Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on April 19 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia Michael Fincke from the USA and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to Earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the re-entry module of the Soyuz TMA-3 the other two stayed as ISS crew 9.