Soyuz TMA-3
Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 7th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.Crew
Original Crew
- Mass: ? kg
- Perigee: 193 km
- Apogee: 227 km
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 88.6 min
Docking with ISS
- Docked to ISS: October 20, 2003, 07:16 UTC
- Undocked from ISS: April 29, 2004, 20:52 UTC
Specifications
- Max. altitude - 387.1 km
- Min. altitude - 357.9 km
- Period - 91.7 min
- Inclination - 65.64°
The commander of the Soyuz was Aleksandr Kaleri. The flight engineer was Michael Foale, and Pedro Duque served as the second flight engineer. After docking with the ISS they exchanged the current crew on ISS and became the eighth station crew, called "ISS Expedition Eight". During the stay on the station Michael Foale was the ISS Commander, while Aleksandr Kaleri was the engineer. Foale was the first American to have served on both Mir and the ISS. Pedro Duque performed some ESA sponsored science experiments under the mission name Cervantes and then returned with the ISS 7 crew on Soyuz TMA-2.
The backup crew was William McArthur, Valery Tokarev and André Kuipers.
Foale and Kaleri along with André Kuipers, the third seater from TMA-4 landed on April 29, 2004, near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. A minor helium leak did not affect their mission.
