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Soyuz TMA-12

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Soyuz TMA-12
Soyuz TMA-12 The Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft preparing to dock at the International Space Station (ISS), April 10, 2008.

The Soyuz TMA-12 was a Russian space mission that launched on April 8, 2008, carrying a crew of three to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew consisted of commander Sergey Volkov and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko, both Russian cosmonauts, and payload specialist Yi Soyeon, a South Korean scientist and astronaut. This mission marked Yi Soyeon as the first South Korean citizen in space.1

The Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked with the ISS, where Yi spent nine days conducting experiments and medical tests. The mission returned to Earth on April 19, 2008, with Yi, along with two returning ISS crew members, commander Peggy Whitson and flight engineer Yury Malenchenko, aboard the Soyuz TMA-11 craft. The return journey experienced a rough landing due to an equipment module malfunction.1

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