page_title: Soyuz TMA-2
hierarchical_section_title: Soyuz TMA-2
caption_attribution_description: English: Expedition Seven Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko (left), and NASA ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu pose for their crew portrait while in training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia for their scheduled launch in a Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft later this year. Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency.
context_page_description: Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS 2003-04-28 and undocked 2003-10-27.Soyuz TMA-2 was the second flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 6th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
  The commander is Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko, and flight engineer Edward Tsang Lu, and after docking with the ISS they exchanged with the resident crew on ISS and became the seventh station crew, called "ISS Expedition Seven". Alexander Kaleri and Michael Foale were assigned as the backup crew.
context_section_description: Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-2, Union TMA-2) mission to the International Space Station (ISS)  launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS 2003-04-28 and undocked 2003-10-27.Soyuz TMA-2 was the second flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 6th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
  The commander is Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russia), and flight engineer Edward Tsang Lu (USA), and after docking with the ISS they exchanged with the resident crew on ISS and became the seventh station crew, called "ISS Expedition Seven". Alexander Kaleri and Michael Foale were assigned as the backup crew.
caption: Soyuz programme
  (Crewed missions)
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