Soyuz TM-34
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2002-020A |
| Mission duration | 198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,235 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Launching |
Yuri Gidzenko Roberto Vittori Mark Shuttleworth |
| Landing |
Sergei Zalyotin Frank De Winne Yury Lonchakov |
| Callsign | Uran |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 25, 2002, 06:26:35 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | November 10, 2002, 00:04:20 UTC |
| Landing site | 80 kilometres (50 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 193 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee | 247 kilometres (153 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.6 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
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Soyuz TM-34 was the fourth Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz TM-34 was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.
This was the 17th manned 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.
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