LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue May 15 2012

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Soyuz TMA-04M

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(3:01 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:01 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:01 AM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Soyuz FG

The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

Type: Human Exploration
Soyuz TMA-04M begins expedition 31 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka alongside Flight Engineers, Sergei Revin (RSA) & Joseph M. Acaba (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 17 September 2012, 02:53 UTC

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

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