Soyuz TM-34

Infobox Space mission
mission_name=Soyuz TM-34
insignia =
sign=Uran
crew_members=3
crew_photo=Soyuz TM-34 crew 1.jpg
launch=April 25, 2002
06:26:35 UTC
Gagarin's Start
landing=November 10, 2002
00:04:20 UTC
80 km NE of Arkalyk
duration=198 days 17 hours 37 minutes 45 seconds
orbits=~3,235
perigee=193 km
apogee=247 km
inclination=51.6°
period=88.6 minutes
previous = Soyuz TM-33
next = Soyuz TMA-1

Soyuz TM-34 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.

Crew

Launched:
*Yuri Gidzenko (3)
*Roberto Vittori (1) - ESA Italy
*Mark Shuttleworth (1) Spaceflight Participant - South Africa

Landed:
*Sergei Zalyotin (2)
*Frank De Winne (1) - ESA Belgium
*Yuri Lonchakov (2)

Mission parameters

*Mass: ? kg
*Perigee: 193 km
*Apogee: 247 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 88.6 min

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

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 to the International Space Station (ISS). The tourist also 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.