Soyuz TM-34
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![]() TM-34 docked to the ISS | |
Mission type | ISS crew transport |
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Operator | Russian Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2002-020A |
SATCAT no. | 27416![]() |
Mission duration | 198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,235 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz-TM |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Launching | Yuri Gidzenko Roberto Vittori Mark Shuttleworth |
Landing | Sergei Zalyotin Frank De Winne Yury Lonchakov |
Callsign | Uran |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 25, 2002, 06:26:35 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
Contractor | Progress |
End of mission | |
Landing date | November 10, 2002, 00:04:20 | UTC
Landing site | 80 kilometres (50 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 247 kilometres (153 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zarya nadir |
Docking date | 27 April 2002 07:55 UTC |
Undocking date | 9 November 2002 20:44 UTC |
Time docked | 196d 12h 49m |
![]() ![]() Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-34 was the fourth Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS).[1] Soyuz TM-34 was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.
Crew
[edit]Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() Third and last spaceflight | ![]() Second and last spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight | ![]() First spaceflight |
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer | ![]() Only spaceflight Tourist | ![]() Second spaceflight |
Docking with ISS
[edit]- Docked to ISS: April 27, 2002, 07:55 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
- Undocked from ISS: November 9, 2002, 20:44 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
Mission highlights
[edit]This was the 17th crewed mission to ISS.
Soyuz TM-34 was a Russian Soyuz TM passenger transportation craft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 06:26 UT on 25 April 2002. It carried two cosmonauts and a South African tourist, Mark Shuttleworth, to the International Space Station (ISS). Shuttleworth performed some biology experiments, as he carried a live rat and sheep stem cells. All three returned on Soyuz TM-33 after an eight-day mission.
Soyuz TM-34 was the final flight of the Soyuz-TM variant, due to its replacement by the upgraded Soyuz-TMA.[1] It was also the last crewed vehicle to launch atop the Soyuz-U rocket, although the Soyuz-U continued to launch uncrewed vehicles until 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Soyuz ISS Missions" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-02.