Soyuz TMA-6 begins Expedition 11 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev alongside Flight Engineers, John Phillips (NASA) & Roberto Vittori (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station.
It landed on October 11, 2005, 01:09:00 UTC