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Soyuz TM-34

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Soyuz TM-34
TM-34 docked to the ISS
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID2002-020AEdit this at Wikidata
SATCATno.27416
Mission duration198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds
Orbits completed~3,235
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-U
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
LaunchingYuri Gidzenko
Roberto Vittori
Mark Shuttleworth
LandingSergei Zalyotin
Frank De Winne
Yury Lonchakov
CallsignUran
Start of mission
Launch dateApril 25, 2002, 06:26:35(2002-04-25UTC06:26:35Z)UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
End of mission
Landing dateNovember 10, 2002, 00:04:20(2002-11-10UTC00:04:21Z)UTC
Landing site80 kilometres (50 mi) NE ofArkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude247 kilometres (153 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period88.6 minutes
Docking withISS
Docking portZaryanadir
Docking date27 April 2002
07:55 UTC
Undocking date9 November 2002
20:44 UTC
Time docked196d 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
Commander RussiaYuri Gidzenko,RKA
Third and last spaceflight
RussiaSergei Zalyotin,RKA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer ItalyRoberto Vittori,ESA
First spaceflight
BelgiumFrank De Winne,ESA
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer South AfricaMark Shuttleworth,SA
Only spaceflight
Tourist
RussiaYury Lonchakov,RKA
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]

  1. ^ab"Soyuz ISS Missions"(PDF).NASA. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-12-02.