Soyuz TMA-11M was a 2013 flight to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...

. It transported three members of the

Expedition 38 Expedition 38 was the 38th expedition to the International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project in ...

crew to the International Space Station. TMA-11M is the 120th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, with the first flight launching in 1967. The successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft on November 7, 2013 marked the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the space station without the presence of a Space Shuttle. The rocket and spacecraft carried Olympic symbols on the fairing of the ship. During the mission, the

Olympic torch The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement. It is also a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. Several months before the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece. This ceremony starts the Olym ...

was passed for the first time in open space. Russian cosmonauts

Oleg Kotov Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russia ...

and

Sergey Ryazansky Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Рязанский; born November 13, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK ...

passed it in the Russian section of the International Space Station.

Crew

Backup crew

Cargo

TMA-11M carried the

Olympic flame The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement. It is also a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. Several months before the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece. This ceremony starts the Olymp ...

for the 2014 Winter Olympics into space for the first time. The torch returned to Earth 5 days later on board TMA-09M. Soyuz TMA-11M rocket launches from Baikonur (2)

Soyuz TMA-11M rocket launches from Baikonur (2)

Gallery

File:Expedition 38 Soyuz Rollout (201311050029HQ).jpg, Rocket with the logo of the Sochi Olympics File:Soyuz TMA-11M erected at Baikonur Cosmodrome (201311050027HQ).jpg, Close-up view of Soyuz capsule adorned with the Sochi Olympics logo File:Soyuz TMA-11M crew members wave farewell.jpg, Soyuz TMA-11M crew members with the 2014

References

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