Soyuz TMA-18

Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 April 2010.
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2010-011A
SATCAT no.36505
Mission duration176 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAleksandr Skvortsov
Mikhail Kornienko
Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Callsignутес ("cliff")
Start of mission
Launch date2 April 2010, 04:04 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Landing date25 September 2010, 05:23 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date4 April 2010, 05:25 UTC
Undocking date25 September 2010
02:02 UTC
Time docked173 days, 20 hours and 37 minutes

From left to right: Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov and Kornienko
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first crewed flight in 1967.