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The Mission

		Mission: Expedition 9 Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-4 Launch: April 19, 2004 Time: 0318:47 GMT (11:18:47 p.m. EDT on 18th) Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Satellite feed: AMC 9, Transponder 9, C-band Launch events timeline Flight Day 1 schedule Flight Day 2 schedule Flight Day 3 schedule Expedition 9 science plan European DELTA mission

The Crew

		Russia's Gennady Padalka and NASA's Mike Fincke will live aboard the International Space Station for a half-year as Expedition 9 while Europe's Andre Kuipers will stay for a week before returning to Earth. Exp. 9 commander Gennady Padalka Exp. 9 science officer Mike Fincke Visiting crewmember Andre Kuipers

The Launcher

		The venerable Russian Soyuz rocket will deliver the Soyuz TMA-4 capsule into Earth orbit to dock with the International Space Station. Rocket fact sheet Soyuz spacecraft info

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Flight Day 1 schedule
NASA PRESS KIT
Posted: April 15, 2004

Orbit 1

Post insertion: Deployment of solar panels, antennas and docking probe

Crew monitors all deployments
Crew reports on pressurization of OMS/RCS and ECLSS systems and crew health. Entry thermal sensors are manually deactivated
Ground provides initial orbital insertion data from tracking

Orbit 2

Systems Checkout: IR Att Sensors, Kurs, Angular Accels, "Display" TV Downlink System, OMS engine control system, Manual Attitude Control Test

Crew monitors all systems tests and confirms onboard indications
Crew performs manual RHC stick inputs for attitude control test
Ingress into HM, activate HM CO2 scrubber and doff Sokols
A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink
Radar and radio transponder tracking

Manual maneuver to +Y to Sun and initiate a 2 deg/sec yaw rotation. MCS is deactivated after rate is established.

Orbit 3

Terminate +Y solar rotation, reactivate MCS and establish LVLH attitude reference (auto maneuver sequence)

Crew monitors LVLH attitude reference build up
Burn data command upload for DV1 and DV2 (attitude, TIG Delta V's)
Form 14 preburn emergency deorbit pad read up
A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink
Radar and radio transponder tracking

Auto maneuver to DV1 burn attitude (TIG - 8 minutes) while LOS

Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required DV1 phasing burn while LOS
Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required

Orbit 4

Auto maneuver to DV2 burn attitude (TIG - 8 minutes) while LOS

Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required DV2 phasing burn while LOS
Crew monitor only, no manual action nominally required

Crew report on burn performance upon AOS

HM and DM pressure checks read down
Post burn Form 23 (AOS/LOS pad), Form 14 and "Globe" corrections voiced up
A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink
Radar and radio transponder tracking

Manual maneuver to +Y to Sun and initiate a 2 deg/sec yaw rotation. MCS is deactivated after rate is established.

External boresight TV camera ops check (while LOS)

Meal

Orbit 5

Last pass on Russian tracking range for Flight Day 1

Report on TV camera test and crew health

Sokol suit clean up

A/G, R/T and Recorded TLM and Display TV downlink
Radar and radio transponder tracking

Orbit 6-12

Crew Sleep, off of Russian tracking range

Emergency VHF2 comm available through NASA VHF Network

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