Soyuz TMA-20 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and was part of the Soyuz programme. It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2010, and docked with the ISS two days later. The three-person crew of Soyuz TMA-20 – Dmitri Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli – represented the ISS partner organizations of Roscosmos, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). Soyuz TMA-20's crew represented half of the members of Expedition 27; the other three members of the expedition arrived at the station on board Soyuz TMA-21 on April 6, 2011. The COSPAR ID of Soyuz TMA-20 was 2010-067A. It is ISS flight 25S.
From left to right: Coleman, Kondratyev and NespoliSoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-01MSoyuz TMA-21 →
The Soyuz TMA-20 prime and backup crews conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on November 26, 2010.
The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 26 during the same stay in space. Kondratyev traveled to space for the first time aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft in December 2010.
Dmitri Kondratyev
Kondratyev working with camera equipment at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Kondratyev photographing the Progress M-09M departure while inside the Zvezda Service Module.
Kondratyev during Russian EVA #28.
