Soyuz TMA-6 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.

Crew

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
  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: October 10, 2005, 21:49 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

26th manned flight to ISS.

Soyuz TMA-6 is a Soyuz TMA spacecraft which was launched on April 15, 2005 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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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. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9697668

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.