Soyuz TMA-7
| Operator | Roskosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2005-039A |
| Mission duration | 189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 2,987 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,200 kilograms (15,900 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members |
Valery Tokarev William McArthur |
| Launching | Gregory Olsen |
| Landing | Marcos Pontes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 1, 2005, 03:55:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 8, 2006, 23:48:00 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | ~200 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee | ~252 kilometres (157 mi) |
| Inclination | ~51.7 degrees |
| Period | ~88.7 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
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Soyuz TMA-7 (Russian: Союз ТМА-7) was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 12 crew launched October 1, 2005. The flight delivered ISS Commander William McArthur and ISS Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev to the station to replace Expedition 11 crew members. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen joined the TMA-7 crew for the ascent and docking with the ISS, spent approximately eight days aboard conducting experiments, then returned to Earth with the outgoing members of Expedition 11 aboard Soyuz TMA-6. McArthur and Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments for the Brazilian Space Agency.
28th manned flight to ISS (Flight 11S).
Soyuz TMA-7 is a Soyuz spacecraft which has been launched on October 1, 2005 by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The spacecraft carried two members of the Expedition 12 crew to the International Space Station, together with the space tourist Gregory Olsen. They replaced the Expedition 11 crew, Commander Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips.
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