VC-2 Photoarchive
10/31/2001 Chkalovsky air field, Star City.
The Russian-French visiting crew have returned to the Star
City near Moscow.
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10/23/2001 Korolev, Moscow Region.
During the Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft docking Moscow MCC-M was
attended by the Prime Minister of the French Government
Lionel Jospin, Ambassador of France to Russian Federation
Claude Blanchemaison, Yu. N. Koptev, General Director of
Rosaviakosmos, Yu. P. Semenov, Technical Director of Russian
Manned Space Programs, General Designer of S.P. Korolev
RSC Energia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
and other officials.
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10/21/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
Today at 12 hours 59 minutes 35 seconds Moscow Summer Time,
the Russian Soyuz TM-33 manned transport vehicle was launched
by the Souyz-U rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome.
Commander of Soyuz TM-33 crew, V.M. Afanasiev reports
to the Chairman of the State Committee V.V. Alaverdov.
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10/20/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
The Interstate Commission meeting was held with the aim
to approve the following makeup of the Soyuz TM-33 crews.
The prime crew: Viktor Afanasiev, Commander; Konstantin
Kozeev, Flight Engineer and Claudie Haignere, Flight Engineer.
The back-up crew: Sergei Zaletin, Commander; Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya,
Flight Engineer.
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10/19/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
At 5:00 a.m. Moscow time launch vehicle with the Soyuz TM-33
spacecraft was transferred from Assembly and Testing Facility
to launch site.
The Soyuz-U - Soyuz TM system was erected on the launcher.
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10/18/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
Integration of the encapsulated Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft with
the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in Launch Vehicle Assembly and
Testing Facility.
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At 15 hours Moscow time the Intergovernmental Commission
and Technical Management Meeting was held at which it was
decided that on October 19, 2001 the launch vehicle with
the Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft would be rolled out from Assembly
and Testing Facility to launch site.
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10/17/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
Soyuz TM-33 was inspected and accepted by the crew. The
spacecraft was accepted with no comments.
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The encapsulated Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft was transferred
from Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility to Launch
Vehicle Assembly and Testing Facility for general assembly.
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10/16/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
The second Russian visiting crews to the ISS consisting
of V. Afanasiev, K. Kozeev and C. Haignere (prime crew)
and S. Zaletin, N. Kuzhelnaya (backup crew) arrived to the
launch site to immediate training for the flight to the
ISS scheduled on October 21.
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10/15/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft was completed.
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Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft was
completed.
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Final operations Soyuz TM-33 processing was completed.
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10/11/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
Soyuz TM-33 filling was completed.
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10/10/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
In the cosmonaut preparation room.
Russian cosmonauts V.Afanasiev, K.Kozeev and ESA's French
astronaut C.Haignere during a fit-check of the space suits
and individual seat liners.
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A training session of the second Russian visiting crew
to ISS in the assembly and testing facility, summarizing
results of the first day of training at the Cosmodrome and
taking a picture as a memento.
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10/09/2001 Baikonur cosmodrome.
The second Russian visiting crews to the ISS consisting
of V.Afanasiev, K.Kozeev and C. Haignere (prime crew) and
S.Zaletin, N.Kuzhelnaya (backup crew) arrived to Krainii
airport at Baikonur.
The Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft is scheduled to be launched on
October 21, 2001.
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