Soyuz TMA-3
{{Short description|2003 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Soyuz TMA-3
| image =
| image_caption =
| insignia = Soyuz TMA-3 Patch.png
| mission_type = ISS crew transport
| operator = Russian Space Agency
| mission_duration = 194 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes, 12 seconds
| distance_travelled =
| orbits_completed = ~3,170
| spacecraft = Soyuz-TMA 11F732
| spacecraft_type = Soyuz-TMA
| manufacturer = Energia
| launch_mass =
| landing_mass =
| launch_date = {{Start date text|October 18, 2003, 05:38:03|timezone=yes}} UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-FG
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| launch_contractor = Progress
| landing_date = {{End date text|April 30, 2004, 00:11:15|timezone=yes}} UTC
| landing_site = 50.38° N, 67.20° E
| crew_size = 3
| crew_members = Aleksandr Kaleri
Michael Foale
| crew_launching = Pedro Duque
| crew_landing = André Kuipers
| crew_callsign = Ingul
| crew_photo = Soyuz TMA-3 Crew.jpeg
| crew_photo_caption =
| orbit_epoch =
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|193|km|mi}}
| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|227|km|mi}}
| orbit_inclination = 51.67 degrees
| orbit_period =
| apsis = gee
| docking =
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = ISS
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Pirs nadir
| docking_date = 20 October 2003
07:16 UTC
| undocking_date = 29 April 2004
20:52 UTC
| time_docked = {{time interval|20 October 2003 07:16|29 April 2004 20:52|show=dhm|abbr=on}}
}}
| previous_mission = Soyuz TMA-2
| next_mission = Soyuz TMA-4
| programme = Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
}}
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.
Crew
{{Spaceflight crew
| references ={{cite web |publisher=NPO Energia |url=http://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2004/press_release_iss-08.html |title=OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE about the landing of Soyuz TMA-3 descent vehicle |date=April 30, 2004 |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203023558/https://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2004/press_release_iss-08.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|publisher=ESA |url=http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cervantes_mission/SEM6LP1P4HD_0.html |title=Return to space for Spanish ESA astronaut |date=October 16, 2003 |access-date=December 17, 2008}}
|position1 = Commander
|crew1_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Kaleri
|agency1_up = RSA
|expedition1_up = Expedition 8
|flights1_up = Fourth
|position2 = Flight Engineer
|crew2_up = {{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Michael Foale
|agency2_up = NASA
|expedition2_up = Expedition 8
|flights2_up = Sixth and last
|position3 = Flight Engineer
|crew3_up = {{Flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Duque
|agency3_up = ESA
|flights3_up = Second and last
|crew3_down = {{Flagicon|NLD}} André Kuipers
|agency3_down = ESA
|flights3_down = First
}}
Original Crew
{{Spaceflight crew
|position1 = Commander
|crew1_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Dezhurov, RSA
|position2 = Flight Engineer
|crew2_up = {{Flagicon|NLD}} André Kuipers, ESA
|position3 = Flight Engineer
|crew3_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Skripochka
}}
Mission parameters
From NASA:{{cite web|publisher=NASA|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=2003-047A |title=Soyuz-TMA 3 |access-date=February 4, 2021}}
- Mass: ? kg
- Perigee: 376 km
- Apogee: 384 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92.20 min
=Docking with ISS=
=Specifications=
- Max. altitude - 387.1 km
- Min. altitude - 357.9 km
- Period - 91.7 min
- Inclination - 65.64°{{Cite web |url=http://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2004/press_release_iss-08.html |title=Energia.RU Press Release ISS |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-date=2019-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203023558/https://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2004/press_release_iss-08.html |url-status=dead }}
Mission highlights
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.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_soyuztma3.html RussianSpaceWeb.com: Soyuz TMA-3]
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