Soyuz TM-34

Soyuz TM-34

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
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 (2002-04-25UTC06:26:35Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	November 10, 2002, 00:04:20 (2002-11-10UTC00:04:21Z) 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
Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TM-33 Soyuz TMA-1 →

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.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Yuri Gidzenko, RKA Third and last spaceflight	Sergei Zalyotin, RKA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Roberto Vittori, ESA First spaceflight	Frank De Winne, ESA First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer	Mark Shuttleworth, SA First spaceflight Tourist	Yury Lonchakov, RKA Second spaceflight

Docking with ISS

• Docked to ISS: April 27, 2002, 07:55 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
• Undocked from ISS: November 9, 2002, 20:44 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)

Mission highlights

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.