 Soyuz TMA-04M departs the ISS | |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2012-022A |
| SATCATno. | 38291 |
| Mission duration | 124 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes, 30 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~1,945[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 |
| Manufacturer | 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 (2012-05-15UTC03:01:23Z) UTC[2][3] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 17 September 2012, 02:53 (2012-09-17UTC02:54Z) UTC[4] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 410 kilometres (250 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 433 kilometres (269 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.64 degrees |
| Period | 92.86 minutes |
| Epoch | 17 September 2012, 01:22:43 UTC[1] |
| Docking withISS | |
| 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 (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight toLow Earth orbit that transported three members of theExpedition 31 crew to theInternational Space Station (ISS), which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012.[3] TMA-04M was theSoyuz spacecraft's 113th flight since its initial launch in 1967, and the fourth launch of the improvedSoyuz TMA-M series (first launched 7 October 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 was successfully launched to the International Space Station from theBaikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, at 3:01:23UTC (9:01:23 local time).[5] The Soyuz docked successfully with the ISS on 17 May 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 17 September 2012, at 2:53 UTC.[4]
| Position[7][8] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Gennady Padalka,RoscosmosExpedition 31 Fourth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Sergei Revin,Roscosmos Expedition 31 Only spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Joseph M. Acaba,NASAExpedition 31 Second spaceflight | |
| Position[9] | Crew Member[10] | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Oleg Novitskiy,Roscosmos | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Evgeny Tarelkin,Roscosmos | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Kevin A. Ford,NASA | |
Soyuz TMA-04M was the fourth mission using the upgradedSoyuz TMA-M spacecraft, which has a modernised flight control system and a reduced mass. The spacecraft was designed and manufactured byS.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the largest company of theRussian space industry.[11]
Soyuz TMA-04M was successfully launched to the International Space Station from theBaikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, at 3:01:23 UTC (9:01:23 local Baikonur time).[5] The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, 17 May at 4:36 UTC, linking to thePoisk docking module.[6]
After the departure ofSoyuz TMA-03M on 1 June the crew members of TMA-04M conducted the first portion ofExpedition 32 until the commencement of the second portion with the arrival of the remaining crew members aboardSoyuz TMA-05M in mid-July.[6] The spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 23:09 UTC on 16 September and landed at 2:53 UTC on September 17 in Kazakhstan.[4][12]
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