Soyuz TMA-04M

Soyuz TMA-04M

Soyuz TMA-04M departs the ISS
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2012-022A
SATCAT №	38291
Mission duration	4 months, 2 days
Orbits completed	~1,945[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F747
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Gennady Padalka Sergei Revin Joseph M. Acaba
Callsign	Altair
Start of mission
Launch date	15 May 2012, 03:01:23 (2012-05-15T03:01:23Z) UTC[2][3]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
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Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	410 kilometres (250 mi)
Apogee	433 kilometres (269 mi)
Inclination	51.64 degrees
Period	92.86 minutes
Epoch	17 September 2012, 01:22:43 UTC[1]
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Poisk zenith
Docking date	17 May 2012, 04:36 UTC
Undocking date	16 September 2012, 23:09 UTC
Time docked	4 months
(l-r) Acaba, Padalka and Revin Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-05M →

Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched on May 15, 2012 and landed on September 17, 2012.^[3] TMA-04M was the Soyuz spacecraft's 113th flight since its initial launch in 1967, and the fourth launch of the improved Soyuz TMA-M series (first launched October 7, 2010). As per the mission plan, the spacecraft remained docked to the space station to serve as an emergency escape vehicle during Expedition 31.

The mission successfully launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 3:01:23 UTC (9:01:23 local time).^[5] The Soyuz docked successfully with the ISS on May 17 at 4:36 UTC.^[6] The spacecraft carried to the ISS a three person crew (Gennady Padalka, Russia; Sergei Revin, Russia; Joseph Acaba, United States).^[5] The mission landed successfully in Kazakhstan on September 17, 2012, at 2:53 UTC.^[4]

Crew

Backup crew

Spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-04M was the fourth mission using the upgraded Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft, which has a modernised flight control system and a reduced mass. The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the largest company of the Russian space industry.^[11]

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-04M was successfully launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 3:01:23 UTC (9:01:23 local Baikonur time).^[5] The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, May 17, at 4:36 UTC, linking to the Poisk docking module.^[6]

After the departure of Soyuz TMA-03M on June 1, the crew members of TMA-04M conducted the first portion of Expedition 32 until the commencement of the second portion with the arrival of the remaining crew members aboard Soyuz TMA-05M in mid-July.^[6] The spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 23:09 UTC on September 16 and landed at 2:53 UTC on September 17 in Kazakhstan.^[4][12]

Gallery

References

Soyuz programme Main topics Soyuz (rocket family) Soyuz (spacecraft) Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 Site 31/6 List of Soviet manned space missions List of Russian manned space missions Unmanned missions Kosmos 133 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2 Kosmos 379 Kosmos 396 Kosmos 434 Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 638 Kosmos 656 Kosmos 670 Kosmos 672 Kosmos 772 Soyuz 20 Kosmos 869 Kosmos 1001 Soyuz 32 (at landing) Kosmos 1074 Soyuz 34 (at start) Soyuz T-1 Soyuz TM-1 Manned missions Past Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970) 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971) 10 11 Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981) 12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (at start) 33 34 (at landing) 35 36 37 38 39 40 Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976) 16 19 22 Soyuz-T (1976–1986) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15 Soyuz-TM (1986–2003) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34 Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012) TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22 Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2013) TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M Current Soyuz-TMA-M (2014–2015) TMA-14M TMA-15M Planned Soyuz-TMA-M (2014–2016) TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M Soyuz-MS (2016– ) MS-01 MS-02 MS-03

Human spaceflights to the International Space Station Completed STS-88 STS-96 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 STS-105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 STS-112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz TMA-3 Soyuz TMA-4 Soyuz TMA-5 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 STS-115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 STS-118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 STS-122 STS-123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 Soyuz TMA-15 STS-127 STS-128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 STS-132 Soyuz TMA-19 Soyuz TMA-01M Soyuz TMA-20 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-06M Soyuz TMA-07M Soyuz TMA-08M Soyuz TMA-09M Soyuz TMA-10M Soyuz TMA-11M Soyuz TMA-12M Soyuz TMA-13M Current Soyuz TMA-14M Soyuz TMA-15M Planned Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-02 Soyuz MS-03