Soyuz TMA-4
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Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2004-013A |
SATCAT no. | 28228![]() |
Mission duration | 187 days, 13 hours, 22 minutes |
Orbits completed | ~2,950 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke |
Launching | André Kuipers |
Landing | Yuri Shargin |
Callsign | Altair |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 19, 2004, 03:19:00 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 24, 2004, 00:35:00 | UTC
Landing site | 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of the town of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 252 kilometres (157 mi) |
Inclination | 51.7 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zarya nadir |
Docking date | 21 April 2004 05:01 UTC |
Undocking date | 23 October 2004 21:08 UTC |
Time docked | 185d 16h 7m |
![]() ![]() From left to right: Michael Fincke, Gennady Padalka and André Kuipers Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on April 19, 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the US and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to Earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the re-entry module of the Soyuz TMA-3, the other two stayed as ISS crew 9. The craft landed October 24, 2004 with Padalka, Fincke and Yuri Shargin aboard.
Crew[]
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() Expedition 9 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Expedition 9 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight |
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Original Crew[]
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() N/A (Taxi Flight) Fourth spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() N/A (Taxi Flight) Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer or Spaceflight Participant | Spaceflight Participant or N/A (Taxi Flight) First spaceflight |
Mission parameters[]
- Mass: ? kg
- Perigee: 200 km
- Apogee: 252 km
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Docking with ISS[]
- Docked to ISS: April 21, 2004, 05:01 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
- Undocked from ISS: October 23, 2004, 21:08 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
Mission highlights[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SoyuzTMA4_Approaches_ISS.jpg/220px-SoyuzTMA4_Approaches_ISS.jpg)
Soyuz TMA-4 is a Russian passenger spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur at 03:19 UT on April 19, 2004. It carried three astronauts (a Russian, an American and a Dutchman) to the International Space Station (ISS) and docked with the Zarya module of the ISS automatically on April 21 at 05:01 UT. Two of its astronauts remained in the ISS for about six months, while the Dutch astronaut and the two astronauts who had inhabited the ISS for several months left the ISS on April 29 in the TMA-3 that had remained docked with the ISS, soft landing in Kazakhstan at 00:11 on April 30.
The Expedition 10 crew, Leroy Chiao-Cdr U.S.A. and Salizhan Sharipov-Russia replaced the , Gennady Padalka-Cdr Russia and Michael Fincke-Flight Engineer-U.S.A. on October 16, 2004.
References[]
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- ^ a b c "OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE on General Designers' Review for the Soyuz TMA-5 prelaunch processing". NPO Energia. September 22, 2004. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ "Return to space for Spanish ESA astronaut". ESA. October 16, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- Crewed Soyuz missions
- Spacecraft launched in 2004
- Spacecraft which reentered in 2004
- Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-FG rockets