Soyuz TM-33


Soyuz TM-33 was a crewed Russian spaceflight which launched on October 21, 2001, on the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. It carried Russian cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev, Konstantin Kozeyev, and French cosmonaut Claudie Haigneré to the International Space Station.

Crew

Docking with ISS

  • Docked to ISS: October 23, 2001, 10:44 UTC
  • Undocked from ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:16 UTC
  • Docked to ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:37 UTC
  • Undocked from ISS: May 5, 2002, 00:31 UTC

    Mission highlights

14th crewed mission to ISS.
Soyuz TM-33 is a Russian astronaut-transporting spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:59 UT on 21 October 2001. It carried two Russian and one French astronaut to the International Space Station. It docked with the ISS at 10:44 UT on 23 October. This new crew spent eight days on the ISS, and returned on the older Soyuz TM-32 at 04:59 UT on 31 October. The new Soyuz remained docked as a lifeboat craft for the then current crew of three astronauts.