Soyuz TMA-03M
Soyuz TMA-03M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on December 21, 2011 with Oleg Kononenko, ESA astronaut André Kuipers, and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. It docked with the International Space Station on December 23, restoring six-person operations during Expedition 30. The crew continued into Expedition 31, with Kononenko later taking command of the station. The spacecraft undocked and landed in Kazakhstan on July 1, 2012.
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Identity
- Aliases
- AntaresISS Soyuz 29SPromISSe
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-03M
- Status
- completed
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- Astronauts
- Description
- Soyuz TMA-03M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on December 21, 2011 with Oleg Kononenko, ESA astronaut André Kuipers, and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. It docked with the International Space Station on December 23, restoring six-person operations during Expedition 30. The crew continued into Expedition 31, with Kononenko later taking command of the station. The spacecraft undocked and landed in Kazakhstan on July 1, 2012.
- End Date
- 2012-07-01
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful ISS crew transport and return. TMA-03M delivered Kononenko, Kuipers, and Pettit for Expeditions 30-31 and returned the same crew safely southeast of Zhezkazgan after 192 days.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2011-12-21
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Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-03M
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- Creation Time
- July 8, 2026 at 13:11:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:47 UTC
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