How Does a Soyuz TMA Come Back From the ISS?
As, due to the Columbia accident in February 2003, the Russian Soyuz craft gained a prominent role into ferrying astronauts and cosmonauts to and back of the ISS, the relative return of the Space Shuttle back to work does still allow for room for the use of the Soyuz. One Soyuz is always usually docked at the station. It’s used as the ISS crew usual return craft as it serves too as a rescue craft in case of emergency. A new Soyuz is ferried to the ISS each six months and the one which was docked is used by an outgoing crew. The Soyuz TMA is an improved version of the Soyuz TM, which was used between 1986 and 2002. A Soyuz is composed of three modules. An Orbital Module. It is the front sphere where crew is during the orbital flights and for docking. The Descent Module which is the center module where the crew is for takeoff and descents. It’s the only part of the craft which returns Earth. At last the Instrumentation/Propulsion Module, which is the rear module. It contains the instrume
