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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.
 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 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 5, 2002, 03:51:53 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) | |
Crew
edit| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Viktor Afanasyev, RSAFourth and last spaceflight |
Yuri Gidzenko, RSA Third and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer |  Claudie Haigneré, ESASecond and last spaceflight |
 Roberto Vittori, ESAFirst spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant | Konstantin Kozeyev, RSA Only spaceflight |
 Mark Shuttleworth, SAOnly spaceflight Tourist |
Docking with ISS
editMission highlights
edit14th 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.
