Soyuz TMA-11 was a
human spaceflight mission using a
Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the
International Space Station (ISS). The mission began at 13:22
UTC on October 10, 2007 when the spacecraft was launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome by a
Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It brought to the station two members of the ISS
Expedition 16 crew, as well as
Sheikh Muszaphar, the first Malaysian in space. TMA-11 remained at the station as an escape craft, and returned safely to Earth on April 19, 2008, after it had been replaced by
Soyuz TMA-12. Although the vehicle landed safely, it suffered a partial separation failure which caused a ballistic re-entry that in turn caused it to land 475 km from the intended landing point.