Space cover dedicated to launch of Soyuz TMA-5 ISS Expedition 10. The cover signed by Soyuz TMA-5 crew: cosmonauts Salizhan Sharipov and Yuri Shargin, NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao.

Soyuz TMA-5 was launched on October 14, 2004

Expedition 10 crew, astronaut Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov replaced Expedition 9 crew cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and astronaut  Michael Fincke .

The launch of Expedition 10 was delayed beyond its scheduled October 9, 2004 launch date. During preflight testing, an explosive bolt was accidentally activated on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft. The resulting damage was repaired prior to launch.

The docking maneuver had to be done manually, as the approach by the automatic system was too fast.

The undocking was done manually as well, as a cautionary measure to save power on a faulty battery.

After 193 days in the station the Expedition 10 crew returned Earth.

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