Soyuz TMA-4
Soyuz TMA-4
Launch Date
April 19, 2004
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Soyuz TMA-4
Soyuz TMA-4
Launch Date
April 19, 2004
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Overview
Soyuz TMA-4 ferried the two-person Expedition 9 crew to and from the International Space Station. ESA astronaut Kuipers joined for a short duration mission, returning to Earth on Soyuz TMA-3.
Crafts
Soyuz
Soyuz
Soyuz is a human carrier capsule built and operated by Russia that can take up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded many times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crew vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.