Engineering:Soyuz TM-31

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Short description: First crewed spaceflight to the ISS


Soyuz TM-31
Soyuz TM-31 launch.jpg
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID2000-070A
Mission duration186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds
Orbits completed~3,040
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerRKK Energia
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 siteGagarin's Start
End of mission
Landing dateMay 6, 2001, 05:41:28 (2001-05-06UTC05:41:29Z) UTC
Landing site90 kilometres (56 mi) NE of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude249 kilometres (155 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period88.6 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date2 November 2000
09:21 UTC
Undocking date24 February 2001
10:06 UTC
Time docked114d 45m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZarya nadir
Docking date24 February 2001
10:37 UTC
Undocking date18 April 2001
12:40 UTC
Time docked53d 2h 3m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date18 April 2001
13:01 UTC
Undocking date6 May 2001
02:21 UTC
Time docked17d 13h 20m
Soyuz TM-31 patch.png ISS Expedition 1 crew.jpg
(L-R) Gidzenko, Shepherd and Krikalev
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 the 31st of October, 2000 to the present.[3]

Crew

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Russia Yuri Gidzenko, RKA
Expedition 1
Second spaceflight
Russia Talgat Musabayev, RKA
ISS EP-1
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Sergei Krikalev, RKA
Expedition 1
Fifth spaceflight
Russia Yuri Baturin, RKA
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


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