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Soyuz TMA 6

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COSPAR ID
  
2005-013A

Orbits completed
  
2,817

Manufacturer
  
RKK Energia

Dates
  
15 Apr 2005 – 11 Oct 2005

Landing date
  
11 October 2005

Mission duration
  
179.984 days

Spacecraft type
  
Soyuz-TMA 11F732

Period
  
1.5 hours

Launch date
  
15 April 2005

Rocket
  
Soyuz-FG

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Launch mass
  
7,200 kilograms (15,900 lb)

Operator
  
Roscosmos State Corporation

Members
  
Sergei Krikalev, John L. Phillips

Soyuz TMA-6 was a manned spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It carried three crew members of Expedition 11 to the International Space Station. It was the 26th Manned flight to the ISS. It was launched by a Soyuz FG and returned to earth after performing operations at the ISS.

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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

    Soyuz TMA-6 is a Soyuz TMA spacecraft which was launched on April 15, 2005 by a Soyuz-FG rocket 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

    Soyuz TMA-6 Wikipedia
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