TMA-1

• Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA Spacecraft -
• Launch Date: June 7^th, 2007
• Mission End Date: December 10^th, 2007
  • Crew: Expedition 1

Mission Info

    TMA-1 delivered the first permanent 3-person crew to the IOSS.  During this mission, this crew saw the station nearly double in size.  Due to balance issues on the station, it was decided to dock TMA-1 to the nadir port on the Soyuz/Progress Docking Module.  This was not the most ideal location for the arrival of a Soyuz-TMA vehicle, because to keep the docking port in sunlit (which is more ideal for a manned vehicle), required rotating the station around.  The was corrected on the Progress 5 mission, allowing for the arrival of Soyuz-TMA spacecraft on the sunlit zenith port.

TMA-1 launching from Baikonur	TMA-1 on orbit	TMA-1 approaching the station	Docking target on the nadir port of the Soyuz/Progress docking module
TMA-1 docked to the IOSS	TMA-1 undocking	TMA-1 de-orbit burn	Capsule separation
The IOSS after TMA-1's departure