Soyuz TMA-4

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Mission emblem
Soyuz TMA-4 emblem
Mission dates
Mission: Soyuz TMA-4
COSPAR-ID : 2004-013A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-STA ( GRAY index  11F732)
serial number 214
Dimensions: 7250 kg
Launcher: Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign: Альтаир (" Altair ")
Crew: 3
Begin: April 19, 2004, 03:18:57  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: ISS
Coupling: 21 April 2004 05:01:03 UTC
to the module Zarya
Decoupling: October 23, 2004, 21:08 UTC
from the Zarya module
Landing: October 24, 2004, 12:35:09 AM UTC
Landing place: 90 km north of Arkalik
50 ° 59 '  N , 67 ° 18'  O
Flight duration: 187d 21h 16min 12s
Earth orbits: 2950
Rotation time : 88.7 min
Apogee : 368 km
Perigee : 355 km
Team photo
v. l. No. Fincke, Padalka and Kuipers
v. l. No. Fincke, Padalka and Kuipers
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TMA-3
(manned) 		Soyuz TMA-5
(manned)

Soyuz TMA-4 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) . It was the eighth visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 114th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

Substitute team

Return crew

  • Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (2nd space flight), Commander (Russia / Roscosmos)
  • Edward Michael Fincke (1st spaceflight), flight engineer (USA / NASA)
  • Juri Georgijewitsch Shargin (1st space flight), flight engineer (Russia / Roscosmos)

Mission overview

Soyuz TMA-4 launch

This flight was a mission to the ISS and the 24th manned flight to this station. The Expedition 8 working on the space station was replaced by the Expedition 9 crew. It consisted of the Russian cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka (commander) and the American Edward Fincke (flight engineer). In addition, the Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers flew with him, who returned to Earth on April 30, 2004 with the Soyuz TMA-3 landing capsule after a short stay at the station .

The launch took place at a carrier rocket of the type Soyuz-FG from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14. October 2004 at 03:06:00 UTC.

The two spacemen Padalka and Fincke worked as the 9th regular crew on the ISS and carried out scientific experiments. They also received supplies from two Progress space transporters.

See also

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-4  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files