Soyuz TMA-7
Soyuz TMA-7 was an ISS crew transport mission launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on October 1, 2005. It delivered Expedition 12 crewmembers Valeri Tokarev and William McArthur to the station with private spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen, then remained docked as the Expedition 12 return spacecraft. Olsen returned separately on Soyuz TMA-6, while Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes launched later on Soyuz TMA-8 and returned to Earth with Tokarev and McArthur aboard Soyuz TMA-7 on April 8, 2006.
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Identity
- Aliases
- RassvetISS Soyuz 11S
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-7
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- Soyuz TMA-7 was an ISS crew transport mission launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on October 1, 2005. It delivered Expedition 12 crewmembers Valeri Tokarev and William McArthur to the station with private spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen, then remained docked as the Expedition 12 return spacecraft. Olsen returned separately on Soyuz TMA-6, while Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes launched later on Soyuz TMA-8 and returned to Earth with Tokarev and McArthur aboard Soyuz TMA-7 on April 8, 2006.
- End Date
- 2006-04-08
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Completed ISS crew transport mission; delivered the Expedition 12 crew and returned Tokarev, McArthur, and Pontes safely to Kazakhstan.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2005-10-01
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-7
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- Creation Time
- July 8, 2026 at 22:54:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:49 UTC
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- Search Name
- Soyuz TMA-7 Rassvet ISS Soyuz 11S
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