Soyuz TMA-6

Soyuz TMA -6 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the tenth visit to a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 116th flight in Sojusprogramm.

Crew

Start crew

  • Sergei Konstantinovich Krikaljow ( 6 space flight), Commander ( Roskosmos Roscosmos / Russia Russia)
  • John Lynch Phillips ( second space flight), flight engineer ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA / United States United States)
  • Roberto Vittori ( second space flight), flight engineer (European Space Agency / Italy Italy)

With this flight Krikaljow reached the first cosmonaut of the Soviet / Russian record of six space flights.

Backup crew

  • Mikhail Tyurin Vladislavovich, Commander ( Roskosmos Roscosmos / Russia Russia)
  • Daniel Michio Tani, Flight Engineer -1 ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA / United States United States)
  • Robert Brent Thirsk, Flight Engineer -2 (Canadian Space Agency CSA / Canada Canada )

Return crew

  • Sergei Konstantinovich Krikaljow ( 6 spaceflight ), Commander ( Roskosmos Roscosmos / Russia Russia)
  • John Lynch Phillips ( second space flight), flight engineer ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA / United States United States)
  • Gregory Olsen ( first space flight), space tourist (United States United States)

Mission overview

This flight was a crew exchange mission to the ISS and the 26th manned flight to the station. The working on the Space Station Expedition 10 was replaced by the crew of Expedition 11. It consisted of Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikaljow ( commander) and American John Phillips ( Flight Engineer ). In addition, the ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori flew with, who returned with the Soyuz TMA -5 landing capsule to Earth after a short stay ward 9 days, 21 hours and 21 minutes on 24 April 2005.

The launch took place at a carrier rocket Soyuz -FG type from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 15 April 2005 at 00:46:25 UTC clock. On April 17, 2005 at 02:19 UTC clock docked Soyuz TMA- 6 on the station. To clock 04:46 UTC, the crew entered the space station. On 19 July 10:38 to 11:08 UTC clock a Umdocken the spaceship was conducted to another transshipment.

The two spacemen Krikaljow and Phillips worked as 11 crew on the ISS and conducted 39 scientific experiments. An important work of their mission was the repair of the defective oxygen treatment plant "electron". In addition, they received a visit from the Space Shuttle " Discovery " (STS -114 ) and three Progress space transporters.

On October 10, 2005 at 18:44 UTC clock the hatches between the Soyuz TMA -6 and the ISS were closed at 21:49 UTC clock docked Soyuz TMA -6 of the International Space Station from. The landing took place on 11 October at 01:09 UTC clock in Kazakhstan, 85 km ( according to other sources 58 km) away from Arkalik.

Sergei Krikaljow presented with this flight on a new long-term record. His total flight time is now approximately 803 days, 9 hours and 41 minutes.

More flight data

  • Coupling ISS: April 17, 2005, 02:20 UTC ( to the Pirs module )
  • Decoupling ISS: July 19, 2005 10:38 UTC ( from Pirs module )
  • Coupling ISS: July 19, 2005, 11:08 UTC ( to the Zarya module )
  • Decoupling ISS: October 10, 2005 21:49 UTC ( from the Zarya module )
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