Soyuz TMA-22
| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2011-067A |
| SATCAT no. | 37877 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Anton Shkaplerov Anatoli Ivanishin Daniel C. Burbank |
| Callsign | Astraeus |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 November 2011, 04:14:03 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 27 April 2012, 11:45 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 16 November 2011 05:24 UTC |
| Undocking date | 27 April 2012 08:15 UTC |
| Time docked | 163d 2h 51m |
From left to right: Daniel C. Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-22 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-22 was the 111th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and transported three members of the Expedition 29 crew to the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the ISS on 16 November 2011, and remained docked to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until its undocking on 27 April 2012. Soyuz TMA-22 successfully landed in Kazakhstan on 27 April 2012 11:45 GMT.
TMA-22 was the final flight of a Soyuz-TMA vehicle, following the design's replacement by the modernized TMA-M series. The launch of Soyuz TMA-22 was originally scheduled for 30 September 2011, but was delayed until 14 November following the launch failure of the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle on 24 August 2011. Soyuz TMA-22 was the first crewed mission to dock with the ISS since the Retirement of the American Space Shuttle fleet at the end of the STS-135 mission in July 2011.