Soyuz TMA-10Soyuz-FG Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Launch Status Success Sat · Apr 7th, 2007 1:31 PM EDT Watch Online Crew Oleg Kotov Commander Status: Retired 10/27/1965 - Nationality: Russian Type: Government First Flight: 4/7/2007 Last Flight: 9/25/2013 Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown two long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging just short of a year in space. Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014. Charles Simonyi Spaceflight Participant Status: Retired 9/10/1948 - Nationality: Hungarian Type: Non-Astronaut Passenger First Flight: 4/7/2007 Last Flight: 3/26/2009 Charles Simonyi (born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-born American computer businessman. In April 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. In March 2009, aboard Soyuz TMA-14, he made a second trip to the International Space Station. Fyodor Yurchikhin Flight Engineer Status: Active 1/3/1959 - Nationality: Russian Type: Government First Flight: 10/7/2002 Last Flight: 4/20/2017 Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin (Russian: Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek: Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959), is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mission STS-112. His second was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 15; for this mission he was launched in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He has undertaken two further long-duration stays aboard the ISS, as a crew member of Expedition 24 / 25. For this mission he was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, and he landed in November 2010, also with the TMA-19 spacecraft. He served as Soyuz Commander for his fourth mission aboard Soyuz TMA-09M, as Flight Engineer for Expedition 36 and ISS Commander for Expedition 37. In April 2017, Yurchikhin launched on Soyuz MS-04 for the fifth spaceflight of his career, a six-month mission to the ISS as part of Expedition 51 and 52, for which he was the Commander. Mission Soyuz TMA-10 Type: Human Exploration Soyuz TMA-10 begins Expedition 15 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Oleg Kotov alongside Flight Engineers, Fyodor Yurchikhin (RSA) & spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi (Space Adventures) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 21, 2007, 10:36 UTC Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 468 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan. Rocket Soyuz Length: 49.5 meters Diameter: 3 meters First Launch: May 20, 2001 The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today. The Soyuz rocket has been launched a total of 60 times with 59 successful and 1 failed launches. Agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Type: Government Abbreviation: RFSA Administration: Administrator: Dmitry Rogozin Founded: 1992 Launchers: Soyuz Spacecraft: Soyuz Country: RUS The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana. View Rocket Launch Schedule