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Soyuz TMA-11M

Soyuz TMA-11M

2013 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Not to be confused with Soyuz 11, Soyuz T-11, Soyuz TM-11, or Soyuz TMA-11.

Soyuz TMA-11M was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 38 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-11M is the 120th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, with the first flight launching in 1967. The successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft on November 7, 2013 marked the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the space station without the presence of a Space Shuttle.

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The rocket and spacecraft carried Olympic symbols on the fairing of the ship. During the mission, the Olympic torch was passed for the first time in open space. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky passed it in the Russian section of the International Space Station.

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Cargo

TMA-11M carried the Olympic flame for the 2014 Winter Olympics into space for the first time.[4] The torch returned to Earth 5 days later on board TMA-09M.

Launch of Soyuz TMA-11M
  • Rocket with the logo of the Sochi Olympics
  • Close-up view of Soyuz capsule adorned with the Sochi Olympics logo
  • Soyuz TMA-11M crew members with the 2014 Olympic torch

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    NASA. "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
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    JAXA. "Astronaut Koichi Wakata Selected as Member of ISS Expedition Crew". Archived from the original on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
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    astronaut.ru (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".
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    Robert Z. Pearlman (February 7, 2014). "Sochi Winter Olympics Launch with Space-Flown Torch, Cosmonaut Flag-Bearers". space.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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