Soyuz TM-24



         


Soyuz TM-24
Mission Statistics
Mission Name:Soyuz TM-24
Call Sign:Fregat (Frigate)
Number of Crew Members: 3
Launch:August 17, 1996
13:18:03 UTC
Baikonur LC1
Landing:March 2, 1997
06:44:16 UTC
128 km E of Dzhezkazgan (47.82 N; 69.40 E)
Duration:196 days 17 hours 26 minutes 13 seconds
Number of Orbits: ~3,160


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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 Kalery, and the first French woman in space, Claudie Andre-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.


Previous Mission:
Soyuz TM-23
Soyuz programme Next Mission:
Soyuz TM-25






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