Expedition 12

Expedition 12 (2005) was the 12th expedition to the International Space Station, launched from Kazakhstan using the Russian Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft. The crew landed back in Kazakhstan on 8 April 2006 with the addition of the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes.

ISS Expedition 12
Promotional poster
Mission typeISS Expedition
Mission duration187 days, 14 hours, 1 minute (at ISS)
189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes (launch to landing)
Orbits completed2,987
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began3 October 2005, 05:27 (2005-10-03UTC05:27Z) UTC
Ended8 April 2006, 19:28 (2006-04-08UTC19:29Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-7
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-7
Crew
Crew size2
MembersWilliam S. McArthur
Valeri I. Tokarev
EVAs2
EVA duration11 hours, 5 minutes

Expedition 12 mission patch

William S. McArthur, Jr. (United States left), Valeri I. Tokarev (Russia right)
ISS expeditions
 

American entrepreneur Gregory Olsen was launched in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft and returned with Expedition 11 on Soyuz TMA-6 on 11 October 2005 thereby becoming the third space tourist.

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