Launch Overview
Vehicle
Soyuz-FG
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Site / Pad
GIK-5 / LC1
Outcome
Success
Flight
Ts15000-020
COSPAR Designator
2007-045
Mission
Soyuz TMA-11 (Human Exploration)
Soyuz TMA-11 begins Expedition 16 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko alongside Flight Engineers, Peggy Whitson (NASA) & Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (National Space Agency of Malaysia) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on April 19, 2008, 08:30 UTC
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Soyuz FG
Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Agency launches
170 (8 YTD)
Site launches
1281 (13 YTD)
Pad launches
411 (6 YTD)