Soyuz TM-33 was a crewed Russian spaceflight which launched on October 21, 2001, on the
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle was an improved version of the original Soyuz rocket. Soyuz-U was part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and cons ...
launch vehicle. It carried Russian
cosmonauts
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
Viktor Afanasyev,
Konstantin Kozeyev, and French cosmonaut
Claudie Haigneré
Claudie (André-Deshays) Haigneré (born 13 May 1957) is a French doctor, politician and former astronaut with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002).
Background and training
Born in ...
to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...
.
Crew
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.
External links
NASA Soyuz-33 (launch)/Soyuz-32 (return) Taxi Crew
{{Orbital launches in 2001
Crewed Soyuz missions
Spacecraft launched in 2001
Orbital space tourism missions
Spacecraft which reentered in 2002
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets