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| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2004-013A |
| SATCAT no. | 28228 |
| Mission duration | 187 days, 21 hours, 16 minutes |
| Orbits completed | ~2,950 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke |
| Launching | André Kuipers |
| Landing | Yuri Shargin |
| Callsign | Altair |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 April 2004, 03:19:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 24 October 2004, 00:35:00 UTC |
| Landing site | 90 km (56 mi) north of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 200 km (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 252 km (157 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.7 degrees |
| Period | 88.7 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 21 April 2004 05:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | 23 October 2004 21:08 UTC |
| Time docked | 185d 16h 7m |
 From left to right: Michael Fincke, Gennady Padalka and André Kuipers Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on 19 April 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the US and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to Earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the re-entry module of the Soyuz TMA-3, the other two stayed as ISS crew 9. The craft landed 24 October 2004 with Padalka, Fincke and Yuri Shargin aboard.