Soyuz TMA-04M

Soyuz TMA-04M
Spacecraft properties
Soyuz TMA-04M departs the ISS

Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2012-022A
SATCAT no.	38291
Mission duration	4 months, 2 days
Orbits completed	~1,945^[1]


Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F747
Manufacturer	RKK Energia


Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Gennady Padalka Sergei Revin Joseph M. Acaba
Callsign	Altair


Start of mission
Launch date	15 May 2012, 03:01:23 (2012-05-15UTC03:01:23Z) UTC^[2]^[3]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5


End of mission
Landing date	17 September 2012, 02:53 (2012-09-17UTC02:54Z) UTC^[4]


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	410 kilometres (250 mi)
Apogee	433 kilometres (269 mi)
Inclination	51.64 degrees
Period	92.86 minutes
Epoch	17 September 2012, 01:22:43 UTC^[1]


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Poisk zenith
Docking date	17 May 2012, 04:36 UTC
Undocking date	16 September 2012, 23:09 UTC
Time docked	4 months

(l-r) Acaba, Padalka and Revin Soyuz programme (Manned 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.^[3] 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).^[5] The Soyuz docked successfully with the ISS on 17 May at 4:36 UTC.^[6] The spacecraft carried to the ISS a three-person crew (Gennady Padalka, Russia; Sergei Revin, Russia; Joseph Acaba, United States).^[5] The mission landed successfully in Kazakhstan on 17 September 2012, at 2:53 UTC.^[4]

Crew

Position^[7]^[8]	Crew Member
Commander	Gennady Padalka, Roscosmos Expedition 31 Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Sergei Revin, Roscosmos Expedition 31 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Joseph M. Acaba, NASA Expedition 31 Second spaceflight

Backup crew

Position^[9]	Crew Member^[10]
Commander	Oleg Novitskiy, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Evgeny Tarelkin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2	Kevin A. Ford, NASA

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.^[11]

Mission highlights

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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).^[5] The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, 17 May at 4:36 UTC, linking to the Poisk docking module.^[6]

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.^[6] The spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 23:09 UTC on 16 September and landed at 2:53 UTC on September 17 in Kazakhstan.^[4]^[12]

Gallery

The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft during pre-launch processing on 8 May 2012.
The TMA-04M crew wave to spectators before launch on May 15, 2012.
The Soyuz TMA-04M mission lifts-off to the ISS on 15 May 2012.

References

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1 2 Peat, Chris (17 September 2012). "SOYUZ-TMA 4M - Orbit". Heavens Above. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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1 2 3 Harwood, William (May 18, 2012). "Latest manned space launch safely takes flight to orbit". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
1 2 3 Harwood, William (May 17, 2012). "Three-man crew docks at International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo–Soyuz Test Project) 22
Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†
Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M
Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03

Uncrewed missions are designated with Kosmos numbers; crewed missions get a Soyuz number.
Failed missions are denoted with a † symbol. Cancelled missions are in italics.

Human spaceflights to the International Space Station
See also: {{ISS expeditions}}, {{Unmanned ISS flights}}
1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–present	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03
Current	2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05
Planned	2017 Soyuz MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 Dragon SpX-DM2 Starliner Boe-CFT Soyuz MS-10 MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Soyuz Future NASA CCDev CST-100 Starliner Dragon 2 Federation

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