Soyuz TM-33 facts for kids
Soyuz TM-33 was a special Russian spaceship mission that launched on October 21, 2001. It was carried into space by a powerful Soyuz-U rocket. This mission took three brave space travelers, called cosmonauts, to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew included two Russian cosmonauts, Viktor Afanasyev and Konstantin Kozeyev, and one French cosmonaut, Claudie Haigneré.
TM-33 approaches the ISS
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| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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| 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 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 5, 2002, 03:51:53 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) |
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| 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 Taxi crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module Soyuz programme
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Meet the Crew of Soyuz TM-33
This section introduces the amazing astronauts who flew on the Soyuz TM-33 mission. It also shows who returned to Earth on this specific spacecraft.
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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| Commander |  Viktor Afanasyev, RKAFourth and last spaceflight |
Yuri Gidzenko, RKA Third and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer |  Claudie Haigneré, ESASecond and last spaceflight |
 Roberto Vittori, ESAFirst spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant | Konstantin Kozeyev, RKA Only spaceflight |
 Mark Shuttleworth, SAOnly spaceflight Tourist |
Connecting with the Space Station
The Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft had important jobs to do at the International Space Station. It docked, or connected, with the ISS multiple times during its mission.
- First Connection: October 23, 2001, at 10:44 UTC. It connected to the nadir port of the Zarya module.
- First Disconnection: April 20, 2002, at 09:16 UTC. It undocked from the Zarya module.
- Second Connection (Relocation): April 20, 2002, at 09:37 UTC. It then docked to the Pirs module. This was like moving to a new parking spot.
- Final Disconnection: May 5, 2002, at 00:31 UTC. It undocked from the Pirs module for its journey back to Earth.
Key Moments of the Mission
Soyuz TM-33 was the 14th mission to send a crew to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz TM-33 is a Russian spacecraft designed to carry astronauts. It launched from Baikonur on October 21, 2001. The rocket that launched it was a Soyuz-U. It carried two Russian and one French astronaut to the ISS. The spacecraft connected with the ISS on October 23.
The new crew stayed on the ISS for eight days. They returned to Earth on an older spacecraft, the Soyuz TM-32, on October 31. The Soyuz TM-33 stayed connected to the ISS. It acted as a "lifeboat" for the three astronauts already living on the station. This crew included two Russian and one American astronaut.
See also
In Spanish: Soyuz TM-33 para niños
