Soyuz TM-34 was the fourth Soyuz mission to the

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(ISS). Soyuz TM-34 was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.

Crew

Docking with ISS

*Docked to ISS: April 27, 2002, 07:55 UTC (to nadir port of

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) *Undocked from ISS: November 9, 2002, 20:44 UTC (from nadir port of

)

Mission highlights

This was the 17th crewed mission to ISS. Soyuz TM-34 was a Russian

Soyuz TM The Soyuz-TM were fourth generation (1986–2002) Soyuz spacecraft used for ferry flights to the Mir and ISS space stations. The Soyuz spacecraft consisted of three parts, the Orbital Module, the Descent Module and the Service Module. The first ...

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,

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, to the

(ISS). Shuttleworth performed some biology experiments, as he carried a live rat and sheep stem cells. All three returned on

Soyuz TM-33 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 Sp ...

after an eight-day mission. Soyuz TM-34 was the final flight of the

Soyuz-TM The Soyuz-TM were fourth generation (1986–2002) Soyuz spacecraft used for ferry flights to the Mir and International Space Station, ISS space stations. The Soyuz spacecraft consisted of three parts, the Orbital Module, the Descent Module and th ...

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.

References

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