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Soyuz TMA-6
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name Soyuz TMA-6
Spacecraft mass 7,200 kg
Crew size 3
Launch pad Gagarin's Start
Launch date April 15, 2005
00:46:25 UTC
Landing October 11, 2005
01:09:00 UTC
Mission duration 179.984 days
Number of orbits 2,817
Apogee 360 km
Perigee 349 km
Orbital period 92.6 minutes
Orbital inclination 51.64°
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Soyuz TMA-6 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle.

Soyuz TMA-6 launch
Soyuz TMA-6 approaching the International Space Station

Contents

Crew

Launched and landed ISS Expedition 11 crew:

Launched:

Landed:

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)

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 11 crew, Sergei Krikalev-Cdr Russia, John Phillips-U.S.A. replaced the Expedition 10 crew, Leroy Chiao-Cdr U.S.A. and Salizhan Sharipov-Russia.

References

  1. ^ a b c "OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE about the Soyuz TMA-6 manned spacecraft launch to the ISS". NPO Energia (April 15, 2005). Retrieved on December 17, 2008.
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