Engineering:Soyuz TMA-10M

From HandWiki
Short description: 2013 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Soyuz TMA-10M
Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft approaches the ISS.jpg
Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft approaches the ISS, 26 September 2013
Mission typeISS crew rotation
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2013-054A
SATCAT no.39263
Mission duration166 days, 6 hours, 26 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 11F732A47 No.710
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg V. Kotov
Sergey Ryazansky
Michael S. Hopkins
CallsignPulsar
Start of mission
Launch date25 September 2013, 20:58:50 (2013-09-25UTC20:58:50Z) UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date11 March 2014, 03:24 (2014-03-11UTC03:25Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude420 kilometres (260 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude424 kilometres (263 mi)[2]
Inclination51.65 degrees[2]
Period92.87 minutes[2]
Epoch27 September 2013, 01:37:25 UTC[2]
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date26 September 2013, 02:45 UTC
Undocking date11 March 2014, 00:02 UTC
Time docked165 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes
Soyuz TMA-10M crew.jpg
(l-r) Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazansky
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Soyuz TMA-10M was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 37 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-10M is the 119th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained on board the space station for the Expedition 38/39 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.

Crew

The Soyuz TMA-10M crew members conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on 6 September 2013.
Position[3][4] Crew Member
Commander Russia Oleg Kotov, RSA
Expedition 37
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Sergey Ryazansky, RSA
Expedition 37
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Michael Hopkins, NASA
Expedition 37
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[5] Crew Member
Commander Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Oleg Artemyev, RSA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Steven Swanson, NASA

References