Soyuz TM-24

Mission emblem
Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz TM-24
COSPAR-ID :	1996-047A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-ST ( GRAY index  11F732) serial number 73
Dimensions:	7150 kg
Launcher:	Soyuz-U (GRAY index 11A511U)
Call sign:	Фрега́т ( frigate - " frigate ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	August 17, 1996, 13:18:03  UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 1/5
Space station:	Me
Coupling:	August 19, 1996, 14:50:23 UTC
Decoupling:	March 2, 1997, 03:24:57 UTC
Landing:	March 2, 1997, 06:44:16 UTC
Landing place:	128 km E of Sheqasghan 47 ° 49 '  N , 69 ° 24'  E
Flight duration:	196d 17h 26min 13s
Earth orbits:	3113
Rotation time :	89.8 min
Apogee :	287 km
Perigee :	235 km
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TM-23 (manned) Soyuz TM-25 (manned)

Soyuz TM-24 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the Russian Mir space station . The 27th visit by a spaceship to the Mir space station was the 24th visit by a Soyuz spaceship and the 100th flight in the Russian Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

• Valery Grigoryevich Korsun (1st space flight), commander
• Alexander Jurjewitsch Kaleri (2nd space flight), flight engineer
• Claudie André-Deshays (1st space flight), science cosmonaut ( CNES / France )  

Substitute team

• Gennady Mikhailovich Manakov , Commander
• Pawel Vladimirovich Vinogradov , flight engineer
• Léopold Eyharts , science cosmonaut ( CNES / France )  

In fact, Manakov and Vinogradov were scheduled for the main team. In Manakow, however, heart disorders were found, so that he and Vinogradow had to be replaced by Korsun and Kaleri.

Return crew

• Valery Grigoryevich Korsun (1st space flight), commander
• Alexander Jurjewitsch Kaleri (2nd space flight), flight engineer
• Reinhold Ewald , science astronaut ( DLR / Germany )  

See also

• List of manned space flights
• List of Mir expeditions

Web links

• Soyuz TM-24 at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz TM-24 at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz TM-24 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Soyuz TM-24 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)