Soyuz TMA-11M

Soyuz TMA-11M

Soyuz TMA-11M docked at the ISS (center)
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2013-061A
SATCAT no.	39373
Mission duration	187 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz 11F732A47 No.711
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F747
Manufacturer	Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Mikhail V. Tyurin Richard A. Mastracchio Koichi Wakata
Callsign	Vostok
Start of mission
Launch date	7 November 2013, 04:14:15 (2013-11-07UTC04:14:15Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date	14 May 2014, 01:58 (2014-05-14UTC01:59Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	7 November 2013, 10:27 UTC
Undocking date	13 May 2014, 22:36 UTC
Time docked	187 days, 12 hours, 9 minutes
(l-r) Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA-10M Soyuz TMA-12M →

Soyuz TMA-11M was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 38 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-11M is the 120th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, with the first flight launching in 1967. The successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft on November 7, 2013 marked the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the space station without the presence of a Space Shuttle.

The rocket and spacecraft carried Olympic symbols on the fairing of the ship. During the mission, the Olympic torch was passed for the first time in open space. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky passed it in the Russian section of the International Space Station.