Soyuz TMA-1
Soyuz TMA-1 was the first Soyuz TMA spacecraft and the fourth Soyuz taxi flight to the International Space Station. The Odissea crew of Sergei Zalyotin, Frank De Winne, and Yuri Lonchakov launched on October 30, 2002 and docked on November 1. They returned aboard Soyuz TM-34 after delivering TMA-1 as the station's fresh emergency-return spacecraft. TMA-1 remained docked for six months, then returned Expedition 6 after the Columbia accident changed the crew-rotation plan.
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- ISS 5SOdisseaOdissea taxi flightYeniseiYeniseyTMA No. 211
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-1
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TMA-1 was the first Soyuz TMA spacecraft and the fourth Soyuz taxi flight to the International Space Station. The Odissea crew of Sergei Zalyotin, Frank De Winne, and Yuri Lonchakov launched on October 30, 2002 and docked on November 1. They returned aboard Soyuz TM-34 after delivering TMA-1 as the station's fresh emergency-return spacecraft. TMA-1 remained docked for six months, then returned Expedition 6 after the Columbia accident changed the crew-rotation plan.
- End Date
- 2003-05-04
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful ISS taxi, Soyuz TMA test, and lifeboat-replacement mission. The spacecraft returned the Expedition 6 crew safely on May 4, 2003 after a BUSP-M guidance malfunction triggered an 8-g ballistic reentry and an off-target landing about 400 km short of the intended zone; the TMA soft-landing system and parachutes performed correctly.
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- Start Date
- 2002-10-30
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-1
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- July 3, 2026 at 23:19:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:26 UTC
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