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Soyuz TMA-19

Soyuz FG

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Crew

Fyodor Yurchikhin

Fyodor Yurchikhin

  • Birthday: 01/03/1959
  • Role: Commander
  • Nationality: Russia
  • First Flight: 10/07/2002
  • Last Flight: 04/20/2017

Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin (Russian: Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek: Θεόδωρος Γιουρτ...

Douglas H. Wheelock

Douglas H. Wheelock

  • Birthday: 05/05/1960
  • Role: Flight Engineer
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 10/23/2007
  • Last Flight: 06/15/2010

Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock is an American engineer and astronaut. He has flown in space twice, logging 178 day...

Shannon Walker

Shannon Walker

  • Birthday: 06/04/1965
  • Role: Flight Engineer
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 06/15/2010
  • Last Flight: 11/16/2020

Shannon Walker is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, whose first space mission was Expedition 24 on the Internationa...

Mission

Soyuz TMA-19

  • Type: Human Exploration
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Soyuz TMA-19 begins Expedition 24 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
Russian Commander, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin alongside Flight Engineers, Shannon Walker (NASA) & Douglas H. Wheelock (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station.
It landed on November 26, 2010, 04:46 UTC

Location

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 orbital launch attempts. While Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1555 rocket launches.

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.

Rocket

Progress Rocket Space Center Soyuz FG

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

Learn more about the Soyuz FG

Agency

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

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.

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