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.
Identity
- Aliases
- ISS 11SSoyuz TMA-7 / Expedition 12
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-7
- Slug
- soyuz-tma-7
- Status
- completed
Details
- 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 Id
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- Outcome
- Completed ISS crew transport mission; delivered the Expedition 12 crew and returned Tokarev, McArthur, and Pontes safely to Kazakhstan.
- Program
- International Space Station
- Space Station Id
- ms7vrdmhtb6vsyh53zc92thbc984p323
- Start Date
- 2005-10-01
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7wdrgeejvjtp7c4tdgjc2f2d8a56s6
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-7
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/8/2026, 10:54:09 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/8/2026, 10:54:09 PM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Operator
- Organization Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Role
- Partner agency
- Organization Id
- jd7dv3axkrx8pnhy2vn2rf5gj97nzxxb
- Role
- Private spaceflight arranger
- Organization Id
- vh7ebbjya4wskfmvbv3g57v90x7ngx5y
- Role
- Partner agency
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td77jxv080y0v2svvzmyv8qdvh89vkc1
- Role
- Commander; Expedition 12 return crew
- Astronaut Id
- td78ragpvrfkrnccmvkvmx58fd89vmk9
- Role
- Flight Engineer; Expedition 12 return crew
- Astronaut Id
- td73jg96crd0gq26kqbkvhnt598a4e00
- Role
- Spaceflight Participant; launch crew
- Astronaut Id
- td7azdd36jkvpwcj3jjw6yxwen8a5rvk
- Role
- Spaceflight Participant; landing crew