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Soyuz TM-34
| Mission Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-34 |
| Call Sign: | Uran |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 |
| Launch: | April 25, 2002 06:26:35 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | November 10, 2002 00:04:20 UTC 80 km NE of Arkalyk |
| Duration: | 198 days 17 hours 37 minutes 45 seconds |
| Number of Orbits: | ~3,235 |
Crew
Launched:
- Yuri Gidzenko (3)
- Roberto Vittori (1) - ESA (Italy)
- Mark Shuttleworth (1) - Space Tourist (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 minutes
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 astronauts and a South African tourist to the International Space Station (ISS). The tourist peformed some biology experiments also, as he carried a live rat and sheep stem cells. All threereturned in the same Soyuz after an eight-day mission.
| Previous Mission: Soyuz TM-33 |
Soyuz programme | Next Mission: Soyuz TMA-1 |
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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