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Summary of Soyuz-TMA, Soyuz-TM and Soyuz-T missions

Last update: 06 January 2010

Mission		Crew	Mission duration (crew)		Landing site	Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events
no.	designation	(up/down)	lift-off	landing
Soyuz-TMA
1	Soyuz TMA-1	3 / 3	30/10/2002	04/05/2003	Kazakhstan	taxi flight no. 4; first flight of improved Soyuz TMA spacecraft; crew return with Soyuz TM-34
2	Soyuz TMA-2	2 / 3	26/04/2003	27/10/2003	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement crew 7 for ISS; mission 6S
3	Soyuz TMA-3	3 / 3	18/10/2003	30/04/2004	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 8 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 7S; P. Duque returning together with Y. Malenchenko and E. Lu aboard Soyuz TMA-2
4	Soyuz TMA-4	3 / 3	19/04/2004	24/10/2004	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 9 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 8S; A. Kuipers returning together with A. Kaleri and M. Foale aboard Soyuz TMA-3
5	Soyuz TMA-5	3 / 3	14/10/2004	24/04/2005	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement 'caretaker' Expedition Crew 10 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 9S; Y. Shargin returning together with M. Fincke and G. Padalka aboard Soyuz TMA-4
6	Soyuz TMA-6	3 / 3	15/04/2005	11/10/2005	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement 'caretaker' Expedition Crew 11 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 10S; R. Vittori returning together with L. Chiao and S. Sharipov aboard Soyuz TMA-5
7	Soyuz TMA-7	3 / 3	01/10/2005	08/04/2006	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement 'caretaker' Expedition Crew 12 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 11S; G. Olsen returning together with S. Krikalev and J. Philips aboard Soyuz TMA-6
8	Soyuz TMA-8	3 / 3	30/03/2006	29/09/2006	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 13 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 12S; M. Pontes returning together with W. McArthur and V. Tokarev aboard Soyuz TMA-7
9	Soyuz TMA-9	3 / 3	18/09/2006	21/04/2007	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 14 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 13S; A. Ansari returning together with P. Vinogradov and J. Williams aboard Soyuz TMA-8
10	Soyuz TMA-10	3 / 3	07/04/2007	21/10/2007	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 15 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 14S; C. Simonyi returning together with M. Lopez-Alegria and M. Tyurin aboard Soyuz TMA-9
11	Soyuz TMA-11	3 / 3	10/10/2007	20/04/2008	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 16 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 15S; Sheik Muszaphar Shukor returning together with O. Kotov and F. Jurtchichin aboard Soyuz TMA-10
12	Soyuz TMA-12	3 / 3	08/04/2008	24/10/2008	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 17 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 16S; Yi Se-yeon returning together with Y. Malenchenko and P. Whitson aboard Soyuz TMA-11
13	Soyuz TMA-13	3 / 3	12/10/2008	08/04/2009	Kazakhstan	three-man replacement Expedition Crew 18 for ISS; mission 17S; R. Garriott returning together with S. Volkov and O. Kononenko aboard Soyuz TMA-12
14	Soyuz TMA-14	3 / 3	26/03/2009	11/10/2009	Kazakhstan	two-man replacement Expedition Crew 19 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 18S; C. Simonyi returning together with Y. Lonchakov and M. Fincke aboard Soyuz TMA-13
15	Soyuz TMA-15	3 / 3	27/05/2009	01/12/2009	Kazakhstan	three-man replacement Expedition Crew 20 for ISS; mission 19S
16	Soyuz TMA-16	3 / 3	30/09/2009			two-man replacement Expedition Crew 21 for ISS, plus taxi flight participant; mission 20S; G. Laliberté returning together with G. Padalka and M. Barratt aboard Soyuz TMA-14
17	Soyuz TMA-17	3 / 3	20/12/2009			three-man replacement Expedition Crew 22 for ISS; mission 21S
18	Soyuz TMA-18	3 / 3	02/04/2010			three-man replacement Expedition Crew 23 for ISS; mission 22S
19	Soyuz TMA-19	3 / 3	29/05/2010			three-man replacement Expedition Crew 24 for ISS; mission 23S

Mission		Crew	Mission duration (crew)		Landing site	Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events
no.	designation	(up/down)	lift-off	landing
Soyuz-TM
1	Soyuz TM-2	2 / 3	05/02/1987	30/07/1987; 29/12/1987	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	first long endurance mission on Mir space station (EO-02 expedition crew); new long endurance record by J. Romanenko who returns with Soyuz TM-3 while A. Lavejkin returns with Soyuz TM-2
2	Soyuz TM-3	3 / 3	22/07/1987	30/07/1987; 29/12/1987	Kazakhstan	12th international crew with Syrian cosmonaut (M.A. Faris); A. Alexandrov returns with Soyuz TM-3 while the other two cosmonauts return with Soyuz TM-2
3	Soyuz TM-4	3 / 3	21/12/1987	29/12/1987; 21/12/1988	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	third long endurance mission on Mir space station (EO-03 expedition crew); new record for V. Titov and M. Manarov; they return with Soyuz TM-6, while A. Levtshenko returns with Soyuz TM-3
4	Soyuz TM-5	3 / 2	07/06/1988	17/06/1988	Kazakhstan	13th international mission with Bulgarian cosmonaut (A. Aleksandrov)
5	Soyuz TM-6	3 / 3	29/08/1988	05/09/1988; 27/04/1989	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	long endurance visit for V. Poljakov who returns with Soyuz TM-7 while the other two cosmonauts return with Soyuz TM-5
6	Soyuz TM-7	3 / 2	26/11/1988	21/12/1988; 27/04/1989	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-04 expedition crew; 14th international mission with reflight of French cosmonaut (J.-L. Chretien) who returns with Soyuz TM-6 while the others return with Soyuz TM-7
7	Soyuz TM-8	2 / 1	05/09/1989	18/02/1990	Kazakhstan	EO-05 expedition crew; Mir space station is extended with new Quant-2 module
8	Soyuz TM-9	2 / 2	11/02/1990	09/08/1990	Kazakhstan	EO-06 expedition crew; Soyuz TM-9 suffers damage to heat shield during lift-off; Mir is extended with Crystal module
9	Soyuz TM-10	2 / 2	01/08/1990	10/12/1990	Kazakhstan	EO-07 expedition crew; over 250 experiments and two EVAs
10	Soyuz TM-11	3 / 3	02/12/1990	10/12/1990; 17/12/1990	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-08 expedition crew; 15th international mission with Japanese cosmonaut (T. Akiyama) who returns with Soyuz TM-10 while the others return with Soyuz TM-11
11	Soyuz TM-12	3 / 3	18/05/1991	26/05/1991; 10/10/1991; 25/03/1992	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-09 expedition crew; six EVAs; 16th international mission with female British cosmonaut (H. Sharman) who solely returns with Soyuz TM-8; S. Krikalyov returns on Soyuz-TM 13; A. Artsebarski on Soyuz-TM 12
12	Soyuz TM-13	3 / 3	02/10/1991	10/10/1991; 25/03/1992	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-10 expedition crew; one EVA; 17th international mission with Austrian cosmonaut (F. Viehboeck) who returns with Soyuz-TM 12; A. Volkov stays on Mir
13	Soyuz TM-14	3 / 3	17/03/1992	25/03/1992; 10/08/1992	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-11 expedition crew; one EVA; K.-D. Flade returned together with A. Volkov and S. Krikalyov on Soyuz-TM 13
14	Soyuz TM-15	3 / 2	27/07/1992	10/08/1992; 01/02/1993	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-12 expedition crew; four EVAs; M. Tognini returned together with A. Kaleri and A. Viktorenko on Soyuz-TM 14
15	Soyuz TM-16	2 / 3	24/01/1993	22/07/1993	Kazakhstan	EO-13 expedition crew; two EVAs; returned together with J.-P. Haignere
16	Soyuz TM-17	3 / 2	01/07/1993	22/07/1993; 14/01/1994	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	EO-14 expedition crew; five EVAs; J.-P. Haignere returned together with G. Manakov and A. Polishchuk on Soyuz-TM 16
17	Soyuz TM-18	3 / 2	08/01/1994	09/07/1994; 22/03/1995	Arkalyk; Arkalyk	EO-15 expedition crew; V. Polyakov returned together with Y. Kondakova and A. Viktorenko on Soyuz-TM 20
18	Soyuz TM-19	2 / 3	01/07/1994	04/11/1994	Kazakhstan	EO-16 expedition crew; two EVAs; returned together with U. Merbold
19	Soyuz TM-20	3 / 3	03/10/1994	04/11/1994; 22/03/1995	Kazakhstan; Arkalyk	EO-17 expedition crew; returned together with V. Polyakov; U. Merbold returned together with Y. Malenchenko and T. Musabayev on Soyuz-TM 19
20	Soyuz TM-21	3 / 2	14/03/1995	07/07/1995; 11/09/1995	Kennedy SC; Arkalyk	EO-18 expedition crew; five EVAs; on 14/03/95 a total of thirteen people were in space at the same time (Mir, Shuttle and Soyuz) - still a record; the EO-19 crew A. Solovyov and A. Budarin returned on Soyuz-TM 21 while the EO-18 crew returned aboard Space Shuttle STS-71
21	Soyuz TM-22	3 / 3	03/09/1995	29/02/1996	Kazakhstan	EO-20 expedition crew; three EVAs
22	Soyuz TM-23	2 / 3	21/02/1996	02/09/1996	Kazakhstan	exepedition crew members returned together with French cosmonaut C. Andre-Deshays
23	Soyuz TM-24	3 / 3	17/08/1996	02/09/1996; 02/03/1997	Kazakhstan; Arkalyk	Cassiopee mission with female cosmonaut, who returned together with Y. Onufrienko and Y. Usachyov on Soyuz-TM 23; expedition crew returned together with R. Ewald
24	Soyuz TM-25	3 / 2	10/02/1997	02/03/1997; 14/08/1997	Arkalyk; Kazakhstan	severe fire and other mishaps on Mir; retro rockets failed on touchdown, resulting in a very rough landing; R. Ewald returned together with A. Kaleri and V. Korzun on Soyuz-TM 24
25	Soyuz TM-26	2 / 3	05/08/1997	19/02/1998	Kazakhstan	expedition crew members returned together with L. Eyharts
26	Soyuz TM-27	3 / 3	29/01/1998	19/02/1998; 25/08/1999	Kazakhstan; Arkalyk	expedition crew returned together with Y. Baturin; L. Eyharts returned together with A. Solovyov and P. Vinogradov on Soyuz-TM 26
27	Soyuz TM-28	3 / 2	13/08/1998	25/08/1998; 28/02/1999; 28/08/1999	Arkalyk; Kazakhstan; Chapayenka	Y. Baturin returned together with T. Musabayev and N. Budarin on Soyuz-TM 27; G. Padalka returned together with I. Bella; S. Avdeyev returned on Soyuz-TM 29 as member of the last operational crew
28	Soyuz TM-29	3 / 3	20/02/1999	28/02/1999; 28/08/1999	Kazakhstan; Chapayenka	last operational Mir crew; I. Bella returned together with G. Padalka on Soyuz-TM 28; expedition crew returned together with S. Avdeyev
29	Soyuz TM-30	2 / 2	04/04/2000	15/06/2000	Arkalyk	reactivation of Mir station to prepare for controlled de-orbit; last cosmonauts on Mir
30	Soyuz TM-31	3 / 3	30/10/2000	21/03/2001	Kennedy SC	first ISS Expedition Crew; 115 day mission schedule; docking to ISS on 02/11/2000; ISS Assembly Flight 2R; Expedition Crew 1 returned aboard STS-102 which transported Expedition Crew 2 to ISS
31	Soyuz TM-32	3 / 3	28/04/2001	06/05/2001	Arkalyk	first paying tourist in space/aboard ISS; US billionaire Dennis Tito returns with fellow crew members aboard Soyuz-TM 31
32	Soyuz TM-33	3 / 3	21/10/2001	31/10/2001	Kazakhstan	taxi crew 3; returned aboard Soyuz-TM 32
33	Soyuz TM-34	3 / 3	25/04/2002	05/05/2002	Kazakhstan	taxi crew 4; second space tourist to ISS (Mark Shuttleworth); returned aboard Soyuz-TM 33

Mission		Crew	Mission duration (crew)		Landing site	Purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events
no.	designation	(up/down)	lift-off	landing
Soyuz-T
1	Soyuz T-2	2 / 2	05/06/1980	09/06/1980	Kazakhstan	automatic docking of new Soyuz-T spacecraft to Salyut-6 fails, but manual docking succeeds
2	Soyuz T-3	3 / 3	27/11/1980	10/12/1980	Kazakhstan	crew repairs and checks Salyut-6 space station for further missions to follow
3	Soyuz T-4	2 / 2	12/03/1981	26/05/1981	Kazakhstan	last long endurance mission on Salyut-6 space station; 16th and final crew on Salyut-6
4	Soyuz T-5	2 / 3	13/05/1982	10/12/1982	Kazakhstan	first mission on Salyut-7 space station; new long endurance record; crew returns with Soyuz T-7
5	Soyuz T-6	3 / 3	24/06/1982	01/07/1982	Kazakhstan	first international mission to Salyut-7 with French cosmonaut (Jean-Loup Chretien)
6	Soyuz T-7	3 / 2	19/08/1982	27/08/1982	Kazakhstan	second Russian woman (Svetlana Savitskaya) in orbit; crew returns with Soyuz T-5
7	Soyuz T-8	3 / 3	20/04/1983	22/04/1983	Kazakhstan	automatic docking to Salyut-7 fails due to damaged antenna and mission is aborted
8	Soyuz T-9	2 / 2	27/06/1983	23/11/1983	Kazakhstan	second long endurance mission on Salyut-7; station is hit by meteor fragments (25/07/1983)
9	Soyuz T-10A	2	27/09/1983	-	-	rocket blew up on launch pad; crew escapes with rescue system six seconds before explosion
10	Soyuz T-10B	3 / 3	08/02/1984	02/10/1984	Kazakhstan	third long endurance mission on Salyut-7; new long endurance record; crew returns with Soyuz T-11
11	Soyuz T-11	3 / 3	03/04/1984	11/04/1984	Kazakhstan	11th international mission with Indian cosmonaut (Rakesh Sharman); crew returns with Soyuz T-10B
12	Soyuz T-12	3 / 3	17/07/1984	29/07/1984	Kazakhstan	first reflight and EVA of female astronaut (Svetlana Savitskaya)
13	Soyuz T-13	2 / 3	06/06/1985	26/09/1985; 21/11/1985	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	intensive overhaul and repair of Salyut-7 space station; V. Dshanibekov returns with Soyuz T-13, while V. Savinych returns with Soyuz T-14
14	Soyuz T-14	3 / 2	17/09/1985	26/09/1985; 21/11/1985	Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan	crew suffers from poisoned food which leads to early termination of mission; emergency return of G. Gretshko with Soyuz T-13, while V. Vasjutin and A. Volkov return with Soyuz T-14
15	Soyuz T-15	2 / 2	13/03/1986	16/07/1986	Kazakhstan	first visit to much larger space station Mir (EO-01 expedition crew); together with Salyut-7 two Russian sta- tions in orbit; Soyuz T-15 undocked from Mir on 05/05/1986 and rendezvoused with the dead Salyut 7 station

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