Name: Kononenko, Oleg Dmitriyevich Country: Russia M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. ISS Crew 17 April 8, 2008 - Soyuz TMA-12 October 24, 2008 - Soyuz TMA-12

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz TM-34
(Backup Crew)
ISS Taxi Flight 4S (ISS "Alpha" Visiting Expedition EP-03)
Soyuz TM-34 replaced Soyuz TM-33 as the International Space Station's "lifeboat".
ISS Crew 9A
(Cancelled)
ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 9A
Following the loss of Columbia, the original crew was replaced by the two person "caretaker" crew of Michael Fincke and Gennadi Padalka.
1. ISS Crew 17 ISS "Alpha" Expedition 17 Crew (ISS Crew Transfer Flight 16S)
Docked with International Space Station (ISS) on April 10, 2008 aboard Soyuz TMA-12
Returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-12 on October 24, 2008

Spacewalks - 2
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
ISS Crew 17 July 10, 2008 International Space Station Assembly - Remove an explosive bolt used to separate the propulsion and descent modules of the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft
6 hours 18 minutes
ISS Crew 17 July 15, 2008 International Space Station Assembly - Install a docking target for the Mini-Research Module 2, and the Vsplesk experiment. Retrieve Biorisk container. Relocate a foot restraint
5 hours 54 minutes

Return to Master List Russian Cosmonauts One Spaceflight Spacewalkers
International Space Station Program - Phase IV - 2008 / Exp.-Crew / Backup Crew

Updated - October 24, 2008