Soyuz TM-33

Russia

International Flight nº: 228

Earth orbit Flight nº: 225

Russian Flight nº: 93

14th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-3S (EP-2 crew)

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	26955 / 01048A
Launch date - time	21 Oct 2001 - 08:59:35 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U (#672)
OKB name - S/Nº	Soyuz TM s/nº 207
Mass (kg)
Flight Crew	Afanasyev V. (CDR) Haignere C. (FE1) Kozeyev K. (FE2)
Call Sign
Backup crew

Docking date - time	23 Oct 2001 - 10:44:15 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zarya nadir port
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	km
- Inclination	°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	20 Apr 2002 - 09:16 UT
Redocking date - time	20 Apr 2002 - 09:37:14 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Pirs nadir port
Undocking date - time	05 May 2002 - 00:31:08 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	05 May 2002 - 02:57:27 UT
Landing date - time	0;5 May 2002 - 03:51:53 UT
Landing location	26 km SE of Arkalyk (50°02′ N, 66°59′ E)
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)
Nbr orbits
Landing crew (VC-3):	Gidzenko Yu., Vittori R., Shuttleworth M. (crew TM-34)

Launch Crew (VC-2):

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Afanasiyev	Viktor Mikhailovich	Commander	9d 20h 00m	155
2	Haigneré	Claudie	Flight engineer	9d 20h 00m	155
3	Kozeev	Konstantin Mirovich	Flight engineer	9d 20h 00m	155

Summary:

Taxi-Crew 2 to the ISS; Soyuz changeover (replaced TM-32, in which the visiting crew landed). Soyuz TM33 serves as a new lifeboat.
Crew of Soyuz TM-33 landed with Soyuz TM-32 on 31 Oct 2001.
Landing 180 km southsoutheast of Dzheskazgan / Kazakhstan

Mission report:

Soyuz spacecraft 11F732 serial no. 207, or Soyuz TM-33, was launched from Baykonur at 08:59 UTC on Oct 21, 2001. The four strapon boosters and the core stage that make up the 11S59 central packet accelerated the vehicle out of the atmosphere, and the 11S510 Blok-I third stage placed Soyuz TM-33 in orbit at 09:08 UTC..
Crew of Soyuz TM-33 are Viktor Afanasev (commander), Konstantin Kozeyev (flight engineer) and Claudie Haignere (flight engineer-2). Afanasev and Kozeyev represent the Russian Space Agency and Haignere is a ESA astronaut.
Soyuz TM-33 docked at Zarya's nadir docking port at 10:44 UTC on Oct 23 with the EP-2 visiting crew, and they joined the Ex-3 crew of Commander Frank Culbertson, Soyuz commander Dezhurov and flight engineer Tyurin aboard the station with hatch opening around 12:15 UTC.
At 09:16 UT on Apr 20, 2002 Soyuz TM-33 undocked from the Zarya nadir port carrying the Exp-4 crew. It redocked with the Pirs nadir port at 09:37 UT.
Soyuz TM-34 crew undocked from Pirs at 0031:08 UTC on May 5, 2002 leaving the EO-4 crew of Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch with the new Soyuz TM-34 as their rescue vehicle. Soyuz TM-33 landed successfully on May 5 at 03:52 UT 25 km SE of Arkalyk.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancels Baikonur, registered mail. 5 different cancels.

Launch and docking cancel, with ISS board cancel, signed by the crew

Ref.: #7(JR465-466,477-478), #16, #210, #400 - update: 08.03.19

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