Soyuz TMA-6
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| Mission name: | Soyuz TMA-6 |
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| Number of crew members: | 3 |
| Launch: | April 15, 2005 00:46:25 UTC Gagarin's Start |
| Landing: | October 11, 2005 01:09:00 UTC |
| Duration: | 179.984 days |
| Number of orbits: | 2,817 |
Soyuz TMA-6 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.
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[edit] Crew
[edit] Launched and landed ISS Expedition 11 crew:
- Sergei Krikalev (6) -
Russia - John Phillips (2) -
United States
[edit] Launched:
- Roberto Vittori (2) - ESA
Italy
[edit] Landed:
- Gregory Olsen (1) - Spaceflight Participant - United States
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 7 200 kg
- Perigee: 349 km
- Apogee: 360 km
- Inclination: 51.64°
- Period: 92.6 minutes
[edit] Docking with ISS
- Docked to ISS: April 17, 2005, 02:20 UTC (to Pirs module)
- Undocked from ISS: July 19, 2005, 10:38 UTC (from Pirs module)
- Docked to ISS: July 19, 2005, 11:08 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
- Undocked from ISS: October 10, 2005, 21:49 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
[edit] Mission highlights
26th manned flight to ISS.
Soyuz TMA-6 is a Soyuz TMA spacecraft which was launched on April 15, 2005 by a Soyuz launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
During the return flight from the ISS instruments in the descent module of the Soyuz spacecraft indicated a cabin-pressure-leak that is still under investigation. [1]
The Expedition 10 crew, Leroy Chiao-Cdr U.S.A. and Salizhan Sharipov-Russia is scheduled to be replaced by the Expedition 11 crew, Sergei Krikalev-Cdr Russia, John Phillips-U.S.A.
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