Soyuz TMA-4
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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) | |
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.[1] Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the US and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station.[2] 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.
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Gennady Padalka, Roscosmos[3]Expedition 9 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Michael Fincke, NASA[3]Expedition 9 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  André Kuipers, ESA[4]First spaceflight |
Yuri Shargin, Roscosmos[3] Only spaceflight |
Original Crew
| 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 | |
