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Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on 19 April 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 24 October 2004 with Padalka, Fincke and Yuri Shargin aboard.
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| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2004-013A |
| SATCAT no. | 28228 |
| Mission duration | 187 days, 21 hours, 16 minutes |
| Orbits completed | ~2,950 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke |
| Launching | André Kuipers |
| Landing | Yuri Shargin |
| Callsign | Altair |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 April 2004, 03:19:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 24 October 2004, 00:35:00 UTC |
| Landing site | 90 km (56 mi) north of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 200 km (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 252 km (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) | |
Crew
edit| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Gennady Padalka, Roscosmos[1]Expedition 9 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Michael Fincke, NASA[1]Expedition 9 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  André Kuipers, ESA[2]First spaceflight |
Yuri Shargin, Roscosmos[1] Only spaceflight |
Original Crew
edit| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Talgat Musabayev, RoscosmosN/A (Taxi Flight) Fourth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Hans Schlegel, ESAN/A (Taxi Flight) Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer or Spaceflight Participant | Spaceflight Participant or Russian Cosmonaut N/A (Taxi Flight) First spaceflight | |
Mission parameters
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- Perigee: 200 km
- Apogee: 252 km
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Docking with ISS
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Soyuz TMA-4 is a Russian passenger spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur at 03:19 UT on 19 April 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 21 April 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 29 April in the TMA-3 that had remained docked with the ISS, soft landing in Kazakhstan at 00:11 on 30 April.
The Expedition 10 crew, Leroy Chiao-Cdr U.S.A. and Salizhan Sharipov-Russia replaced the Expedition 9 crew, Gennady Padalka-Cdr Russia and Michael Fincke-Flight Engineer-U.S.A. on 16 October 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. 22 September 2004. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Return to space for Spanish ESA astronaut". ESA. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 17 December 2008.