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Launch:
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the Soyuz TM-33, Russian manned transport
spacecraft, was launched on October 21, 2001 at 12:59:35
Moscow Summer Time. |
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Launch site:
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the Republic of Kazachstan, cosmodrome
Baikonur. |
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Docking:
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the spacecraft was docked to the nadir
docking port of the Zarya Functional Cargo Block of
the ISS on October 23, 2001 at 14:44:15 Moscow Summer
Time. |
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Undocking:
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the Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft undocked from
Russian docking compartment Pier on October 31, 2001
at 4:38:30 Moscow Time. |
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Landing:
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landing took place on October 31, 2001
at 7:59:26 Moscow Time. |
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Landing site:
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180 km south-east of Dzhezkazgan (Republic
of Kazachstan). |
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Flight duration:
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9 days 20 hours 00 mins
25 secs. |
Key objectives of the expedition:
- putting Visiting Crew 2 into orbit on-board Soyuz TM-33
spacecraft;
- planned replacement of Souyz TM-32 which has been functioning
as a crew rescue vehicle within ISS since April 30, 2001;
- conducting on-board the space station a work package
under the program of the visit: experiments under "Russian
program" - "Uragan", "Diatomea",
"Plasma crystal": research program "Andromeda"
under a contract with French national center for space
research (CNES); contractual work with "Globus Space"
company ("Lok" project);
- providing maintenance support for ISS-3 crew mission;
- return of Visiting Crew 2 on-board Soyuz TM-32.
| The prime crew |
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Viktor Mikhailovich
AFANASIEV
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Crew commander
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GCTC,
Russia |
Konstantin Mirovich
KOZEEV |
Flight engineer |
RSC Energia,
Russia |
Claudie HAIGNERE
(ANDRE-DESHAUS) |
Flight engineer |
CNES, ESA |
Left to right: K.M. Kozeev, V.M.Afanasiev,
C. Haignere
CNES, ESA picture
Crew
picture archive
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| The
back-up crew |
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Sergei Victorovich
ZALETIN
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Commander
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GCTC,
Russia |
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Nadezhda Vasilievna
KUZHELNAYA
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Flight engineer |
RSC Energia,
Russia |
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