Soyuz TM-34

Mission emblem
Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz TM-34
COSPAR-ID :	2002-020A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-ST ( GRAY index  11F732) serial number 208
Launcher:	Soyuz U (GRAY index 11A511U)
Call sign:	Уран (" uranium ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	April 25, 2002, 06:26:35  UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 1/5
Space station:	ISS
Coupling:	April 27, 2002, 07:55:50 UTC to the module Zarya
Decoupling:	9 November 2002, 20:44:05 UTC from the module Zarya
Landing:	November 10, 2002, 00:04:20 UTC
Landing place:	80 km of NO Arkalik 50 ° 59 '  N , 67 ° 35'  O
Flight duration:	198d 17h 37m 45s
Earth orbits:	3235
Rotation time :	88.6 min
Apogee :	247 km
Perigee :	193 km
Team photo
v. l. No. Gidsenko, Vittori and Shuttleworth
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Soyuz TM-33 (manned) Soyuz TMA-1 (manned)

Soyuz TM-34 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) . It was the fourth visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 110th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

• Yuri Pavlovich Gidsenko (3rd space flight), Commander ( Russia ) 
• Roberto Vittori (1st space flight), flight engineer ( ESA / Italy )  
• Mark Shuttleworth (1st spaceflight), space tourist ( South Africa ) 

Substitute team

• Gennady Ivanovich Padalka , Commander
• Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko , flight engineer

Return crew

• Sergei Viktorovich Salyotin (2nd space flight), Commander ( Russia ) 
• Frank De Winne (1st spaceflight), flight engineer ( ESA / Belgium )  
• Yuri Walentinowitsch Lontschakow (2nd space flight), flight engineer ( Russia ) 

Mission overview

This was the 17th visit by a spaceship to the International Space Station. The name of the flight is ISS-4S.

The parameters specified here represent the published data immediately after the end of the start phase. In connection with coupling maneuvers, path changes occur continuously. Deviations from information from various sources are therefore possible.

See also

• List of Soyuz missions
• List of manned space flights
• List of manned missions to the International Space Station

Web links

• Soyuz TM-34 at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz TM-34 at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz TM-34 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)
• VC-3 at raumfahrer.net
• NASA: Soyuz 4 Taxi Flight Crew (English)