- 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 UTCGagarin'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 aSoyuz-U launch vehicle.Crew
Launched:
*Yuri Gidzenko (3)
*Roberto Vittori (1) - ESAItaly
*Mark Shuttleworth (1)Spaceflight Participant -South Africa Landed:
*Sergei Zalyotin (2)
*Frank De Winne (1) - ESABelgium
*Yuri Lonchakov (2)Mission parameters
*Mass: ? kg
*Perigee: 193 km
*Apogee: 247 km
*Inclination: 51.6°
*Period: 88.6 minDocking with ISS
*Docked to ISS:
April 27 ,2002 , 07:55 UTC (to nadir port ofZarya )
*Undocked from ISS:November 9 ,2002 , 20:44 UTC (from nadir port ofZarya )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 onSoyuz 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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