Cosmonauts:
    Upload:
        Yuri Malenchenko [3], Commander
        Edward Lu [3], Flight Engineer
    Download:
        Yuri Malenchenko
        Edward Lu
        Pedro Duque
Backup:
    Alexsandr Kaleri
    C. Michael Foale
Launch:
    Date: 26 April 2003
    Time: 03:53:52 UTC
Landing:
    Date: 28 October 2003
    Time: 02:40:01 UTC
Duration: 184 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, 9 seconds
Docked: 28 April 2003 - 27 October 2003
Call Sign: Agat (Agate)

Soyuz-TMA 2 is the replacement for Soyuz-TMA 1. The Soyuz is used as a lifeboat for the ISS. Because of fuel degradation, the Soyuz needs to be replaced every six months. Originally, the upload crew was to have returned in Soyuz-TMA 1 after a several day stay aboard the ISS. Due to the destruction of the shuttle Columbia on 1 February 2003 and the grounding of the shuttle fleet, Soyuz-TMA 2 became the vehicle to both upload and download the Expedition 7 crew.

The problems which occurred with the Soyuz-TMA 1 landed were resolved and this landing was uneventful.