Expedition 29
Expedition 29 was the 29th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition formally began on 16 September 2011, with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft.[1] Astronauts Satoshi Furukawa, Michael Fossum and Sergey Volkov, who had arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-02M in June 2011, began their Expedition 29 service at this time.
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| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 16 September 2011, 00:38 UTC |
| Ended | 21 November 2011, 23:00 UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-02M Soyuz TMA-22 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-02M Soyuz TMA-22 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | Expedition 28/29: Mike Fossum Satoshi Furukawa Sergei Volkov Expedition 29/30: Anton Shkaplerov Anatoli Ivanishin Dan Burbank |
Expedition 29 mission patch (l-r) Furukawa, Fossum, Volkov, Ivanishin, Burbank and Shkaplerov | |
Soyuz TMA-22, which brought the remaining three Expedition 29 crew members to the ISS, was originally scheduled to launch in September 2011, but due to the launch failure of the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle on 24 August, its launch was delayed to 14 November.[2] It docked successfully with the ISS on 16 November 2011.[3]
Expedition 29 officially ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-02M on 21 November 2011. Furukawa, Fossum, and Volkov returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft, while astronauts Dan Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov, and Anatoli Ivanishin remained on the ISS as part of Expedition 30.[4]
Crew edit
| Position | First part (September 2011 to November 2011) | Second part (November 2011) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Mike Fossum, NASA Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Sergei Volkov, RSA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Anton Shkaplerov, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Daniel Burbank, NASA Third and last spaceflight | |
Mission highlights edit
Soyuz TMA-02M launch edit
The expedition's first three crew members launched aboard Soyuz TMA-02M from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 21:18 UTC on 7 June 2011. The crew consisted of Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA), and Michael Fossum (NASA). Their backups were Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Donald Pettit (NASA), and André Kuipers (ESA). Soyuz TMA-02M docked successfully to the ISS on 9 June 2011, at 5:19 pm EDT.[7]
Soyuz TMA-22 launch edit
Soyuz TMA-22 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 04:14 UTC on 14 November 2011, carrying Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin (Roscosmos), and Daniel Burbank (NASA). The spacecraft was placed into a 250-kilometre (160 mi) parking orbit,[8] and docked successfully with the ISS at 5:24 am GMT on 16 November 2011.[3]
Departure of Soyuz TMA-02M edit
Expedition 29 concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-02M from the ISS at 11:00 pm GMT on 21 November 2011, carrying astronauts Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa. The spacecraft soft-landed safely (albeit on its side) in Kazakhstan at 2:26 am GMT on 22 November.[9]
References edit
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ^ "Soyuz TMA-21 returns to Earth". NASA, 15 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ "Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS" 26 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua, 24 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Russian, U.S. crew safely dock with space station". Reuters, 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Expedition 30". NASA. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ NASA HQ (2009). "NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews". NASA. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ JAXA announcement of Furukawa assignment, 17 December 2008 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Expedition 28". NASA. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Soyuz TMA-22 manned transportation spacecraft launched towards ISS". SpaceDaily, 15 November 2011.
- ^ "3 Space Station Astronauts Land Safely in Kazakhstan". Space.com, 21 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
External links edit
- NASA's Space Station Expeditions page