SOYUZ TMA-07M

2012-074A December 19, 2012

Pad 31, Site 6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

May 14, 2013 (planned)

North Kazakhstan landing zone (near the town of Arkalyk)

Soyuz-FG (R-7) (serial number Л15000-040)

Soyuz TMA-07M (serial number 704A) Approximately 146 da (planned)

Parus (“Sail”)

ISS resident crew transport (ISS 34/35) Soyuz (33S)

Flight crew

ROMANENKO, Roman Yuriyevich, 41, Russian Federation Air Force, RSA, TMA-M commander; ISS-34/35 flight engineer, second mission Previous missions: Soyuz TMA-15/ISS-20/21 (2009)

HADFIELD, Christopher Austin, 53, Canadian Air Force (Retd.),

CSA TMA-M flight engineer; ISS-34 flight engineer/ISS-35 commander, third mission

Previous missions: STS-74 (1995), STS-100 (2001)

MARSHBURN, Thomas Henry, 52, civilian, NASA Soyuz TMA flight engineer, ISS 34/35 flight engineer, second mission Previous missions: STS-127 (2009)

Flight log

Docking occurred successfully at the Rassvet module on December 21, 2012, restoring the station residency to six.

Chris Hadfield (left), Tom Marshburn (center), and Roman Romanenko participate in a cake­cutting ceremony (featuring their mission emblems) at NASA JSC, marking the end of their U. S. training program.

Milestones

291st manned space flight 122nd Russian manned space flight 116th manned Soyuz 7th Soyuz TMA-M mission 32nd ISS Soyuz mission

Hadfield is scheduled to become the first Canadian ISS expedition commander All three crew members have birthdays during August: Romanenko (August 9) whilst Hadfield and Marshburn share a birthday (August 29) but 12 months apart