Status
Success
Soyuz TMA-18
Launch Time
Fri Apr 02, 2010 04:04 UTC
Fri Apr 02, 2010 04:04 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Soyuz TMA-18
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.
The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spacecraft, developed to perform lunar missions with crew. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings on the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Thereafter, it is adapted to the low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to supply the Soviet Salyut and Mir stations, and the ISS.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2010
11th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz FG
30th mission
1st mission of 2010
30th successful mission