Soyuz TMA-02M

Russian space mission

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Soyuz TMA-02M was a Russian space mission that transported crew members to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expeditions 28 and 29. The mission launched on June 7, 2011, and returned to Earth on November 22, 2011. The crew consisted of Sergey Volkov, Furukawa Satoshi, and Michael Fossum. Soyuz spacecraft have historically served as a crucial link for crew exchanges to the ISS, especially when the U.S. space shuttle fleet was grounded.12

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Sergey Volkov
…returned to the ISS in Soyuz TMA-02M, which launched on June 7, 2011, with American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Furukawa Satoshi. He and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyayev performed a space walk in which they moved a small crane onto the station’s exterior. He returned to Earth on November…
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…returned to the ISS in Soyuz TMA-02M, which launched on June 7, 2011, with American astronaut Michael Fossum and Japanese astronaut Furukawa Satoshi. He and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyayev performed a space walk in which they moved a small crane onto the station’s exterior. He returned to Earth on November…
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