Engineering:Soyuz TMA-5

Short description: 2004 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Soyuz TMA-5

Soyuz TMA-5 launch
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2004-040A
Mission duration	192 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes
Orbits completed	~2,900
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F732
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Salizhan Sharipov Leroy Chiao
Launching	Yuri Shargin
Landing	Roberto Vittori
Callsign	Tyan-Shan ("Heavenly Mountains")
Start of mission
Launch date	October 14, 2004, 03:06 (2004-10-14UTC03:06Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date	April 24, 2005, 22:08 (2005-04-24UTC22:09Z) UTC
Landing site	90 kilometres (56 mi) north of the town of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	~200 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude	~252 kilometres (157 mi)
Inclination	~51.7 degrees
Period	~88.7 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs nadir
Docking date	16 October 2004 04:16 UTC
Undocking date	29 November 2004 09:29 UTC
Time docked	33d 5h 13m
Docking with ISS (Relocation)
Docking port	Zarya nadir
Docking date	29 November 2004 09:53 UTC
Undocking date	24 April 2005 18:44 UTC
Time docked	146d 8h 51m
From left to right: Chiao, Shargin and Sharipov Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-5 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Salizhan Sharipov, RKA Expedition 10 Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Leroy Chiao, NASA Expedition 10 Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Yuri Shargin, RKA Only spaceflight	Roberto Vittori, ESA Second spaceflight

TMA 5 ISS 10 Crew patches were designed by Seán O'Mara for USSR Airspace.

Docking with ISS

• Docked to ISS: October 16, 2004, 04:16 UTC (to Pirs module)
• Undocked from ISS: November 29, 2004, 09:29 UTC (from Pirs module)
• Docked to ISS: November 29, 2004, 09:53 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
• Undocked from ISS: April 24, 2005, 18:44 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)

Mission highlights

25th crewed flight to ISS.

Soyuz TMA-5 is a Soyuz spacecraft that was launched on October 14, 2004 by a Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The Expedition 10 crew, Leroy Chiao of the US and Salizhan Sharipov of Russia replaced the Expedition 9 crew, Gennady Padalka - Cdr. Russia and Edward Fincke U.S.A.

The launch of Expedition 10 was delayed beyond its scheduled October 9, 2004 launch date. During preflight testing, an explosive bolt was accidentally activated on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft. The resulting damage was repaired prior to launch.

The docking maneuver had to be done manually, as the approach by the automatic system was too fast.

The undocking was done manually as well, as a cautionary measure to save power on a faulty battery.

After 193 days in the station the Expedition 10 crew returned to a soft landing in Kazakhstan together with Italian Roberto Vittori who had flown up with the Expedition 11 crew on Soyuz TMA-6.