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Soyuz TMA-4

2004 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Field	Value
name	Soyuz TMA-4
image	Soyuz TMA-4 launch.jpg
insignia	Soyuz TMA-4 Patch.png
mission_type	ISS crew transport
operator	Roscosmos
mission_duration
orbits_completed	~2,950
spacecraft	Soyuz-TMA 11F732
spacecraft_type	Soyuz-TMA
manufacturer	Energia
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-FG
launch_site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
launch_contractor	Progress
landing_date	UTC
landing_site	90 km north of Arkalyk
crew_size	3
crew_members	Gennady Padalka
Michael Fincke
crew_launching	André Kuipers
crew_landing	Yuri Shargin
crew_callsign	Altair
crew_photo	Soyuz TMA-4 Crew.jpg
crew_photo_caption	From left to right: Michael Fincke, Gennady Padalka and André Kuipers
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
orbit_periapsis	200 km
orbit_apoapsis	252 km
orbit_inclination	51.7 degrees
orbit_period	88.7 minutes
apsis	gee
docking	{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
docking_target	ISS
docking_type	dock
docking_port	Zarya nadir
docking_date	21 April 2004
05:01 UTC
undocking_date	23 October 2004
21:08 UTC
time_docked
previous_mission	Soyuz TMA-3
next_mission	Soyuz TMA-5
programme	Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Michael Fincke 05:01 UTC 21:08 UTC (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 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.

Crew

Original Crew

Mission parameters

Mass: ? kg
Perigee: 200 km
Apogee: 252 km
Inclination: 51.7°
Period: 88.7 minutes

Docking with ISS

Docked to ISS: 21 April 2004, 05:01 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
Undocked from ISS: 23 October 2004, 21:08 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft approaches the ISS.

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

(22 September 2004). "OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE on General Designers' Review for the Soyuz TMA-5 prelaunch processing". [[NPO Energia]].
(16 October 2003). "Return to space for Spanish ESA astronaut". [[ESA]].

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