SOYUZ-TMA 6M

SOYUZ-TMA 6M is no longer on orbit
SOYUZ-TMA 6M is classified as:

NORAD ID: 38871

Int'l Code: 2012-058A

Launch date: October 23, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2013-03-16

SOYUZ-TMA 06M launched on 23 October 2012 was a spaceflight to the International Space Station. It will transport three members of the Expedition 33 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-06M was the 115th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. Soyuz TMA-06M launch was also the first manned flight from the remote Site 31 pad since July 1984. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 33 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.