Soyuz TMA-07M

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  39032 / 12074A Launch date - time  19 Dec 2012 - 12:12 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#xx) Soyuz designation 11F732 nº 704A Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  21 Dec 2012 - 14:09 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Rassvet module Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  259 x 357 km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.6°    - Period  90.5 min Undocking date - time  13 May 2013 - 23:08 UT Deorbit burn date - time  14 May 2013 - 01:37 UT Landing date - time  14 May 2013 - 02:31 UT Landing location  47°24'27,5"N, 69°36'35,6"E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  145d 14h 19m Nbr orbits  2261 Landing crew  Launch crew

Launched Crew

Launch crew

Backup crew

Backup Crew

Mission Report:

Crew in training

Soyuz integration

• Soyuz TMA-07M (spacecraft 704A, flight ISS 33S) went up on Dec 19, 2012 with crew Roman Romanenko of Russia, Chris Hadfield of Canada, and Tom Marshburn of the USA. Initial orbit was 194 x 236 km x 51.6 deg. The spaceship docked with the Rassvet module at 1409 UTC on Dec 21, 2012.
• ISS Exp.34 & 35
• On May 12, 2013 at 1948 UTC Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield transferred command of Station to Pavel Vinogradov. Meanwhile, Hadfield relased his cover of a David Bowie ballad performed while floating in a most speculiar way sitting in a tin can far above the world. If `Ground Control to Major Tom' rings a bell for you, you'll want : to listen
• On May 13, 2013 at 2308 UTC Soyuz TMA-07M undocked from Rassvet carrying commander Roman Romanenko and flight engineers Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn.
• After moving a safe distance away from the sprawling lab complex, Romanenko monitored an automated four-minute 45-second rocket firing starting at 9:37 p.m. (0137 UTC May 14), slowing the ship by 286 mph and putting it on course for a landing near Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
  A half hour later, the three modules making up the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft separated and the crew's descent module, the only part of the ship equipped with a protective heat shield, fell into the discernible atmosphere at an altitude of about 62 miles.
  Nine minutes after that, at an altitude of about 6.7 miles, a large braking parachute unfurled and long-range television cameras followed the craft as it descended to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown at 10:31 p.m. (8:31 a.m. Tuesday local time - 0231 UTC).
  
  

  Cabine on parachute

  Crew back on Earth

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