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Soyuz TM-31
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.
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2000-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 26603 |
| Mission duration | 186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,040 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Launching | Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Krikalev William Shepherd |
| Landing | Talgat Musabayev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito |
| Callsign | Uran |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 31, 2000, 07:52:47 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Gagarin's Start |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 6, 2001, 05:41:28 UTC |
| Landing site | 90 kilometres (56 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 190 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 249 kilometres (155 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.6 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 2 November 2000 09:21 UTC |
| Undocking date | 24 February 2001 10:06 UTC |
| Time docked | 114d 45m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 24 February 2001 10:37 UTC |
| Undocking date | 18 April 2001 12:40 UTC |
| Time docked | 53d 2h 3m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 18 April 2001 13:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | 6 May 2001 02:21 UTC |
| Time docked | 17d 13h 20m |
| (L-R) Gidzenko, Shepherd and Krikalev Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
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 edit
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Yuri Gidzenko, RKA Expedition 1 Second spaceflight | Talgat Musabayev, RKA ISS EP-1 Third and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Sergei Krikalev, RKA Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight | Yuri Baturin, RKA ISS EP-1 Second and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant | William Shepherd, NASA Expedition 1 Fourth and last spaceflight | Dennis Tito, SA ISS EP-1 First spaceflight Tourist |