Soyuz TMA-17
| Mission type | ISS crew rotation |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-074A |
| SATCAT no. | 36129 |
| Mission duration | 164 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members |
Oleg Kotov Timothy Creamer Soichi Noguchi |
| Callsign | Pulsar |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | December 20, 2009, 21:52 UTC |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | June 2, 2010, 03:25 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 333 kilometres (207 mi) |
| Apogee | 344 kilometres (214 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91.3 minutes |
| Epoch | December 23, 2009 |
| Docking with ISS | |
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 From left to right: Creamer, Kotov and Noguchi
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Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-17 crew members participated in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23. The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on June 2, 2010.
Noguchi is the first JAXA astronaut and the second Japanese astronaut to fly on a Soyuz, after Toyohiro Akiyama.
Soyuz TMA-17 was launched on December 20, 2009 and transported three members of the ISS Expedition 22 crew to the station. TMA-17 is the 104th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the remainder of the Expedition 22 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
This mission marked the first Soyuz launch in the month of December for almost 19 years. The prior Soyuz launch in the month of December was Soyuz TM-11 on December 2, 1990.
This mission also included the last planned docking of a Soyuz at the nadir, or Earth-facing, port of the Zarya module. The Rassvet module was attached to Zarya's nadir port during the STS-132 mission.
On May 12, 2010, the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft was relocated to the aft port of the Zvezda module. At 9:23 a.m EDT, Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi temporarily undocked the spacecraft from the nadir port of Zarya and flew it to the aft port of the Zvezda service module. The docking occurred at 9:53 a.m EDT. After hooks and latches were engaged, the crew conducted leak checks, opened hatches around 12:40 p.m EDT and then re-entered the station through the service module.
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