| Insignia | Soyuz TM-24 patch.png |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| Cospar id | 1996-047A |
| Mission duration | 196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,160 |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73 |
| Soyuz-TM | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Launch date | UTC |
| Launch rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Landing date | UTC |
| Landing site | 47.82°N 69.40°E |
| Crew members | Valery Korzun Aleksandr Kaleri |
| Crew launching | Claudie André-Deshays |
| Crew landing | Reinhold Ewald |
| Crew callsign | Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate) |
| Orbit reference | Geocentric |
| Orbit regime | Low Earth |
| Orbit periapsis | 235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi) |
| Orbit apoapsis | 287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi) |
| Orbit inclination | 51.56 degrees |
| Apsis | gee |
| Previous mission | Soyuz TM-23 |
| Next mission | Soyuz TM-25 |
| Programme | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr 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. André-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days (the Cassiopée mission) before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.[1]