Soyuz TM-34
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-34 | ||||
| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Call sign | Uran | ||||
| Launch date | April 25, 2002 06:26:35 UTC Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | November 10, 2002 00:04:20 UTC 80 km NE of Arkalyk |
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| Mission duration | 198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds | ||||
| Number of orbits | ~3,235 | ||||
| Apogee | 247 km | ||||
| Perigee | 193 km | ||||
| Orbital period | 88.6 minutes | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51.6° | ||||
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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.
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[edit] Crew
| Position | Launching Crew | Landing Crew |
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| Commander | Yuri Gidzenko, RKA Third spaceflight |
Sergei Zalyotin, RKA Second spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Roberto Vittori, ESA First spaceflight |
Frank De Winne, ESA First spaceflight |
| Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer | Mark Shuttleworth, SA First spaceflight Tourist |
Yury Lonchakov, RKA Second spaceflight |
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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]
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