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Launch:
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On October 18, 2003 at 09:38:03 Moscow
Summer Time (05:38:03 UTC) the Russian manned transport
spacecraft Soyuz TMA-3 was launched by the Soyuz-FG
Launch Vehicle. |
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Launch site:
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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Docking:
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On October 20, 2003 at 11:15:58 Moscow
Summer Time (07:15:58 UTC) the docking was made to the
port of the docking compartment - module Pirs as part
of the ISS Orbital Complex. |
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Undocking:
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On October 28, 2003 at 02:17 Moscow Time
(October 27, 2003 at 23:17 UTC) the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft
was undocked from the Functional Cargo Module Zarya. |
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Landing:
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On October 28, 2003 at 05:40:01 Moscow
Time (02:40:01 UTC). |
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Landing site:
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In the area located nearby the town of
Arkhalyk, the Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Flight duration:
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9 days 21 hours 1 min.
58 sec. |
Main Mission Objectives:
- insertion into orbit of Pedro Duque, Spanish astronaut
from ESA on the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-3;
- the scheduled replacement of the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft,
which had been operating as a rescue vehicle included
as part of the ISS since April 28, 2003;
- implementation onboard the ISS of the experiments program
under the SSM
Cervantes Project ("AGEING",
"ROOT",
"GENEEXPRESSION",
"MESSAGE-2",
"BMI-2",
"CARDIOCOG-2",
"NEUROCOG-2",
"SYMPATHO-2",
"PROMISS-2"*,
"NANOSLAB-2"*,
"LSO-S",
"3D Camera",
"MEDOPS"*,
"Crew
restraint"*, "CHONDRO",
"VIDEO-2",
"APIS",
"THEBAS",
"ARISS-2",
"WINOGRAD");
- accomplishing the tasks of the ISS crew flight engineering
support;
- return to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-2 transport spacecraft
Descent Module carrying Pedro Duque, Spanish astronaut
from ESA together with the ISS-7 crew.
* - the experiments are conducted on the ISS USOS.
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