Soyuz TM-24
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| Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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| Mission duration | 196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds | ||||
| Orbits completed | ~3,160 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| 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 UTC | ||||
| Rocket | Soyuz-U | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 2 March 1997, 06:44:16 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | 47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.82°N 69.40°E | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 51.56 degrees | ||||
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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 before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.
Crew
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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| Commander | First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Second spaceflight | |
| Research Cosmonaut | First spaceflight |
Only spaceflight |
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Coordinates: 47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.817°N 69.400°E
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