Expedition 10 (2004-2005) is the 10th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-5, which will stay during the expedition for emergency evacuation.

Crew

• Leroy Chiao (4), Commander - U.S.A.
• Salizhan Sharipov (2), Flight Engineer - Russia

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

Mission parameters

• Perigee: 384 km
• Apogee: 396 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Orbital period: 92 min

• Docked: October 16, 2004, 06:15 UTC
• Undocked: Planned April 25, 2005
• Time Docked: ~191 days

Mission objectives

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 on October 14, 2004.

NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao and Russian cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov are the Expedition 10 Crew on the International Space Station.

Chiao and Sharipov docked at the Space Station on October 16, 2005 aboard Soyuz TMA-5, to relieve Expedition 9 crewmates Mike Fincke and Gennady Padalka. Chiao is the expedition commander and NASA science officer, and Sharipov is 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 Expediton 10 mission, two Progress supply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. The first on December 25, 2004 and the second on February 28, 2005.

Spacewalks

Expedition 10 performed two spacewalks. The first on January 26, 2005 and the second on March 28, 2005.

External link

• http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/station/
• http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/index.html