Soyuz TM-34
Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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COSPAR ID | 2002-020A | ||||
Mission duration | 198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | ~3,235 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | ||||
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 of Arkalyk | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 193 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 247 kilometres (153 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
Period | 88.6 minutes | ||||
Docking with ISS | |||||
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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
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 | ![]() First spaceflight Tourist |
![]() Second spaceflight |
Docking with ISS
- 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
This was the 17th manned 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]
References
- 1 2 "Soyuz ISS Missions" (PDF). NASA.
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