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| Soyuz TM-31 launch | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Russian Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2000-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 26603 |
| Mission duration | 186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,040 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No.205 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | 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 | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 6, 2001, 05:41:28 UTC |
| Landing site | 90 kilometres (56 mi) NE of Arkalyk ( 50°38′42″N66°43′54″E / 50.64500°N 66.73167°E ) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 190 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 249 kilometres (155 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.57° |
| Period | 88.6 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 2 November 2000, 09:21:03 UTC |
| Undocking date | 24 February 2001, 10:06 UTC |
| Time docked | 114 days, 44 minutes |
| 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 | 53 days,2 hours,3 minutes |
| Docking with ISS (relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 18 April 2001,13:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | 6 May 2001,02:21:09 UTC |
| Time docked | 17 days,13 hours,20 minutes |
| Crew launching,from left:Krikalev,Shepherd and Gidzenko Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
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.
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 October 31,2000 to the present. [3]
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Expedition 1 Second spaceflight | ISS EP-1 Third and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight | ISS EP-1 Second and last spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant | Expedition 1 Fourth and last spaceflight | ISS EP-1 First spaceflight Tourist |