Soyuz TMA-12 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

8 Apr 2008, 11:16am

UTC

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

1/5

Launch Service Provider

ROSCOSMOS

Vehicle

Soyuz FG

Spacecraft Stage

Soyuz TMA

Crew

Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov

Oleg Kononenko

Yi So-yeon

Mission

Soyuz TMA-12

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Soyuz TMA-12 begins Expedition 17 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Volkov alongside Flight Engineers, Oleg Kononenko (RSA) & Yi So-Yeon (KAP - Korean Astronaut Program) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 24, 2008, 03:37 UTC

Available Replays

Live

Пуск РН "СОЮЗ-ФГ" с КК "СОЮЗ ТМА-12" 08.04.08