Soyuz TMA-02M

Soyuz TMA- 02M is a mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). In the course of the ISS program of flight is called ISS AF - 27S. It was the 27th visit of a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 133rd flight in Sojusprogramm. It was further developed Soyuz spacecraft with digital control technique used for the second time, which can be operated by a spaceman.

Crew

Main occupation

  • Sergei Alexandrovich Volkov ( second space flight), Commander, ( Russia / Roskosmos )
  • Michael Edward Fossum ( third space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)
  • Satoshi Furukawa ( first space flight), flight engineer, ( Japan / JAXA )

Backup crew

  • Oleg Kononenko ( 2nd space flight), Commander, ( Russia / Roskosmos )
  • Donald Pettit ( third space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)
  • André Kuipers ( second space flight ), flight engineer, (The Netherlands / ESA )

Mission History

The mission took three crew members of the ISS Expeditions 28 and 29 to the International Space Station. The Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA -20 sparked off as a rescue capsule.

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