Soyuz TM-31
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Soyuz TM-31[edit]
Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station. 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 UTC on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket.
| Mission type | Crewed Mission To ISS. |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | {{#property:P247}} |
| Mission duration | 6 months and 6 days (achieved) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Launching | Sergei Krikalev William Shepard Yuri Gidzenko |
| Landing | Talgat Musabaev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 31, 2000 |
| Rocket | Soyuz U |
| Launch site | Gagarin's Start, Baikonur, Kazakhstan |
| Contractor | Roscosmos |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 6, 2001 |
| Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan |
Soyuz Programme | |
