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Soyuz TM-31

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Soyuz TM-31
Soyuz TM-31 launch
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRussian Space Agency
COSPAR ID2000-070A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26603Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds
Orbits completed~3,040
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No.205
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
LaunchingYuri Gidzenko
Sergei Krikalev
William Shepherd
LandingTalgat Musabayev
Yuri Baturin
Dennis Tito
CallsignUran
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 31, 2000, 07:52:47 (2000-10-31UTC07:52:47Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
ContractorProgress
End of mission
Landing dateMay 6, 2001, 05:41:28 (2001-05-06UTC05:41:29Z) UTC
Landing site90 kilometres (56 mi) NE of Arkalyk (50°38′42″N 66°43′54″E / 50.64500°N 66.73167°E / 50.64500; 66.73167)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude249 kilometres (155 mi)
Inclination51.57°
Period88.6 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date2 November 2000, 09:21:03 UTC
Undocking date24 February 2001, 10:06 UTC
Time docked114 days, 44 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)
Docking portZarya nadir
Docking date24 February 2001, 10:37 UTC
Undocking date18 April 2001, 12:40 UTC
Time docked53 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date18 April 2001, 13:01 UTC
Undocking date6 May 2001, 02:21:09 UTC
Time docked17 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes

Crew launching, from left: Krikalev, Shepherd and Gidzenko
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
Soyuz TM-31 is transported to the Launch Pad at the Baikonur complex, 29 October 2000

Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).[1] The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1, the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket.

The crew consisted of Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, and American William Shepherd. Gidzenko was commander of the flight up, but once aboard the station, Shepherd became commander of the long-duration mission Expedition 1.[2] It is notable for beginning the continuous occupation of space from October 31, 2000 to the present.[3]

Crew

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Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Russia Yuri Gidzenko, RSA
Expedition 1
Second spaceflight
Russia Talgat Musabayev, RSA
ISS EP-1
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Sergei Krikalev, RSA
Expedition 1
Fifth spaceflight
Russia Yuri Baturin, RSA
ISS EP-1
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant United States William Shepherd, NASA
Expedition 1
Fourth and last spaceflight
United States Dennis Tito, SA
ISS EP-1
First spaceflight
Tourist


References

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  1. ^ "Soyuz ISS Missions" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-02.
  2. ^ "ISS: 10 Years of Human Space Mission". Russian Federal Space Agency. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01.
  3. ^ Mike Wall (2019-04-23). "The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-12-12.