Soyuz TM-32

Soyuz TM-32

Operator	Rosaviakosmos
Mission duration	185 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, 40 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,025
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Launching	Talgat Musabayev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito
Landing	Viktor M. Afanasyev Claudie Haigneré Konstantin Kozeyev
Callsign	Криста́лл (Kristall)
Start of mission
Launch date	April 28, 2001, 07:37:20 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	October 31, 2001, 05:00:00 UTC
Landing site	Near Arkalyk 46°44′58″N 69°42′58″E / 46.74944°N 69.71611°E
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee	247 kilometres (153 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	88.6 minutes
Docking with ISS
Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TM-31 Soyuz TM-33 →

Soyuz TM-32 was a manned Russian spacecraft which was launched on April 28, 2001, and docked with the International Space Station two days later. It launched the crew of the visiting mission ISS EP-1, which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito, as well as two Russian cosmonauts. The Soyuz TM-32 remained docked to the station until October; during this time it served as the lifeboat for the crew of Expedition 2 and later for the crew of Expedition 3. In October it landed the crew of ISS EP-2, who had been launched by Soyuz TM-33.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Talgat Musabayev, KazCosmos Third and last spaceflight	Viktor M. Afanasyev, RKA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Yuri Baturin, RKA Second and last spaceflight	Claudie Haigneré, ESA Second and last spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer	Dennis Tito, SA Only spaceflight Tourist	Konstantin Kozeyev, RKA Only spaceflight

Docking with ISS

• Docked to ISS: April 30, 2001, 07:58 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
• Undocked from ISS: October 19, 2001, 10:48 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
• Docked to ISS: October 19, 2001, 11:04 UTC (to Pirs module)
• Undocked from ISS: October 31, 2001, 01:38 UTC (from Pirs module)

Mission highlights

Soyuz TM-32 departing the ISS

TM-32 carried a three man crew (two Russians and one American, the latter not a professional astronaut) to the International Space Station, ISS. It docked automatically with the ISS at 07:57 UT on April 30, 2001, just a few hours after the space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 undocked. The launched crew stayed for a week and returned in Soyuz TM-31, which had been docked to (or nearby) the station since November 2000 functioning as "lifeboat" for the onboard crew (Expedition 1 and 2).

As the new lifeboat for Expedition 2 and later Expedition 3, TM-32 stayed docked at the station for six months (except for a brief move between docking ports) and finally, on October 31, brought home two cosmonauts and an ESA astronaut who had arrived a week earlier in Soyuz TM-33.

External links

• NASA Soyuz-33/Soyuz-32 (return) Taxi Crew

Coordinates: 46°44′58″N 69°42′58″E / 46.74944°N 69.71611°E