Soyuz TMA-3

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.

Soyuz TMA-3

Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Russian Space Agency
COSPAR ID	2003-047A
SATCAT no.	28052
Mission duration	194 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes, 12 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,170
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz-TMA 11F732
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA
Manufacturer	Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Aleksandr Kaleri Michael Foale
Launching	Pedro Duque
Landing	André Kuipers
Callsign	Ingul
Start of mission
Launch date	October 18, 2003, 05:38:03 (2003-10-18UTC05:38:03Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress
End of mission
Landing date	April 30, 2004, 00:11:15 (2004-04-30UTC00:11:16Z) UTC
Landing site	50.38° N, 67.20° E
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude	227 kilometres (141 mi)
Inclination	51.67 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs nadir
Docking date	20 October 2003 07:16 UTC
Undocking date	29 April 2004 20:52 UTC
Time docked	192d 13h 36m
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz TMA-4 →

Crew

Position[1][2]	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Aleksandr Kaleri, RSA Expedition 8 Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer	/ Michael Foale, NASA Expedition 8 Sixth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Pedro Duque, ESA Second and last spaceflight	André Kuipers, ESA First spaceflight

Original Crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Vladimir Dezhurov, RSA
Flight Engineer	André Kuipers, ESA
Flight Engineer	Oleg Skripochka

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.