Soyuz TM-31
Appearance
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2000-070A |
SATCATno. | 26603 |
Mission duration | 186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,040 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Launching | Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Krikalev William Shepherd |
Landing | Talgat Musabayev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito |
Callsign | Uran |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 31, 2000, 07:52:47 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Gagarin's Start |
End of mission | |
Landing date | May 6, 2001, 05:41:28 | UTC
Landing site | 90 kilometres (56 mi) NE ofArkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 190 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 249 kilometres (155 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Docking withISS | |
Docking port | Zvezdaaft |
Docking date | 2 November 2000 09:21UTC |
Undocking date | 24 February 2001 10:06 UTC |
Time docked | 114d 45m |
Docking withISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Zaryanadir |
Docking date | 24 February 2001 10:37 UTC |
Undocking date | 18 April 2001 12:40 UTC |
Time docked | 53d 2h 3m |
Docking withISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Zvezdaaft |
Docking date | 18 April 2001 13:01 UTC |
Undocking date | 6 May 2001 02:21 UTC |
Time docked | 17d 13h 20m |
(L-R) Gidzenko, Shepherd and Krikalev Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-31was the firstSoyuzspaceflight to dock with theInternational Space Station(ISS).[1]The spacecraft carried the members ofExpedition 1,the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched fromBaikonur CosmodromeinKazakhstanat 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by aSoyuz-Urocket.
The crew consisted of Russian cosmonautsYuri GidzenkoandSergei Krikalev,and AmericanWilliam Shepherd.Gidzenko was Commander of the flight up, but once aboard the station, Shepherd became Commander of the long-duration missionExpedition 1.[2]It is notable for beginning the continuous occupation of space from the 31st of October, 2000 to the present.[3]
Crew[edit]
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Yuri Gidzenko,RKA Expedition 1 Second spaceflight |
Talgat Musabayev,RKA ISS EP-1 Third and last spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Sergei Krikalev,RKA Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight |
Yuri Baturin,RKA ISS EP-1 Second and last spaceflight |
Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant | William Shepherd,NASA Expedition 1 Fourth and last spaceflight |
Dennis Tito,SA ISS EP-1 First spaceflight Tourist |
References[edit]
- ^"Soyuz ISS Missions"(PDF).NASA. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-12-02.
- ^"ISS: 10 Years of Human Space Mission".Russian Federal Space Agency. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-01.
- ^Mike Wall (2019-04-23)."The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records".Space.Retrieved2023-12-12.