Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (27S/TMA-02M)
with Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa aboard for ISS Expedition Mission
with Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa aboard for ISS Expedition Mission
June 8, 2011 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) has launched the Soyuz spacecraft (27S/TMA-02M), which Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa is aboard.
| Launch time and date: | At 05:12 a.m. on June 8, 2011 (Japan Standard Time) At 02:12 a.m. on June 8, 2011 (Baikonur Time) |
| Launch Site: | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.) |
| Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS): | |
| At 06:22 a.m. on June 10, 2011 (Japan Standard Time) At 01:22 a.m. on June 10, 2011 (Moscow Standard Time) |
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| Crewmembers: | Sergey Volkov (FSA) Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA) Michael Fossum (NASA) |
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Comment from the President of JAXA
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft was launched today from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It was placed into the appointed orbit and I feel great pleasure for this success.
Astronaut Furukawa will stay aboard the ISS for about five months and a half as Expedition 28/29.
I feel confident that he will be able to accomplish this duty based on his hard training and his previous experience.
I sincerely appreciate the support and cooperation from NASA, FSA and the other international partners who have been working on the missions for Astronaut Furukawa. I wish our mutual collaboration to continue in the future.
I wish the safe return of all the crew.
June 8, 2011
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
President Keiji Tachikawa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
President Keiji Tachikawa