Soyuz TMA-4

Russia

International Flight nº: 241

Eart orbit Flight nº: 238

Russian Flight nº: 98

24th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-8S

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	28228 / 04013A
Launch date - time	19 Apr 2004 - 03:18:57 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-FG (#009)
Soyuz designation	11F732 nº214
Mass	7200? kg
Mission	3-manned ISS-8S mission carrying the 9e expedition
Flight Crew	Padalka, Gennadi (CDR) Fincke, Edward (FE1) Kuipers, André (FE2)
Call Sign
Backup crew

Docking date	21 Apr 2004 - 05:01:03 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zarya nadir port
Earth orbit on 21 Apr:
- Perigee / Apogee	356 / 371 km
- Inclination	51,63°
- Period	91,81 min
Undocking date	23 Oct 2004 - 21:08 UT
Landing date - time	24 Oct 2004 - 00:35:49 UT
Landing location	50°59' N, 67°18' E 86 km northeast of Arkalyk
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	187:21:17
Nbr orbits	2956
Landing crew (Exp.9 & VC-7):	Padalka, Fincke, Shargin (crew TMA-4 & TMA-5)

Launched crew (Exp.9 & VC-6):

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Padalka	Gennadi Ivanovich	Commander	187d 21h 17m	2956
2	Fincke	Edward Michael "Mike"	Flight engineer	187d 21h 17m	2956
3	Kuipers	André	Flight engineer	10d 20h 53m	171

Kuipers landed on 30 Apr 2004 at 00:12 UT with Soyuz TMA-3-spacecraft.

Mission details:

Three-manned ISS-8S mission, carrying the 9e expedition to the International Space Station, as well as the ESA astronaur Andre Kuipers (from the Netherlands to carry out the Delta programme).
Spacecraft docked at the nadir port of ISS/Zarya on 21 April.

Soyuz TMA-4 is transport mission ISS 8S and delivers the Expedition 9 crew of Gennadiy Padalka and Michael Fincke, together with the ESA/Netherlands DELTA mission crewmember Andre Kuipers, to the Space Station. The Dutch astronaut will return to Earth with the Expedition 8 crew of Michael Foale and Aleksandr Kaleri on Soyuz TMA-3, leaving Expedition 9 in charge of the station.
Soyuz TMA-4 docked with the nadir port on Zarya at 0501 UTC on Apr 21 and the hatches to the ISS were opened at 0630 UTC. Meanwhile, another gyro on the station has shut down and may require a maintenance spacewalk to replace its failed electronics box.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, registered mail

Ref.: #3(SD382-388), #7(JR524), #16, #97, #210, #400 - update: 23.10.17

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