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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 Russia Aleksandr Kaleri, RKA[1]
Expedition 8
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer United Kingdom United States Michael Foale, NASA[1]
Expedition 8
Sixth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer Spain Pedro Duque, ESA[2]
Second and last spaceflight 		Netherlands André Kuipers, ESA[1]
First spaceflight

Original Crew

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

Mission parameters

From NASA:[3]

  • Mass: ? kg
  • Perigee: 376 km
  • Apogee: 384 km
  • Inclination: 51.6°
  • Period: 92.20 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°[4]

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-3 launch.

The commander of the Soyuz was Aleksandr Kaleri (RKA). The flight engineer was Michael Foale (NASA), and Pedro Duque (ESA) 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 Aleksandr 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.

References

  1. ^ a b c "OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE about the landing of Soyuz TMA-3 descent vehicle". NPO Energia. April 30, 2004. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  2. ^ "Return to space for Spanish ESA astronaut". ESA. October 16, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "Soyuz-TMA 3". NASA. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Energia.RU Press Release ISS". Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

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