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Expedition 29

Long-duration mission to the ISS

Field	Value
name	Expedition 29
image	Expedition 29 TRON Legacy crew poster.jpg
image_caption	Promotional poster
insignia	ISS Expedition 29 Patch.png
insignia_caption	Expedition 29 mission patch
mission_type	Long-duration expedition
crew_size	6
crew_members	Expedition 28/29:
Mike Fossum
Satoshi Furukawa
Sergei Volkov
Expedition 29/30:
Anton Shkaplerov
Anatoli Ivanishin
Dan Burbank
crew_photo	Expedition 29 crew portrait.jpg
crew_photo_caption	(l-r) Furukawa, Fossum, Volkov, Ivanishin, Burbank and Shkaplerov
space_station	International Space Station
start_date	UTC
end_date	UTC
arrival_craft	Soyuz TMA-02M
Soyuz TMA-22
departure_craft	Soyuz TMA-02M
Soyuz TMA-22
previous_mission	Expedition 28
next_mission	Expedition 30
programme	ISS expeditions

Mike Fossum Satoshi Furukawa Sergei Volkov

Expedition 29/30: Anton Shkaplerov Anatoli Ivanishin Dan Burbank

Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-22

Expedition 29 was the 29th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition formally began on 16 September 2011, with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. Astronauts Satoshi Furukawa, Michael Fossum and Sergey Volkov, who had arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-02M in June 2011, began their Expedition 29 service at this time.

Soyuz TMA-22, which brought the remaining three Expedition 29 crew members to the ISS, was originally scheduled to launch in September 2011, but due to the launch failure of the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle on 24 August, its launch was delayed to 14 November. It docked successfully with the ISS on 16 November 2011.

Expedition 29 officially ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-02M on 21 November 2011. Furukawa, Fossum, and Volkov returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft, while astronauts Dan Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov, and Anatoli Ivanishin remained on the ISS as part of Expedition 30.

Crew

Position	First part
(September 2011 to November 2011)	Second part
(November 2011)	Commander	Flight Engineer 1	Flight Engineer 2	Flight Engineer 3	Flight Engineer 4	Flight Engineer 5
USA Mike Fossum, NASA
Third and last spaceflight
Japan Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA
First spaceflight
RUS Sergei Volkov, RSA
Second spaceflight
	RUS Anton Shkaplerov, RSA
First spaceflight
	RUS Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA
First spaceflight
	USA Daniel Burbank, NASA
Third and last spaceflight

;Source: [[File:ISS029-E-5306 - View of Earth.jpg|thumb|300x300px|View of Earth taken 16 September 2011 during ISS Expedition 29 from a height of 211 nautical miles (391 km)]]NASA

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-02M launch

The expedition's first three crew members launched aboard Soyuz TMA-02M from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 21:18 UTC on 7 June 2011. The crew consisted of Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA), and Michael Fossum (NASA). Their backups were Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Donald Pettit (NASA), and André Kuipers (ESA). Soyuz TMA-02M docked successfully to the ISS on 9 June 2011, at 5:19 pm EDT.

Soyuz TMA-22 launch

Soyuz TMA-22 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 04:14 UTC on 14 November 2011, carrying Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin (Roscosmos), and Daniel Burbank (NASA). The spacecraft was placed into a 250 km parking orbit, and docked successfully with the ISS at 5:24 am GMT on 16 November 2011.

Departure of Soyuz TMA-02M

Expedition 29 concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-02M from the ISS at 11:00 pm GMT on 21 November 2011, carrying astronauts Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa. The spacecraft soft-landed safely (albeit on its side) in Kazakhstan at 2:26 am GMT on 22 November.

References

[http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/soyuz-tma-21-earth-nasa-confirms-new-iss-flight-manifest/ "Soyuz TMA-21 returns to Earth"]. NASA, 15 September 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-10/24/c_122193128.htm "Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS"] {{webarchive. link. (26 October 2011 . [[Xinhua]], 24 October 2011.)
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition30/index.html "Expedition 30"]. NASA. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
NASA HQ. (2009). "NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews". NASA.
[http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/12/20081217_iss_j.html JAXA announcement of Furukawa assignment, 17 December 2008 (in Japanese)]. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
"Expedition 28". NASA.
[http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Soyuz_TMA_22_manned_transportation_spacecraft_launched_towards_ISS_999.html "Soyuz TMA-22 manned transportation spacecraft launched towards ISS"]. SpaceDaily, 15 November 2011.
[https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-space-idUSL5E7MG1EX20111116 "Russian, U.S. crew safely dock with space station"]. [[Reuters]], 16 November 2011.
[http://www.space.com/13704-space-station-expedition-29-landing.html "3 Space Station Astronauts Land Safely in Kazakhstan"]. Space.com, 21 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

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