Soyuz TM-33

Soyuz TM-33

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration	195 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, 18 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,195
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK 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
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	191 kilometres (119 mi)
Apogee	227 kilometres (141 mi)
Inclination	51.7 degrees
Period	88.4 minutes
Docking with ISS
Soyuz TM-33 Taxi crewmembers in the Zvezda Service Module Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TM-32 Soyuz TM-34 →

Soyuz TM-33 was a manned Russian space launch on Oct 21, 2001, on the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. Its mission was to carry a new crew and supplies to the International Space Station.

Crew

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