Soyuz TM-24

Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shannon Lucid and Mir 21 crewmates Yuri Onufriyenko and Yuri Usachev. André-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days (the Cassiopée mission) before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.^[1]

Soyuz TM-24

Soyuz TM-24 docked with Mir as seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-79.
Operator	Rosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID	1996-047A
SATCAT no.	24280
Mission duration	196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,160
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Valery Korzun Aleksandr Kaleri
Launching	Claudie André-Deshays
Landing	Reinhold Ewald
Callsign	Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 August 1996, 13:18:03 (1996-08-17UTC13:18:03Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	2 March 1997, 06:44:16 (1997-03-02UTC06:44:17Z) UTC
Landing site	47.82°N 69.40°E / 47.82; 69.40
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi)
Apogee altitude	287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi)
Inclination	51.56 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-23 Soyuz TM-25 →

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Valery Korzun First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Aleksandr Kaleri Second spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	Claudie André-Deshays First spaceflight	Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight

References

1. "Soyuz-TM 24". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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