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Soyuz TMA-04M

2012 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

2012 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

FieldValue
nameSoyuz TMA-04M
imageSoyuz TMA-04M spacecraft departs from the ISS a.jpg
image_captionSoyuz TMA-04M departs the ISS
operatorRoscosmos
COSPAR_ID2012-022A
SATCAT38291
mission_duration124 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes, 30 seconds
orbits_completed~1,945
spacecraft_typeSoyuz-TMA 11F747
manufacturerEnergia
launch_dateUTC
launch_rocketSoyuz-FG
launch_siteBaikonur 1/5
landing_dateUTC
crew_size3
crew_membersGennady Padalka
Sergei Revin
Joseph M. Acaba
crew_callsignAltair
crew_photoSoyuz TMA-04M crew.jpg
crew_photo_caption(l-r) Acaba, Padalka and Revin
orbit_epoch17 September 2012, 01:22:43 UTC
orbit_referenceGeocentric
orbit_regimeLow Earth
orbit_periapsis410 km
orbit_apoapsis433 km
orbit_inclination51.64 degrees
orbit_period92.86 minutes
apsisgee
docking_targetISS
docking_typedock
docking_portPoisk zenith
docking_date17 May 2012, 04:36 UTC
undocking_date16 September 2012, 23:09 UTC
time_docked4 months
previous_missionSoyuz TMA-03M
next_missionSoyuz TMA-05M
programmeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Sergei Revin Joseph M. Acaba

(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012. TMA-04M was the Soyuz spacecraft's 113th flight since its initial launch in 1967, and the fourth launch of the improved Soyuz TMA-M series (first launched 7 October 2010). As per the mission plan, the spacecraft remained docked to the space station to serve as an emergency escape vehicle during Expedition 31.

The mission was successfully launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, at 3:01:23 UTC (9:01:23 local time). The Soyuz docked successfully with the ISS on 17 May at 4:36 UTC. The spacecraft carried to the ISS a three-person crew (Gennady Padalka, Russia; Sergei Revin, Russia; Joseph Acaba, United States). The mission landed successfully in Kazakhstan on 17 September 2012, at 2:53 UTC.

Crew

Backup crew

Spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-04M was the fourth mission using the upgraded Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft, which has a modernised flight control system and a reduced mass. The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the largest company of the Russian space industry.

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-04M was successfully launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, at 3:01:23 UTC (9:01:23 local Baikonur time). The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, 17 May at 4:36 UTC, linking to the Poisk docking module.

After the departure of Soyuz TMA-03M on 1 June the crew members of TMA-04M conducted the first portion of Expedition 32 until the commencement of the second portion with the arrival of the remaining crew members aboard Soyuz TMA-05M in mid-July.

References

References

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  2. "Three New Crew Members En Route to Station". NASA.
  3. "Expedition 32 Lands Safely in Kazakhstan". National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  4. Peat, Chris. (17 September 2012). "SOYUZ-TMA 4M - Orbit". Heavens Above.
  5. Harwood, William. (May 18, 2012). "Latest manned space launch safely takes flight to orbit". Spaceflight Now.
  6. Harwood, William. (May 17, 2012). "Three-man crew docks at International Space Station". Spaceflight Now.
  7. NASA HQ. (2009). "NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews". NASA.
  8. NASA HQ. (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA.
  9. NASA. (2012). "Expedition 31 Backup Crew Members Field Questions from Roscosmos Officials". NASA.
  10. (2012). "Орбитальные полёты".
  11. [http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/soyuz-tma-m/soyuz-tma-m_02.html Soyuz TMA-M manned transport vehicle of a new series] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-11-05 Energia Corporation)
  12. (16 September 2012). "Soyuz TMA-04M Spacecraft Undocks from Space Station". RIA Novosti.
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