Soyuz TMA-1

Soyuz TMA-1 was the first flight of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft series and the fourth Soyuz taxi mission to the International Space Station. Sergei Zalyotin, Frank De Winne, and Yuri Lonchakov launched from Baikonur on October 30, 2002, docked with the ISS on November 1, and returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-34 after replacing the station lifeboat. Soyuz TMA-1 then remained docked to the ISS until May 2003, when it brought Nikolai Budarin, Kenneth Bowersox, and Donald Pettit home from Expedition 6. During reentry the spacecraft reverted to ballistic descent and landed off target in Kazakhstan, but the crew was recovered safely.