Soyuz TM-34
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![]() TM-34 docked to the ISS | |
Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2002-020A |
SATCATno. | 27416 |
Mission duration | 198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,235 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-U |
Manufacturer | RKK 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 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | November 10, 2002, 00:04:20 | UTC
Landing site | 80 kilometres (50 mi) NE ofArkalyk |
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 withISS | |
Docking port | Zaryanadir |
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-34was the fourthSoyuzmission to theInternational Space Station(ISS).[1]Soyuz TM-34 was launched by aSoyuz-Ulaunch 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 (tonadirport ofZarya)
- Undocked from ISS:November 9, 2002, 20:44 UTC (from nadir port ofZarya)
Mission highlights[edit]
This was the 17th crewed mission to ISS.
Soyuz TM-34 was a RussianSoyuz TMpassenger 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 theInternational Space Station(ISS). Shuttleworth performed some biology experiments, as he carried a live rat and sheep stem cells. All three returned onSoyuz TM-33after an eight-day mission.
Soyuz TM-34 was the final flight of theSoyuz-TMvariant, due to its replacement by the upgradedSoyuz-TMA.[1]It was also the last crewed vehicle to launch atop theSoyuz-Urocket, although the Soyuz-U continued to launch uncrewed vehicles until 2017.
References[edit]
- ^ab"Soyuz ISS Missions"(PDF).NASA. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-12-02.