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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Soyuz TMA-02M
Soyuz TMA-02M begins expedition 28 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergey Volkov alongside Flight Engineers, Michael E. Fossum (NASA) & Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 22 November 2011, 02:26 UTC
Soyuz TMA-02M
Serial Soyuz TMA-M 11F732A47 #702
Launch Crew Count 3
Status Single Use
Landing Time 2011-11-22T02:26:00+0000
Crew
Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov
Commander
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1973-04-01
Status Retired
Type Government
Michael E. Fossum
Flight Engineer
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-12-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Satoshi Furukawa
Flight Engineer
Nationality Japanese
Date Of Birth 1964-04-04
Status Active
Type Government
Soyuz FG
Height 49.50 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 0 kN
Diameter 3.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 6450 kg
Liftoff Mass 305 Tonnes
Launch Success 59
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2001-05-20
Launch Failures 1
Programs
Soyuz
The Soyuz programme is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. It was the third Soviet human spaceflight programme after the Vostok and Voskhod programmes.
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
