Soyuz TM-33

Soyuz TM-33

TM-33 approaches the ISS
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Russian Space Agency
COSPAR ID	2001-048A
SATCAT no.	26955
Mission duration	195 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, 18 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,195
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz-TM
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Launching	Viktor Afanasyev Claudie Haigneré Konstantin Kozeyev
Landing	Yuri Gidzenko Roberto Vittori Mark Shuttleworth
Callsign	Uran
Start of mission
Launch date	October 21, 2001, 08:59:35 (2001-10-21UTC08:59:35Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress
End of mission
Landing date	May 5, 2002, 03:51:53 (2002-05-05UTC03:51:54Z) UTC
Landing site	26 kilometres (16 mi) SE of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	191 kilometres (119 mi)
Apogee altitude	227 kilometres (141 mi)
Inclination	51.7 degrees
Period	88.4 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zarya nadir
Docking date	23 October 2001 10:44 UTC
Undocking date	20 April 2002 09:16 UTC
Time docked	178d 22h 32m
Docking with ISS (Relocation)
Docking port	Pirs nadir
Docking date	20 April 2002 09:37 UTC
Undocking date	5 May 2002 00:31 UTC
Time docked	14d 14h 54m
Soyuz TM-33 Taxi crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)

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 Space Station.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Viktor Afanasyev, RSA Fourth and last spaceflight	Yuri Gidzenko, RSA Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Claudie Haigneré, ESA Second and last spaceflight	Roberto Vittori, ESA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant	Konstantin Kozeyev, RSA Only spaceflight	Mark Shuttleworth, SA Only spaceflight Tourist

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