Soyuz TM-24
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| Soyuz TM-24 | |
| Mission statistics | |
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-24 |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Call sign | Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate |
| Launch date | August 17, 1996 13:18:03 UTC Gagarin's Start |
| Landing | March 2, 1997 06:44:16 UTC 128 km E of Dzhezkazgan (47.82 N; 69.40 E) |
| Mission duration | 196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds |
| Number of orbits | ~3,160 |
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Valery Korzun (1)
- Alexandr Kaleri (2)
- Claudie André-Deshays (1) - France
Landed:
- Valery Korzun (1)
- Alexandr Kaleri (2)
- Reinhold Ewald (1) - Germany
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 235.1 km
- Apogee: 287.4 km
- Inclination: 51.65°
- Period: 89.8 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
27th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from France.
Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three to the Mir space station. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Alexander 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. Andre-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.
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