Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Soyuz TMA-22 launched 2011

Angry Birds in space! 


L-R: Daniel C. Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin


Mission patch


In the midst of a snow storm, Soyuz TMA-22 blasted off November 14, 2011 with two Russians and one American on their way to the International Space Station.  It was the first manned mission to the ISS since NASA had ended the space shuttle program in July with STS-135.

Soyuz TMA-22's crew consisted of Commander Anton Shkaplerov, Flight Engineer Anatoli Ivanishin and Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank (from Connecticut).

It is the first known flight in which an Angry Bird was a passenger.




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