Soyuz TM-24
1996 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir
Soyuz TM-24 docked with Mir as seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-79. | |
Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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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°49′N 69°24′E / 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-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]
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Valery Korzun First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Kaleri Second spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | Claudie André-Deshays First spaceflight | Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight |
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47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.817°N 69.400°E / 47.817; 69.400