Soyuz TMA-1
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2002-050A |
| SATCAT no. | 27552 |
| Mission duration | 185 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes, 14 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,020 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 11F732 No.211 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Launching |
Sergei Zalyotin Frank De Winne Yury Lonchakov |
| Landing |
Nikolai Budarin Kenneth Bowersox Donald Pettit |
| Callsign | Yenisey |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 30, 2002, 03:11:11 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 4, 2003, 02:04:25 UTC |
| Landing site | 49.39° N; 61.2° E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 383 kilometres (238 mi) |
| Apogee | 402 kilometres (250 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92.4 minutes |
| Epoch | 6 November 2002 |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs nadir |
| Docking date | November 1, 2002, 05:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | May 3, 2003, 22:43 UTC |
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 From left to right: Frank de Winne, Sergei Zalyotin and Yuri Lonchakov
Soyuz programme
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Soyuz TMA-1, also catalogued as Soyuz TM-35, was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle with a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This was the fifth Russian Soyuz class shuttle to fly to the International Space Station. It was also the first flight of the TMA-class Soyuz spacecraft.Soyuz TM-34 was the last of the prior Soyuz-TM spacecraft to be launched.
In the spring of 2001, a taxi mission to the space station was being scheduled to take place on October 2002. At first the crew was to be Commander Sergei Zalyotin and Flight Engineer Frank De Winne; however, a report released on February 2002 stated that American musician Lance Bass was interested in joining the crew for a one-week mission on board the Russian spacecraft. The mission began to fall through, and by September 2002 they had discontinued the training of Lance Bass due to the mission organizers' failure to meet the terms of the contract. They filled the vacant seat left by Lance Bass with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov.
While the Soyuz TMA-1 was on orbit, the Feb 2003 Columbia shuttle accident occurred and required a change in crew changeout process. The Soyuz system would become the sole method for crew to launch to and return from ISS, until the space shuttle was returned to service in July 2005.
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