ISS: Expedition 10

Launch, orbit & landing data: Launch date - time  14 Oct 2004 - 03:06 UT Launch spacecraft  Soyuz TMA-5 Flight Crew  Chiao, L. (CDR) Sharipov, S. (FE) Backup crew  McArthur W., Tokarev V. Landing date - time  24 Apr 2005 - 22:08 UT Landing spacecraft  Soyuz TMA-5 Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  192d 19h 02m Nbr orbits  3034

Crew

Mission Report

• Launch from Baikonur; ISS-expedition 10; "caretaker" crew; docking to ISS.
• EVA 1: Expedition 10 astronauts Chiao and Sharipov made a spacewalk from the Pirs module on 26 Jan 2005. Hatch open was at 07:41 UT, hatch close at 13:11 UT. The airlock reached 50 mbar pressure at 07:25 UT and was repressurized at 13:13 UT for a depressurized duration of 5h48m. Chiao used spacesuit Orlan-M No. 25 and Sharipov used suit Orlan-M No. 27. They installed the German 'Rokviss' robot arm on the Zvezda module, deployed an experiment package, and discovered contaminating residue on the vents from the Elektron oxygen generators. During the installation of cabling between Rokviss and its antenna, between 08:17 and 10:57 UT, a total of at least 12 (and possibly 20) plastic and steel connector caps were jettisoned into space.
• Orlan-M No. 25 was launched on Progress M1-11 and used by Gennadiy Padalka on the Expedition 9 spacewalks. Orlan-M No. 27 was launched on Progress M-49 and was used for the first time on this spacewalk.
• EVA 2: Astronauts Shalizan Sharipov (in suit Orlan-M No. 27) and Leroy Chiao (in suit Orlan-M No. 25) made a spacewalk on 28 Mar 2005 from the Pirs airlock module. They installed communications and GPS antennae to support rendezvous and docking by the European ATV Jules Verne ferry. Pirs was depressurized by 06:08 UT and the hatch was opened at 06:25 UT. At 08:30 UT Sharipov threw a 5 kg nanosatellite into space, and at 10:55 UT the hatch was closed for repressurization at 10:57. (duration 4h30min hatch open/close; 4h49min depress/repress)
• The nanosatellite experiment is called Nanosputnik, TEKh-42 or TNS-0 No. 1, and is 0.3m long. Several antenna covers and cleaning towels were also jettisoned, with mass at most 0.1 kg each.

17 April 2005: "View of the interior of the Zvezda Service module from the forward section to the aft end, as photographed by one of the Expedition 10 crewmembers on the International Space Station (ISS)." A good view looking forward (toward Zarya), showing the Central Workstation with its four laptops. - Credit: NASA.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Exp. descriptions
• Spacefacts: Exp. description

Astrophilately covers:

Space Mail Bleu ISS cancel, Docking & landing cancel Baikonur, signed by crew. Credit: #401