Soyuz TMA-03M is scheduled to launch to the ISS on December 21, atop a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Pads 1/5.
Time of launch is 13:16:15 UTC (17:16:15 MSK , 08:16:15 EST)
Docking is scheduled to December 23, at 15:22 UTC (19:22 MSK , 10:22 EST)
Planned landing date is in May 2012.
It will be the Soyuz's 112th flight, third in the new TMA-M series.
The crew:
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Commander Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos|Flight Engineer André Kuipers, ESA|Flight Engineer Donald Petit, NASA
The mission patch:
And André Kuipers' mission patch by ESA:
The crew is in Baikonur undertaking final preparations for the launch.
The spacecraft has been transported for general integration with the LV, article by RCS Energia:
(older links from Energia: Check inspection of the spacecraft , Designers inspection of spacecraft and shroud roll-out , Transfer compartment attached to Soyuz TMA-03M , more here)
NASA: Expedition 30 , Expedition 30-31 Press Kit
Spaceflight Now: Kuipers Video News Release , Soyuz crew gets comfortable aboard its capsule
ESA: PromISSe mission
NASA Spaceflight.com: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz TMA-03M - December 21, 2011
Time of launch is 13:16:15 UTC (17:16:15 MSK , 08:16:15 EST)
Docking is scheduled to December 23, at 15:22 UTC (19:22 MSK , 10:22 EST)
Planned landing date is in May 2012.
It will be the Soyuz's 112th flight, third in the new TMA-M series.
The crew:
Commander Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos|Flight Engineer André Kuipers, ESA|Flight Engineer Donald Petit, NASA
The mission patch:
And André Kuipers' mission patch by ESA:
The crew is in Baikonur undertaking final preparations for the launch.
The spacecraft has been transported for general integration with the LV, article by RCS Energia:
(older links from Energia: Check inspection of the spacecraft , Designers inspection of spacecraft and shroud roll-out , Transfer compartment attached to Soyuz TMA-03M , more here)
NASA: Expedition 30 , Expedition 30-31 Press Kit
Spaceflight Now: Kuipers Video News Release , Soyuz crew gets comfortable aboard its capsule
ESA: PromISSe mission
NASA Spaceflight.com: Soyuz-FG launch with Soyuz TMA-03M - December 21, 2011
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