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Soyuz TM-33
TM-33 Soyuz approach.jpg
TM-33 approaches the ISS
Operator Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration 195 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, 18 seconds
Orbits completed ~3,195
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Launching Viktor Afanasyev
Claudie Haigneré
Konstantin Kozeyev
Landing Yuri Gidzenko
Roberto Vittori
Mark Shuttleworth
Callsign Uran
Start of mission
Launch date October 21, 2001, 08:59:35 (2001-10-21UTC08:59:35Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date May 5, 2002, 03:51:53 (2002-05-05UTC03:51:54Z) UTC
Landing site 26 kilometres (16 mi) SE of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 191 kilometres (119 mi)
Apogee 227 kilometres (141 mi)
Inclination 51.7 degrees
Period 88.4 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zarya nadir
Docking date 23 October 2001
10:44 UTC
Undocking date 20 April 2002
09:16 UTC
Time docked 178d 22h 32m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking port Pirs nadir
Docking date 20 April 2002
09:37 UTC
Undocking date 5 May 2002
00:31 UTC
Time docked 14d 14h 54m
Soyuz TM-33 patch.png ISS-03 Soyuz TM-33 Taxi crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module.jpg
Soyuz TM-33 Taxi crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
Soyuz TM-34 →

Soyuz TM-33 was a crewed Russian spaceflight which launched on October 21, 2001, on the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. It carried Russian cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev, Konstantin Kozeyev, and French cosmonaut Claudie Haigneré to the International Space Station.

Crew

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Russia Viktor Afanasyev, RKA
Fourth and last spaceflight
Russia Yuri Gidzenko, RKA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer France Claudie Haigneré, ESA
Second and last spaceflight
Italy Roberto Vittori, ESA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant Russia Konstantin Kozeyev, RKA
Only spaceflight
South Africa Mark Shuttleworth, SA
Only spaceflight
Tourist

Docking with ISS

  • Docked to ISS: October 23, 2001, 10:44 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
  • Undocked from ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:16 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
  • Docked to ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:37 UTC (to Pirs module)
  • Undocked from ISS: May 5, 2002, 00:31 UTC (from Pirs module)

Mission highlights

14th crewed mission to ISS.

Soyuz TM-33 is a Russian astronaut-transporting spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:59 UT on 21 October 2001. It carried two Russian and one French astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked with the ISS at 10:44 UT on 23 October. This new crew spent eight days on the ISS, and returned on the older Soyuz TM-32 at 04:59 UT on 31 October. The new Soyuz remained docked as a lifeboat craft for the then current crew of three (two Russian and one American) astronauts.

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