Soyuz TM-34 | |||||||||
Insignia: | Soyuz TM-34 logo.png | ||||||||
Mission Type: | ISS crew transport | ||||||||
Operator: | Russian Space Agency | ||||||||
Mission Duration: | 198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds | ||||||||
Orbits Completed: | ~3,235 | ||||||||
Spacecraft: | Soyuz-TM | ||||||||
Spacecraft Type: | Soyuz-TM | ||||||||
Manufacturer: | Energia | ||||||||
Launch Mass: | NaN | ||||||||
Landing Mass: | NaN | ||||||||
Launch Date: | UTC | ||||||||
Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
Launch Contractor: | Progress | ||||||||
Landing Date: | UTC | ||||||||
Landing Site: | 80km (50miles) NE of Arkalyk | ||||||||
Crew Size: | 3 | ||||||||
Crew Launching: | Yuri Gidzenko Roberto Vittori Mark Shuttleworth | ||||||||
Crew Landing: | Sergei Zalyotin Frank De Winne Yury Lonchakov | ||||||||
Crew Callsign: | Uran | ||||||||
Crew Photo: | Soyuz TM-34 crew 1.jpg | ||||||||
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
Orbit Periapsis: | 193km (120miles) | ||||||||
Orbit Apoapsis: | 247km (153miles) | ||||||||
Orbit Inclination: | 51.6 degrees | ||||||||
Orbit Period: | 88.6 minutes | ||||||||
Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
Docking: |
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Previous Mission: | Soyuz TM-33 | ||||||||
Next Mission: | Soyuz TMA-1 | ||||||||
Programme: | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-34 was the fourth Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS).[1] Soyuz TM-34 was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.
This was the 17th crewed mission to ISS.
Soyuz TM-34 was a Russian Soyuz TM passenger transportation craft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 06:26 UT on 25 April 2002. It carried two 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 final flight of the Soyuz-TM variant, due to its replacement by the upgraded Soyuz-TMA. It was also the last crewed vehicle to launch atop the Soyuz-U rocket, although the Soyuz-U continued to launch uncrewed vehicles until 2017.