Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 252

Soyuz TMA-11

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Russia

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Patch Soyuz TMA-11

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  10.10.2007
Launch time:  13:22 UTC
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  ~350 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking ISS:  12.10.2007, 14:50 UTC
Undocking ISS:  19.04.2008, 05:06 UTC
Landing date:  19.04.2008
Landing time:  08:29 UTC
Landing site:  50° 31' N, 61° 07' E

walkout photo

Crew Soyuz TMA-11

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alternate crew photo

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alternate crew photo

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alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 Russian Federation  Malenchenko  Yuri Ivanovich  Commander 4 191d 19h 07m  3028 
2 USA  Whitson  Peggy Annette  Flight Engineer 2 191d 19h 07m  3028 
3 Malaysia  Muszaphar Shukor  Sheikh  Spaceflight Participant 1 10d 21h 14m  171 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Malenchenko
2  Whitson
3  Muszaphar Shukor
Soyuz TMA spaceship
Landing
1  Malenchenko
2  Whitson
3  Yi

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1 Russian Federation  Sharipov  Salizhan Shakirovich  Commander
2 USA  Fincke  Edward Michael "Mike"  Flight Engineer
3 Malaysia  bin Khaleed  Faiz  Spaceflight Participant
Crew Soyuz TMA-11 (double)

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 428 km west of the intended site in Kazakhstan due of a ballistic descent.

Muszaphar Shukor was the first space traveller from Malaysia. It was the ISS Expedition 16. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the ISS on 12.10.2007. Whitson and Malenchenko replaced expedition 15 crew members Yurchikhin and Kotov.

Note

Muszaphar Shukor landed on 21.10.2007 at 10:36 UTC with Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

Soyuz TMA spaceship Soyuz TMA landing module
crew in training Soyuz TMA-11 rollout
Soyuz TMA-11 launch Departure of Soyuz TMA-11 from the ISS
traditional in-flight photo Soyuz TMA-11 Landing Soyuz TMA-11 (possible szenario)
Soyuz TMA-11 recovery  

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Last update on January 22, 2012.

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