Soyuz TM-31

Mission emblem
Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz TM-31
COSPAR-ID :	2000-070A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-ST ( GRAY index  11F732) serial number 205
Launcher:	Soyuz U (GRAY index 11A511U)
Call sign:	Уран (" uranium ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	October 31, 2000, 07:52:47  UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 1/5
Space station:	ISS
Coupling:	November 2, 2000, 09:21:03 UTC to the module Zvezda
Decoupling:	6 May 2001 02:21:09 UTC from the module Zvezda
Landing:	May 6, 2001, 05:41:28 UTC
Landing place:	90 km NE of Arkalik
Flight duration:	186d 21h 48min 41s
Earth orbits:	2927
Rotation time :	88.6 min
Apogee :	249 km
Perigee :	190 km
Team photo
from left Krikaljow, Shepherd and Gidsenko
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TM-30 (manned) Soyuz TM-32 (manned)

Erect the Soyuz U rocket with Soyuz TM-31 on board

Soyuz TM-31 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) . It was the first Soyuz spacecraft visit to the ISS and the 107th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

ISS expedition 1 :

• Yuri Pavlovich Gidsenko (2nd space flight), Soyuz Commander ( Russia ) 
• William Shepherd (4th Spaceflight), ISS Commander ( United States ) 
• Sergei Konstantinowitsch Krikaljow (5th space flight), flight engineer ( Russia ) 

Substitute team

• Vladimir Nikolayevich Deshurov , Commander ( Russia ) 
• Kenneth Duane Bowersox , Board Engineer ( United States ) 
• Mikhail Vladislavovich Tjurin , flight engineer ( Russia ) 

Return crew

• Talghat Mussabaev (3rd space flight), Commander ( Kazakhstan ) 
• Juri Michailowitsch Baturin (2nd space flight), flight engineer ( Russia ) 
• Dennis Tito (1st space flight), space tourist ( United States ) 

More flight dates

• Coupling ISS: November 2, 2000, 09:21 UTC (to the module Zvezda )
• ISS decoupling: February 24, 2001, 10:06 UTC (from Zvezda module)
• Coupling ISS: February 24, 2001, 10:37 UTC (to the Sarja module )
• Decoupling ISS: April 18, 2001, 12:40 UTC (from the Sarja module)
• Coupling ISS: April 18, 2001, 13:01 UTC (to the Zvezda module)
• Decoupling ISS: May 6, 2001, 02:21 UTC (from Zvezda module)

Others

The period between the landing of STS-92 on October 24, 2000 at 20:59:41 UTC and the launch of Soyuz TM-31 for the International Space Station on October 31, 2000 at 07:52:47 UTC was the last phase so far in which not a single person was in space. This phase lasted six days and almost eleven hours.

See also

• List of Soyuz missions
• List of manned space flights

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TM-31  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Soyuz TM-31 at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz TM-31 at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz TM-31 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Soyuz TM-31 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)