Manned Spaceflights - 2005

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Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Parameters
Soyuz TMA-6
(7K-STMA #216)
April 15, 2005
(00:46 GMT)
October 11, 2005
(01:09 GMT)
Commander: Sergei Krikalyov
(6th Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 7)
Russia M Perigee: 199 km
Apogee: 246 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,817 orbits
1 spacewalk
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
57 km NE of Arkalyk
(41° N, 67° E)
Science Officer (Flight Engineer): John Phillips
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Docked with ISS
April 17, 2005

(02:10 GMT)
Undocked from ISS
October 10, 2005

(21:49 GMT)
Soyuz Flight Engineer: Roberto Vittori
(2nd Flight) (EAC Group - ENEIDE Mission)
(Down - Soyuz TMA-5) (9 days 21 hours 22 minutes)
Italy M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #014
Port Relocation
July 19, 2005

(10:38 GMT - 11:08 GMT)
Backup Crew: Mikhail Tyurin Russia M Time
179 days
0 hours
23 minutes
Backup Crew: Daniel Tani USA M
Backup Crew: Robert Thirsk Canada M

STS-114 July 26, 2005
(14:39 GMT)
August 9, 2005
(12:11 GMT)
Commander: Eileen Collins
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F Perigee: 273 km
Apogee: 287 km
Inclination: 51.6°
219 orbits
3 spacewalks
Pilot: James Kelly
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Soichi Noguchi
(1st Flight) (JAXA/NASDA Group 3) (NASA Group 16)
Japan M
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
50th landing at
Edwards Air Force Base,
California (Runway 22)
Mission Specialist 2: Stephen Robinson
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M
Mission Specialist 3: Andrew Thomas
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Discovery
(OV-103)
(31th Mission)
Docked with ISS
July 28, 2005

(11:18 GMT)
Undocked from ISS
August 6, 2005

(07:24 GMT)
Mission Specialist 4: Wendy Lawrence
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA F Time
13 days
21 hours
32 minutes
Mission Specialist 5: Charles Camarda
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M

Soyuz TMA-7
(7K-STMA #217)
October 1, 2005
(03:54 GMT)
April 8, 2006
(23:48 GMT)
ISS Commander (Science Officer): William McArthur
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Perigee: 190 km
Apogee: 235 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,987 orbits
2 spacewalks
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
57 km NE of Arkalyk Flight Engineer (Soyuz Commander): Valeri Tokarev
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 12)
Russia M
Docked with ISS
October 3, 2005

(05:27 GMT)
Undocked from ISS
April 8, 2006

(20:28 GMT)
Commercial Cosmonaut: Gregory Olsen
(1st Flight) (Space Adventures Group 3)
(Down - Soyuz TMA-6) (9 days 21 hours 15 minutes)
USA M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #017
Port Relocation 1
November 18, 2005

(08:45 GMT - 09:04 GMT)
Port Relocation 2
March 20, 2006

(06:49 GMT - 07:11 GMT)
Backup Crew: Jeffrey Williams USA M Time
189 days
18 hours
53 minutes
Backup Crew: Mikhail Tyurin Russia M
Backup Crew: Sergei Kostenko Russia M

Shenzhou 6 October 12, 2005
(01:00 GMT)
October 16, 2005
(20:33 GMT)
Commander: Fei Junlong
(1st Flight) (China Group 1)
PR China M Perigee: 200 km
Apogee: 345 km
Inclination: 42.4°
75 orbits
Launch Vehicle
Long March-2F
Jiuquan Satellite
Launching Center, China
Inner Mongolia
(Siziwang Banner)
Operator: Nie Haisheng
(1st Flight) (China Group 1)
PR China M Time
4 days
19 hours
32 minutes

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Updated - October 20, 2006