Soyuz TMA-4

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Soyuz TMA-4

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 (2004-04-19UTC03:19Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress
End of mission
Landing date	24 October 2004, 00:35:00 (2004-10-24UTC00:36Z) 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-3 Soyuz TMA-5 →

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. Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the US and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. 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.