Soyuz TM-34
Success
APR 25200206:26:00 UTCA short taxi flight to the International Space Station that swapped out the lifeboat Soyuz and carried Mark Shuttleworth, who paid for his seat and became the first African to fly in space. It was the last flight of the Soyuz-TM, retired in favor of the upgraded Soyuz-TMA.
LIFTOFF
APR 25 200206:26:00 UTC
Success
launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur
aboard Soyuz U into LEO
Payload
Soyuz TM-34
ISS escape craft
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Yuri Gidzenko from Russia
- 02 Roberto Vittori from Italy
- 03 Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa
Descending
- 01 Sergei Zalyotin from Russia
- 02 Frank De Winne from Belgium
- 03 Yury Lonchakov from Russia
At the station
docked at ISS
returned to Earth Nov 10, 2002