Soyuz TMA-3

Soyuz TMA-3

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration	194 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes, 12 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,170
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F732
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Alexander Kaleri Michael Foale
Launching	Pedro Duque
Landing	André Kuipers
Callsign	Ingul
Start of mission
Launch date	October 18, 2003, 05:38:03 (2003-10-18UTC05:38:03Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date	April 30, 2004, 00:11:15 (2004-04-30UTC00:11:16Z) UTC
Landing site	50.38° N, 67.20° E
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee	227 kilometres (141 mi)
Inclination	51.67 degrees
Docking with ISS
Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz TMA-4 →

Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-3, Union TMA-3) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 7th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Alexander Kaleri, RKA Expedition 8 Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer	/ Michael Foale, NASA Expedition 8 Sixth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Pedro Duque, ESA Second spaceflight	André Kuipers, ESA First spaceflight

Original Crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Vladimir Dezhurov, RKA N/A (Taxi Flight) Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Andre Kuipers, ESA N/A (Taxi Flight) First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Oleg Skripochka N/A (Taxi Flight) First spaceflight

Mission parameters

• Mass: ? kg
• Perigee: 193 km
• Apogee: 227 km
• Inclination: 51.7°
• Period: 88.6 min

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)

Specifications

• Max. altitude - 387.1 km
• Min. altitude - 357.9 km
• Period - 91.7 min
• Inclination - 65.64°

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-3 launch.

The commander of the Soyuz was Alexander Kaleri (Russia). The flight engineer was Michael Foale (USA), and Pedro Duque from Spain served 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 was the ISS Commander, while Alexander Kaleri was the engineer. Foale was 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.

External links

• RussianSpaceWeb.com: Soyuz TMA-3