Soyuz TM-24 facts for kids

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Soyuz TM-24

Soyuz TM-24 docked with Mir as seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-79.
Operator	Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration	196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,160
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Valery Korzun Aleksandr Kaleri
Launching	Claudie André-Deshays
Landing	Reinhold Ewald
Callsign	Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 August 1996, 13:18:03 (1996-08-17UTC13:18:03Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	2 March 1997, 06:44:16 (1997-03-02UTC06:44:17Z) UTC
Landing site	47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.82°N 69.40°E / 47.82; 69.40
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi)
Apogee	287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi)
Inclination	51.56 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-23 Soyuz TM-25 →

Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shannon Lucid and Mir 21 crewmates Yuri Onufriyenko and Yuri Usachev. André-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days (the Cassiopée mission) before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Valery Korzun First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Aleksandr Kaleri Second spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	Claudie André-Deshays First spaceflight	Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight