Soyuz TM-33

Soyuz TM-33 (Soyuz 3 Taxi)
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name	Soyuz TM-33 (Soyuz 3 Taxi)
Crew size	3
Call sign	Uran
Launch date	October 21, 2001 08:59:35 UTC Gagarin's Start
Landing	May 5, 2002 03:51:53 UTC 26 km SE of Arkalyk
Mission duration	195 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, 18 seconds
Number of orbits	~3,195
Apogee	227 km
Perigee	191 km
Orbital period	88.4 minutes
Orbital inclination	51.7°
Crew photo
Related missions
Previous mission Subsequent mission Soyuz TM-32 Soyuz TM-34

Soyuz TM-33 was a manned Russian space launch on Oct 21, 2001, on the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. Its mission was to carry a new crew and supplies to the International Space Station.

Crew

Position	Launching Crew	Landing Crew
Commander	Viktor Afanasyev, RKA Fourth spaceflight	Yuri Gidzenko, RKA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Claudie Haigneré, ESA Second spaceflight	Roberto Vittori, ESA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant	Konstantin Kozeyev, RKA First spaceflight	Mark Shuttleworth, SA First spaceflight Tourist

Docking with ISS

• Docked to ISS: October 23, 2001, 10:44 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
• Undocked from ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:16 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
• Docked to ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:37 UTC (to Pirs module)
• Undocked from ISS: May 5, 2002, 00:31 UTC (from Pirs module)

Mission highlights

14th manned mission to ISS.

Soyuz TM-33 is a Russian astronaut-transporting spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:59 UT on 21 October 2001. It carried two Russian and one French astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked with the ISS at 10:44 UT on 23 October. This new crew spent eight days on the ISS, and returned on the older Soyuz TM-32 at 04:59 UT on 31 October. The new Soyuz remained docked as a lifeboat craft for the then current crew of three (two Russian and one American) astronauts.

External links

• NASA Soyuz-33 (launch)/Soyuz-32 (return) Taxi Crew