Manned Spaceflights - 2011

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Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Parameters
STS-133 February 24, 2011
(21:53 GMT)
March 9, 2011
(16:57 GMT)
Commander: Steven Lindsey
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2 spacewalks
202 orbits
Pilot: Eric Boe
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
76th landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mission Specialist 1: Alvin Drew
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA F
Mission Specialist 2: Stephen Bowen
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Discovery
(OV-103)
(39th & Final Mission)
Docked with ISS
February 26, 2011

(19:14 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
March 7, 2011

(12:00 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 3: Michael Barratt
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M Time
12 days
19 hours
4 minutes
Mission Specialist 4: Nicole Stott
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M

Soyuz TMA-21
(7K-STMA #231)
April 4, 2011
(22:18 GMT)
September 16, 2011
(03:59 GMT)
Flight Engineer 1 (Soyuz Commander): Aleksandr Samokutyayev
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 13)
Russia M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,576 orbits
Flight Engineer 2 (ISS Commander): Andrei Borisenko
(1st Flight) (RKKE Detachment - Group 15)
Russia M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
144 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
(47° 19' 11.6" N, 69° 30' 6.8" E)
Flight Engineer 3: Ronald Garan
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #036
Docked with ISS
April 6, 2011

(23:09 GMT) (Poisk)
Undocked from ISS
September 16, 2011

(00:38 GMT) (Poisk)
Backup Crew: Anton Shkaplerov Russia M Time
164 days
5 hours
41 minutes
Backup Crew: Anatoli Ivanishin Russia M
Backup Crew: Daniel Burbank USA M

STS-134 May 16, 2011
(12:56 GMT)
June 1, 2011
(06:35 GMT)
Commander: Mark Kelly
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
4 spacewalks
248 orbits
Pilot: Gregory Harold Johnson
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 17)
USA M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
77th landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Mission Specialist 1: Michael Fincke
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 2: Roberto Vittori
(3rd Flight) (EAC Group - DAMA Mission) (NASA Group 17)
Italy M
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(25th & Final Mission)
Docked with ISS
May 18, 2011

(10:14 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
May 30, 2011

(03:55 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 3: Andrew Feustel
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M Time
15 days
17 hours
38 minutes
Mission Specialist 4: Gregory Chamitoff
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 17)
USA M

Soyuz TMA-2M
(7K-STMA #702)
June 7, 2011
(20:12 GMT)
November 22, 2011
(02:26 GMT)
Flight Engineer 4 (Soyuz Commander): Sergei Volkov
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 12)
Russia M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
1 spacewalk
2,613 orbits
Flight Engineer 5: Satoshi Furukawa
(1st Flight) (NASDA Group 4) (NASA Group 19)
Japan M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
90 km N of Arkalyk
(51° 2' 55.08" N, 67° 11' 3.54" E)
Flight Engineer 6 (ISS Commander): Michael Fossum
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 17)
USA M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #037
Docked with ISS
June 9, 2011

(21:18 GMT) (Rassvet)
Undocked from ISS
November 21, 2011

(23:00 GMT) (Rassvet)
Backup Crew: Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko Russia M Time
167 days
6 hours
12 minutes
Backup Crew: André Kuipers Netherlands M
Backup Crew: Donald Pettit USA M

STS-135 July 8, 2011
(15:29 GMT)
July 21, 2011
(09:57 GMT)
Commander: Christopher Ferguson
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 17)
USA M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
1 spacewalk
200 orbits
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
78th & final landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 15)
Pilot: Douglas Hurley
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 18)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Atlantis (OV-104)
(33rd & Final Mission)
Docked with ISS
July 10, 2011

(15:07 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
July 19, 2011

(06:28 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 1: Sandra Magnus
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA F Time
12 days
18 hours
28 minutes
Mission Specialist 2: Rex Walheim
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M

Tiangong 1 September 29, 2011
(13:16 GMT)
Currently in orbit Tiangong 1
(First Chinese space station)
PR China   Perigee: 200 km
Apogee: 335 km
Inclination: 42.78°
Launch Vehicle
Long March-2F
Launch Pad 1
Jiuquan Satellite
Launching Center, China
Currently in orbit

Soyuz TMA-22
(7K-STMA #232)
November 14, 2011
(04:14 GMT)
April 27, 2012
(11:45 GMT)
Flight Engineer 1 (Soyuz Commander): Anton Shkaplerov
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 13)
Russia M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,580 orbits
Flight Engineer 2: Anatoli Ivanishin
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 13)
Russia M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
88 km NNE of Arkalyk
(50° 57' 20.4" N, 67° 9' 51.8" E)
Flight Engineer 3 (ISS Commander): Daniel Burbank
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #038
Docked with ISS
November 16, 2011

(05:24 GMT) (Poisk)
Undocked from ISS
April 27, 2012

(08:18 GMT) (Poisk)
Backup Crew: Gennadi Padalka Russia M Time
165 days
7 hours
31 minutes
Backup Crew: Sergei Revin Russia M
Backup Crew: Joseph Acaba USA M

Soyuz TMA-3M
(7K-STMA #703)
December 21, 2011
(13:16 GMT)
July 1, 2012
(Scheduled)
Flight Engineer 4 (ISS Commander): Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko
(2nd Flight) (MKS - TsSKB Detachment)
Russia M Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 350 km
Inclination: 51.6°
1 spacewalk
Flight Engineer 5: André Kuipers
(2nd Flight) (EAC Group - PromISSe Mission)
Netherlands M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Currently in orbit Flight Engineer 6: Donald Pettit
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #039
Docked with ISS
December 23, 2011

(15:19 GMT) (Rassvet)
Undocks from ISS
July 1, 2012

(Scheduled) (Rassvet)
Backup Crew: Yuri Malenchenko Russia M Currently in orbit
Backup Crew: Sunita Williams USA F
Backup Crew: Akihiko Hoshide Japan M

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Updated - May 16, 2012