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Expedition 4 (ISS-4)
Third Russian Visiting Crew
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Launch:
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The Soyuz TM-34, Russian manned transport spacecraft, was launched on April 25, 2002 at 10:26:35.117
Moscow Summer Time (06:26:35.117 UTC). |
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Launch Site:
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the Republic of Kazachstan, cosmodrome Baikonur. |
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Docking:
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The spacecraft was docked in an automated mode to the nadir docking port of the Zarya Functional
Cargo Block of the ISS on April 27, 2002 at 11:55:51 Moscow Summer Time (07:55:51 UTC). |
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Undocking:
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The Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft undocked from Russian docking compartment Pier on May 5, 2002 at 4:31:08
Moscow Summer Time (00:31:08 UTC). |
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Landing:
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May 5, 2002 at 7:51:53 Moscow Summer Time (03:51:53 UTC). |
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Landing Site:
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26 km south-east of Arkalyk (Republic of Kazachstan). |
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Flight duration:
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9 days 21 hours 25 mins 18 secs. |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- putting into orbit an international Visiting Crew 3 on board manned spacecraft Soyuz TM-34;
- scheduled replacement of Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft which has been serving as a rescue vehicle for ISS since October 23, 2001;
- conducting work on-board the space station under the visiting expedition program: Plasma
Crystal, Biotest-1 experiments under the Russian program, and experiments
under two commercial programs, Italian Marco Polo program
(CHIRO, VEST, ALTEINO, BMI) and a Cosmonaut M.Shuttleworth Program (CCE, SPC, ESCD, EDUCATION-SA,
PLANKTON-LINZA-SA);
- addressing the ISS crew logistical tasks;
- returning Visiting Crew 3 to Earth in the descent vehicle of the Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft.
| Prime Crew |
| VC-3 |
| Yuri Pavlovich
GIDZENKO |
Commander of the crew |
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia |
Roberto
VITTORI |
Flight engineer |
ESA, Italy |
| Mark
SHUTTLEWORTH |
Space flight participant |
Republic of South Africa |
Left to right: M. Shuttleworth, Y.P. Gidzenko, R. Vittori
| Backup Crew |
| VC-3 |
| Gennadi Ivanovich
PADALKA |
Commander of the crew |
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia |
| Oleg Dmitrievich
KONONENKO |
Flight engineer |
S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Russia |
The following resources are needed to carry out the experiments program:
| CARGO FLOW |
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Ascent to the ISS RS
in logistics vehicle Progress M1-8
manned transport vehicle Soyuz TM-34
TOTAL:
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43.88 kg
27.32 kg
71.20 kg
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Descent of materials with SE results
in Soyuz TM-33 descent vehicle
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20.01 kg
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| POWER CONSUMPTION |
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Continuous
Maximum during a session
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40 W
up to 180 W
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| CREW TIME |
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Visiting Crew 3 Commander Yu.Gidzenko
Visiting Crew 3 Flight Engineer R.Vittori
Space flight participant M.Shuttleworth
TOTAL:
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42 h 55 m
32 h 45 m
36 h 25 m
112 h 05 m
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