Carried Soyuz TMA-21, nicknamed "Gagarin," from Baikonur's Gagarin's Start pad to the ISS with Expedition 27 crew Alexander Samokutyaev, Andrei Borisenko and Ronald Garan, marking the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first spaceflight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.2 T
- Flight
- 25th
- of 60 Soyuz FG flights
- Date and time
- 4 April 2011, 22:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz FG
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 2011-012
- Launches in 2011
- 13th of 84
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