Soyuz TMA-1
Success
OCT 30200203:11:00 UTCMaiden flight of the Soyuz-TMA, an upgraded variant created so the spacecraft could serve as the ISS lifeboat for a wider range of crew sizes. New adjustable couches and a redesigned descent module interior eased the strict height and weight limits that had constrained the earlier Soyuz-TM.
LIFTOFF
OCT 30 200203:11:00 UTC
Success
launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur
aboard Soyuz FG into LEO
Payload
Soyuz TMA-1
ISS escape craft
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Sergei Zalyotin from Russia
- 02 Frank De Winne from Belgium
- 03 Yury Lonchakov from Russia
Descending
- 01 Nikolai Budarin from Russia
- 02 Kenneth Bowersox from USA
- 03 Donald Pettit from USA
At the station
docked at ISS
returned to Earth May 4, 2003
