Carried Expedition 10 crew Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-5, launching from Baikonur after a brief delay when an explosive bolt was accidentally activated during preflight testing. Docked to the Pirs module on 16 October 2004.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.3 T
- Flight
- 8th
- of 60 Soyuz FG flights
- Date and time
- 14 October 2004, 03:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz FG
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 2004-040
- Launches in 2004
- 41st of 54
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