Soyuz TM-31
Success
OCT 31200007:52:00 UTCFirst resident crew launch to the International Space Station. Commander William Shepherd flew up with cosmonauts Yury Gidzenko and Sergey Krikalev, docking to the Zvezda module on 2 November 2000. Their 136-day Expedition 1 stay opened the continuous human presence aboard the station that has held unbroken ever since.
LIFTOFF
OCT 31 200007:52:00 UTC
Success
launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur
aboard Soyuz U into LEO
Payload
Soyuz TM-31
Space station crew
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Yury Gidzenko from Russia
- 02 Sergey Krikalev from Russia
- 03 William Shepherd from USA
Descending
- 01 Talgat Musabayev from Russia
- 02 Yury Baturin from Russia
- 03 Dennis Tito from USA
At the station
docked at ISS
returned to Earth May 6, 2001