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Launch: |
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Soyuz TMA-8, Russian manned
transport spacecraft, was launched by the Souyz-FG launch
vehicle on March 30, 2006, at 06:30:20 Moscow Time (02:30:20
UTC) |
Launch site: |
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan |
Docking: |
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On April 1, 2006 at 08:19:26 Moscow Time
(04:19:26 UTC) to the Functional Cargo Block Zarya of
the ISS |
Undocking: |
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Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft undocked from Zvezda
Service Module of the ISS on April 9, 2006, at 00:28
Moscow Time (20:28 UTC). |
Landing: |
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April 9, 2006 at 03:48 Moscow Time
(April 8, at 23:47 UTC). |
Landing site: |
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In the area located near Arkalyk, Republic
of Kazakhstan |
Flight duration: |
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9 days 21 hours 17 min |
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Main tasks of the increment:
- Launch of visiting crew participant Brazilian astronaut
Markos Caesar Pontes aboard the Soyuz TMA-8 manned
vehicle;
- Unloading of the Soyuz TMA-8 transport vehicle;
- transfer/acceptance of Soyuz vehicles during scheduled
replacement of Soyuz TMA-7 vehicle used as a rescue
vehicle within the ISS since October 3, 2005;
- implementation of the scientific research program on
the ISS under the BSM "CENTENARIO"
project (GOSUM,
DNARM,
SMEK,
NIP,
CEMEX,
WMHP,
SEEDS,
CHROPHYL),
as well as performance of activities on world community
information symbol manipulation (PR & Symbolic);
- maintenance of the Soyuz transport vehicle systems;
- support of personal vital activities aboard the ISS;
- passage along the route of ISS urgent escape;
- return of hardware to the Soyuz TMA-7 transport vehicle;
- Return of the Brazilian astronaut Marcos C. Pontes
to Earth together with the ISS-12 crew in Soyuz
TMA-7 descent capsule.
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