Soyuz TMA-19 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme. It was launched on 15 June 2010 carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station, who remained aboard the station for around six months. Soyuz TMA-19 was the 106th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, since the first mission which was launched in 1967. The spacecraft remained docked to the space station for the remainder of Expedition 24, and for Expedition 25, to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. It undocked from ISS and landed in Kazakhstan on 26 November 2010. It was the 100th mission to be conducted as part of the International Space Station programme since assembly began in 1998.
From left to right: Wheelock, Walker and YurchikhinSoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-18Soyuz TMA-01M →
The Soyuz TMA-19 prime and backup crews conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on 31 May 2010.
A Soyuz-FG launches Soyuz TMA-19 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 15 June 2010.
Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft docked to Rassvet
Expedition 24 was the 24th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 24 initially had two planned spacewalks, one Russian and one American Extra-vehicular Activity (EVA). The U.S. EVA was re-planned and a second U.S. EVA was added.
Promotional Poster
(l-r) Wheelock, Caldwell Dyson, Skvortsov, Korniyenko, Walker and YurchikhinISS expeditions← Expedition 23Expedition 25 →
A last-quarter crescent moon above Earth's horizon is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member.
Shannon Walker is pictured near the robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory during the EVA 2 on 7 August 2010.
