Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Soyuz TMA-11M launched 2013

 


Wakata, Tyurin, Mastracchio


The Soyuz TMA-11M mission, launched November 7, 2013, was the 120th flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.  When Soyuz reached the International Space Station, the Olympic torch was passed for the first time in outer space!  It returned to Earth 5 days later on Soyuz TMA-09M.

TMA-11M's crew consisted of  Commander Mikhail Tyurin (Russian), Flight Engineer Richard Mastracchio (Connecticut) and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata (Japanese).

Soyuz TMA-11M returned to Earth May 14, 2014.


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