the Russian section of the International Space Station.
| Position[2] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Expedition 38 Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Expedition 38 Fourth and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Expedition 38 Fourth spaceflight | |
| Position[3] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | ||
| Flight Engineer 1 | ||
| Flight Engineer 2 | ||
TMA-11M carried theOlympic flame for the2014 Winter Olympics into space for the first time.[4] The torch returned to Earth 5 days later on boardTMA-09M.
