Soyuz TM-31
Appearance
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Mission type | ISScrew transport |
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Operator | Russian Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2000-070A |
SATCATno. | 26603 |
Mission duration | 186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,040 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No.205 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | 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, 07:52:47UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur,Site 1/5 |
Contractor | Progress |
End of mission | |
Landing date | May 6, 2001, 05:41:28 | UTC
Landing site | 90 kilometres (56 mi) NE ofArkalyk(50°38′42″N66°43′54″E/ 50.64500°N 66.73167°E) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 190 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 249 kilometres (155 mi) |
Inclination | 51.57° |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Docking withISS | |
Docking port | Zvezdaaft |
Docking date | 2 November 2000, 09:21:03UTC |
Undocking date | 24 February 2001, 10:06UTC |
Time docked | 114 days, 44 minutes |
Docking with ISS (relocation) | |
Docking port | Zaryanadir |
Docking date | 24 February 2001, 10:37UTC |
Undocking date | 18 April 2001, 12:40UTC |
Time docked | 53 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes |
Docking with ISS (relocation) | |
Docking port | Zvezdaaft |
Docking date | 18 April 2001, 13:01UTC |
Undocking date | 6 May 2001, 02:21:09UTC |
Time docked | 17 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes |
Crew launching, from left:Krikalev,ShepherdandGidzenko 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,RSA Expedition 1 Second spaceflight |
Talgat Musabayev,RSA ISS EP-1 Third and last spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Sergei Krikalev,RSA Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight |
Yuri Baturin,RSA 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.