(2004–2005) was the 10th expedition to the
International Space Station , using the
Soyuz TMA-5 , which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
- 384 km
- 396 km
- 51.6°
- 92 min
- ''', 2004 , 06:15 UTC
- : April 24 , 2005 , 18:45 UTC
- : 192 days 15 hours 39 minutes
The launch of Expedition 10 was rescheduled. During preflight testing, an explosive bolt was accidentally activated on the
Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft. The resulting damage caused was repaired and the mission launched from
Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan on
October 14 ,
2004 .
Chiao and Sharipov docked at the Space Station on
October 16 ,
2004 aboard
Soyuz TMA-5 , to relieve
Expedition 9 crewmates
Mike Fincke and
Gennady Padalka . Chiao was the expedition commander and NASA science officer, and Sharipov was the Soyuz commander and flight engineer.
Chiao is a veteran of three
Space Shuttle flights, and spent 13 hours on two spacewalks in 2000 as part of a construction mission at the Station. Sharipov has logged over 211 hours in space. He served as a mission specialist on the Shuttle during the eighth
Shuttle-Mir docking mission in 1998.
During the Expedition 10 mission, two
Progress Supply Spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. The first (Progress 51) docked on
December 25 ,
2004 followed by the second (Progress 52) on
February 28 ,
2005 .
European Space Agency Astronaut
Roberto Vittori of
Italy launched to the Station with the
Expedition 11 crew and spent eight days onboard performing scientific experiments. Vitttori returned to Earth with the Expedition 10 crew. He was aboard under a contract between ESA and the
Russian Federal Space Agency .
The re-entry of the
Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft was perfect, returning the astronauts to
Earth 53 miles northeast of the town of Arkalyk after 192 days, 19 hours and 2 minutes in space. The recovery team reached the capsule in minutes.
Notable accomplishments included replacing critical hardware in the
Quest Joint Airlock ; repairing U.S. spacesuits; and submitting a scientific research paper on
Ultrasound use in space. Chiao was also the first astronaut to vote in a
U.S. Presidential Election from space.
The Expedition 10 crew completed two
Spacewalks , including experiment installation and tasks to prepare the Station for the arrival of the new European
Automated Transfer Vehicle in
2006 .
The first spacewalk took place on
January 26 ,
2005 and the second on
March 28 ,
2005 .
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- http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/index.html
