Soyuz TMA-5 was a Soyuz

Soyuz spacecraft

Soyuz , Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today...

 mission to the International Space Station

International Space Station

The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...

 (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-FG

Soyuz-FG

The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle is an improved version of the Soyuz-U, from the R-7 family of rockets, designed and constructed by TsSKB-Progress in Samara...

 launch vehicle.http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2004-040A

Crew

TMA 5 ISS 10 Crew patches were designed by Seán O'Mara

Seán O'Mara

Seán O'Mara is an Irish graphic designer. He is also an artist, writer and photographer. He was born in Holland in 1967.-Family history:Seán O'Mara's father was Irish and his mother is Dutch. He has one brother, Eugene....

 for USSR Airspace.

Docking with ISS

• Docked to ISS: October 16, 2004, 04:16 UTC (to Pirs module)
• Undocked from ISS: November 29, 2004, 09:29 UTC (from Pirs module)
• Docked to ISS: November 29, 2004, 09:53 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya
  Zarya
  Zarya , also known as the Functional Cargo Block or FGB , was the first module of the International Space Station to be launched. The FGB provided electrical power, storage, propulsion, and guidance to the ISS during the initial stage of assembly...
  
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• Undocked from ISS: April 24, 2005, 18:44 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya
  Zarya
  Zarya , also known as the Functional Cargo Block or FGB , was the first module of the International Space Station to be launched. The FGB provided electrical power, storage, propulsion, and guidance to the ISS during the initial stage of assembly...
  
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Mission highlights

25th manned flight to ISS.

Soyuz TMA-5 is a Soyuz spacecraft

Soyuz spacecraft

Soyuz , Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today...

 that was launched on October 14, 2004 by a Soyuz-FG

Soyuz-FG

The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle is an improved version of the Soyuz-U, from the R-7 family of rockets, designed and constructed by TsSKB-Progress in Samara...

 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...

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The Expedition 10

Expedition 10

Expedition 10 was the 10th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-5, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.-Crew:-Mission parameters:*Perigee: 384 km...

 crew, Leroy Chiao of the U.S.A. and Salizhan Sharipov of Russia replaced the Expedition 9

Expedition 9

Expedition 9 was the 9th expedition to the International Space Station.-Crew:-Mission parameters:*Perigee: 384 km*Apogee: 396 km*Inclination: 51.6°*Period: 92 minthumb|left|250px|Edward M...

 crew, Gennady Padalka

Gennady Padalka

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut. As of June 2010, Gennady ranks sixth for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station....

 - Cdr. Russia and Edward Fincke

Edward Fincke

Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke is the American Astronaut with the most time in space .He was born on 14 March 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but considers its suburb Emsworth, Pennsylvania to be his hometown) is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut, who has served two tours...

 U.S.A.

The launch of Expedition 10 was delayed beyond its scheduled October 9, 2004 launch date. During preflight testing, an explosive bolt was accidentally activated on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft. The resulting damage was repaired prior to launch.

The docking maneuver had to be done manually, as the approach by the automatic system was too fast.

The undocking was done manually as well, as a cautionary measure to save power on a faulty battery.

After 193 days in the station the Expedition 10 crew returned to a soft landing in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 together with Italian Roberto Vittori

Roberto Vittori

Roberto Vittori is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the United States....

 who had flown up with the Expedition 11

Expedition 11

Expedition 11 was the 11th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-6, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation....

 crew on Soyuz TMA-6

Soyuz TMA-6

Soyuz TMA-6 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station launched by a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle.-Crew:-Docking with ISS:*Docked to ISS: April 17, 2005, 02:20 UTC...

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