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Expedition 12

12th expedition to the International Space Station

12th expedition to the International Space Station

FieldValue
nameExpedition 12
imageExpedition 12 crew poster.jpg
image_captionPromotional poster
insigniaISS Expedition 12 Patch.svg
insignia_captionExpedition 12 mission patch
mission_typeLong-duration expedition
mission_duration187 days, 14 hours, 1 minute (at ISS)
189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes (launch to landing)
orbits_completed2,987
crew_size2
crew_membersWilliam S. McArthur
Valeri I. Tokarev
crew_EVAs2
crew_EVA_duration11 hours, 5 minutes
crew_photoISS Expedition 12 crew.jpg
crew_photo_captionWilliam S. McArthur, Jr. (United States left), Valeri I. Tokarev (Russia right)
space_stationInternational Space Station
start_dateUTC
end_dateUTC
arrival_craftSoyuz TMA-7
departure_craftSoyuz TMA-7
previous_missionExpedition 11
next_missionExpedition 13
programmeISS expeditions

189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes (launch to landing) Valeri I. Tokarev Expedition 12 (2005) was the 12th expedition to the International Space Station, launched from Kazakhstan using the Russian Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft. The crew landed back in Kazakhstan on 8 April 2006 with the addition of the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes.

American entrepreneur Gregory Olsen was launched in the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft and returned with Expedition 11 on Soyuz TMA-6 on 11 October 2005 thereby becoming the third space tourist.

Crew

Mission parameters

  • Perigee:
  • Apogee:
  • **Inclination: **51.6 degrees
  • Orbital period:

Mission objectives

Station assembly preparations, maintenance and science in microgravity.

Spacewalks

There were two spacewalks outside the ISS during Expedition 12. McArthur and Tokarev participated in both of them.

EVA 1

The first EVA was on 7 November 2005 for 5 hours and 22 minutes. There were two main objectives, both of which were completed. The first was to install and set up a new camera on the P1 Truss which was later used in the installation of more truss segments. The second was to jettison the Floating Potential Probe which was a failed instrument, designed to measure the station's electrical potential and compare it to the surrounding plasma.

EVA 2

The second spacewalk took place on 3 February 2006 and lasted 5 hours and 43 minutes. The astronauts jettisoned an old Russian Orlan spacesuit, named SuitSat-1, that was equipped with a radio for broadcasts to students around the world. The suit reached the end of its operation life in 2004. They also retrieved the Biorisk experiment, photographed a sensor for a micrometeoroid experiment, and tied off the surviving umbilical of the mobile transporter.

Solar eclipse

Main article: Solar eclipse of 2006 March 29

Concert

While wake-up music is a tradition aboard space shuttle missions, the ISS crew generally use an alarm clock to wake up. Expedition 12 astronauts received a special treat on 3 November 2005 when Paul McCartney performed Good Day Sunshine and English Tea in a first ever concert linkup from the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on his US tour. The event was broadcast live on NASA TV.{{cite news |access-date=13 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605034025/http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2010

References

References

  1. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4298814.stm BBC.news: ''Space tourist blasts off to ISS''], accessed last 11 March 2011
  2. "NASA: ''EVA 1 - Spacewalkers Install New Camera Assembly, Jettison FPP''".
  3. "NASA: ''EVA 2 - Crew Back in Station After Spacewalk''".
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