launched by Russia

Soyuz TMA-12

Success
APR 08200811:16:39 UTC

Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including first South Korean in space and first second-generation cosmonaut Docked on 10 April at 12:57 GMT

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz FG into LEO

Payload

Soyuz TMA-12

Space station crew

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Sergey Volkov from Russia
  • 02 Oleg Kononenko from Russia
  • 03 Yi So-yeon from South Korea
Descending
  • 01 Sergey Volkov from Russia
  • 02 Oleg Kononenko from Russia
  • 03 Richard Garriott from USA

At the station

docked at ISS

returned to Earth Oct 24, 2008

last updated Oct 11, 2026