Soyuz TMA-3M (29S) with Expedition 30, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 13:16 GMT, 21st December, 2011.
Launch of Expedition 30 on Soyuz TMA-03M
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Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft on December 21, 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a two-day journey to the International Space Station today at 13:16 UTC.
ESA astronaut André Kuipers, together with his Russian Commander Oleg Kononenko and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:14 GMT (10:14 CEST) in Soyuz TMA-03M. During his six-month PromISSe mission on the International Space Station, André conducted over 50 scientific experiments in the world's only permanent microgravity laboratory. Read more
The Soyuz spacecraft with the Expedition 31 crew; astronauts Don Pettit, Andre Kuipers and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, safely landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:14 UT.
ESA astronaut André Kuipers arrives at the Space Station
ESA astronaut André Kuipers and crewmates Oleg Kononeko and Don Pettit docked today with the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft. They will work aboard the Station now for five months and return to Earth in May. Read more
Russia Wednesday launched a manned mission to the International Space Sation (ISS) from its Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying three astronauts blasted off at 1316 GMT, the Roscosmos space agency said. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS at 1522 GMT Friday Read more