Soyuz TM-34

Soyuz TM-34 was the fourth Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz TM-34 was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.

Soyuz TM-34

TM-34 docked to the ISS
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Russian Space Agency
COSPAR ID	2002-020A
SATCAT no.	27416
Mission duration	198 days, 17 hours, 37 minutes, 45 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,235
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz-TM
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Launching	Yuri Gidzenko Roberto Vittori Mark Shuttleworth
Landing	Sergei Zalyotin Frank De Winne Yury Lonchakov
Callsign	Uran
Start of mission
Launch date	April 25, 2002, 06:26:35 (2002-04-25UTC06:26:35Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress
End of mission
Landing date	November 10, 2002, 00:04:20 (2002-11-10UTC00:04:21Z) UTC
Landing site	80 kilometres (50 mi) NE of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude	247 kilometres (153 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	88.6 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zarya nadir
Docking date	27 April 2002 07:55 UTC
Undocking date	9 November 2002 20:44 UTC
Time docked	196d 12h 49m
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Yuri Gidzenko, RSA Third and last spaceflight	Sergei Zalyotin, RSA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Roberto Vittori, ESA First spaceflight	Frank De Winne, ESA First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer	Mark Shuttleworth, SA Only spaceflight Tourist	Yury Lonchakov, RSA 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. 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.