Soyuz TM-24

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TM-24
sign = Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate
crew_members = 3
launch = August 17, 1996
13:18:03 UTC
Gagarin's Start
landing = March 2, 1997
06:44:16 UTC
128 km E of Dzhezkazgan (47.82 N; 69.40 E)
duration = 196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds
orbits = ~3,160 |

Crew

Launched:
*Valery Korzun (1)
*Alexandr Kaleri (2)
*Claudie André-Deshays (1) - France

Landed:
*Valery Korzun (1)
*Alexandr Kaleri (2)
*Reinhold Ewald (1) - Germany

Mission parameters

*Mass: 7150 kg
*Perigee: 235.1 km
*Apogee: 287.4 km
*Inclination: 51.65°
*Period: 89.8 minutes

Mission highlights

27th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from France.

Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three to the Mir space station. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Alexander Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shannon Lucid and Mir 21 crewmates Yuri Onufriyenko and Yuri Usachev. Andre-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.