Soyuz TMA-3
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| Mission name | Soyuz TMA-3 | ||||
| Spacecraft name | Soyuz TMA | ||||
| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Call sign | Ingul | ||||
| Launch pad | Gagarin's Start | ||||
| Launch date | October 18, 2003 05:38:03 UTC | ||||
| Landing | April 30, 2004 00:11:15 UTC 50.38° N, 67.20° E |
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| Mission duration | 194 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes, 12 seconds | ||||
| Number of orbits | ~3,170 | ||||
| Apogee | 227 km | ||||
| Perigee | 193 km | ||||
| Orbital period | 88.6 min | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51.67° | ||||
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Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.
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[edit] Crew
[edit] Launched and landed ISS Expedition 8 crew:
- Alexander Kaleri (4) -
Russia - Michael Foale (6) -
United States
[edit] Launched:
- Pedro Duque (2) - ESA
Spain
[edit] Landed:
- André Kuipers (1) - ESA
Netherlands
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: ? kg
- Perigee: 193 km
- Apogee: 227 km
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 88.6 min
[edit] Docking with ISS
- Docked to ISS: October 20, 2003, 07:16 UTC (to Pirs module)
- Undocked from ISS: April 29, 2004, 20:52 UTC (from Pirs module)
[edit] Mission highlights
Soyuz TMA-3 (Russian Союз ТМА-3, Union TMA-3) is a Russian spaceflight mission to the International Space Station, the third flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 7th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
The commander of the Soyuz is Alexander Kaleri (Russia). The flight engineer is Michael Foale (USA), and Pedro Duque from Spain is serving as the second flight engineer. After docking with the ISS they exchanged the current crew on ISS and became the eighth station crew, called "ISS Expedition Eight". During the stay on the station Michael Foale is the ISS Commander, while Alexander Kaleri is the engineer. Foale is the first American to have served on both Mir and the ISS. Pedro Duque performed some ESA sponsored science experiments under the mission name Cervantes and then returned with the ISS 7 crew on Soyuz TMA-2.
The backup crew was William McArthur, Valery Tokarev and André Kuipers.
Foale and Kaleri along with André Kuipers, the third seater from TMA-4 landed on April 29, 2004, near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. A minor helium leak did not affect their mission.
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