Soyuz TMA-22

The Soyuz TMA-22 crew members

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Soyuz TMA-22 commander, ISS-29/30 flight engineer

Anatoly Ivanishin (Russia), Soyuz TMA-22 and ISS-29/30 flight engineer

Daniel C. Burbank (USA), Soyuz TMA-22 and ISS-29 flight engineer, ISS-30 commander

Gennady Padalka (Russia), crew commander

Sergey Revin (Russia), flight engineer

Joseph M. Acaba (USA), flight engineer

The patch for this launch is based on a drawing by 5-year-old Maxim Baikalov from Abakan. The patch depicts a unique view through the VZOR periscope on the Soyuz spacecraft.

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The launch of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft was postponed from the end of September to November 14, 2011 due to the unsuccessful launch of the Progress M-12M unmanned cargo spacecraft on August 24, 2011. The cause of the incident was a clogged fuel line leading to the engine gas generator of the third stages RD-0110 of the upper stage of the Soyuz-U spacecraft. After the loss of the Progress M-12M, all Russian manned space flights were temporarily suspended due to the similarity between the failed engine and the third stage engine used on the Soyuz-FG manned launch vehicle. On October 30, 2011, Russia successfully launched the Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft on a Soyuz-U launch vehicle, thus clearing the way for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft.

Soyuz TMA-22 was launched on schedule from the Gagarin’s Start launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 04:14:04 UTC on November 14, 2011. Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov was in the center seat of the Soyuz, with flight engineer Anatoly Ivanishin to his left and NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank to his right. The Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-22 was launched in a snowstorm, with strong winds and temperatures down to -5 °C (23 °F). However, the conditions were considered acceptable for the launch.

The rocket followed its nominal ascent trajectory and successfully placed the Soyuz TMA-22 into orbit approximately nine minutes after liftoff. On the orbit the spacecraft deployed two solar panels and communications antennas according to the flight plan.

Soyuz TMA-22 docked with the ISS at 05:24:08 UTC on November 16, 2011, about nine minutes earlier than planned. The spacecraft docked with the Poisk Mini Research Module MRM-2 over the South Pacific Ocean. The Soyuz crew entered the ISS at around 06:39 UTC and were greeted by Expedition 29 crew members Mike Fossum, Sergey Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa. Before the safety briefing led by Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, cosmonauts Shkaplerov, Ivanishin and astronaut Burbank received congratulatory satellite calls from their family members and Russian dignitaries.

2 cargo ships were received as a part of the mission

During the expeditions ISS-29 and ISS-30, 356 sessions were implemented in 46 experiments. 44 experiments started in previous expeditions, 2 experiments ("Microsatellite", "Endurance") were new.

(46th Russian ISS supply ship)

Progress M-14M

(47th Russian ISS supply ship)

Progress M-15M

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In January 2013, the descent capsule was installed near the building of the airport in the city of Kemerovo.

This launch ended the exploitation of manned spacecraft of the Soyuz TMA series, which used analog control systems. They were replaced by digital manned spacecraft of the Soyuz TMA-M series.

The second flight of Anton Shkaplerov into space.
Soyuz TMA-15M

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