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Soyuz TM-32
2001 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soyuz TM-32 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight which was launched on April 28, 2001, and docked with the International Space Station two days later. It launched the crew of the visiting mission ISS EP-1, which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito, as well as two Russian cosmonauts. The Soyuz TM-32 remained docked to the station until October; during this time it served as the lifeboat for the crew of Expedition 2 and later for the crew of Expedition 3. In October it landed the crew of ISS EP-2, who had been launched by Soyuz TM-33.
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![]() TM-32 undocks on October 31st, 2001 | |
Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2001-017A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 26749![]() |
Mission duration | 185 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, 40 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,025 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Launching | Talgat Musabayev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito |
Landing | Viktor M. Afanasyev Claudie Haigneré Konstantin Kozeyev |
Callsign | Криста́лл (Kristall) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 28, 2001, 07:37:20 (2001-04-28UTC07:37:20Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 31, 2001, 05:00:00 (2001-10-31UTC06Z) UTC |
Landing site | Near Arkalyk 46°44′58″N 69°42′58″E |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 247 kilometres (153 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zarya nadir |
Docking date | 30 April 2001 07:58 UTC |
Undocking date | 19 October 2001 10:48 UTC |
Time docked | 172d 2h 50m |
Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Pirs nadir |
Docking date | 19 October 2001 11:04 UTC |
Undocking date | 31 October 2001 01:38 UTC |
Time docked | 11d 14h 34m |
![]() ![]() Soyuz TM-32 Taxi crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
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