Soyuz TM-34

Russia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	25.04.2002
Launch time:	06:26 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	385 - 396 km
Inclination:	51,64°
Docking ISS:	27.04.2002, 07:55:50 UTC
Undocking ISS:	09.11.2002, 20:44:05 UTC
Landing date:	05.05.2002
Landing time:	03:51 UTC
Landing site:	50° 59' N, 67° 35' E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Gidzenko	Yuri Pavlovich	Commander	3	9d 21h 25m	156
2	Vittori	Roberto	Flight Engineer	1	9d 21h 25m	156
3	Shuttleworth	Mark Richard "Buranov"	Spaceflight Participant	1	9d 21h 25m	156

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Gidzenko
2	Vittori
3	Shuttleworth

Landing
1	Zalyotin
2	De Winne
3	Lonchakov

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Padalka	Gennadi Ivanovich	Commander
2	Kononenko	Oleg Dmitriyevich	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 81 km northnortheast of Arkalyk / Kazakhstan.

It was the taxi crew 3 to the ISS. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked to the ISS on 27.04.2002 and common work with expedition 4. The ISS' escape craft (Soyuz TM-33) was replaced; Soyuz TM-34 served as a new lifeboat.

Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa became the second space tourist. He was in better condition than Dennis Tito before and carried out a small research program (studying ocean life and biological experiments to combat AIDS and other diseases).