Soyuz TM-34 was the fourth Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS).[1] Soyuz TM-34 was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
---|---|---|
Commander | ![]() Third and last spaceflight |
![]() Second and last spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight |
![]() First spaceflight |
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer | ![]() Only spaceflight Tourist |
![]() Second spaceflight |
Docking with ISS
- Docked to ISS: April 27, 2002, 07:55 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
- Undocked from ISS: November 9, 2002, 20:44 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
Mission highlights
This was the 17th crewed mission to ISS.
Soyuz TM-34 was a Russian Soyuz TM passenger transportation craft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 06:26 UT on 25 April 2002. It carried two cosmonauts and a South African tourist, Mark Shuttleworth, to the International Space Station (ISS). Shuttleworth performed some biology experiments, as he carried a live rat and sheep stem cells. All three returned on Soyuz TM-33 after an eight-day mission.
Soyuz TM-34 was the final flight of the Soyuz-TM variant, due to its replacement by the upgraded Soyuz-TMA.[1] It was also the last crewed vehicle to launch atop the Soyuz-U rocket, although the Soyuz-U continued to launch uncrewed vehicles until 2017.
References
- ^ a b "Soyuz ISS Missions" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-02.