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 a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Yuri Gidzenko (3) -
Russia - Roberto Vittori (1) - ESA -
Italy - Mark Shuttleworth (1) Spaceflight Participant -
South Africa
Landed:
- Sergei Zalyotin (2) - Russia
- Frank De Winne (1) - ESA -
Belgium - Yuri Lonchakov (2) - Russia
[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 is a Russian passenger transportation craft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 06:26 UT on 25 April 2002. It carried two Russian 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 last of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, due to its replacement by the Soyuz-TMA.
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