| Insignia | Soyuz TM-32 patch.png |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| Cospar id | 2001-017A |
| Mission duration | 185 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, 40 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,025 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | NNNN |
| Landing mass | NNNN |
| Launch date | UTC |
| Launch rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Landing date | UTC |
| Landing site | Near Arkalyk 46°44′58″N 69°42′58″E |
| Crew launching | Talgat Musabayev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito |
| Crew landing | Viktor M. Afanasyev Claudie Haigneré Konstantin Kozeyev |
| Crew callsign | Криста́лл (Kristall) |
| Crew photo | ISS-02 Soyuz TM-32 Taxi crewmembers.jpg |
| Orbit reference | Geocentric |
| Orbit regime | Low Earth |
| Orbit periapsis | 193 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Orbit apoapsis | 247 kilometres (153 mi) |
| Orbit inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Orbit period | 88.6 minutes |
| Apsis | gee |
| Previous mission | Soyuz TM-31 |
| Next mission | Soyuz TM-33 |
| Programme | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
| Docking target | ISS |
|---|---|
| dock | 30 April 2001 07:58 UTC |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Undocking date | 19 October 2001 10:48 UTC |
| Docking target | ISS (Relocation) |
|---|---|
| dock | 19 October 2001 11:04 UTC |
| Docking port | Pirs nadir |
| Undocking date | 31 October 2001 01:38 UTC |
Soyuz TM-32 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight which was launched on April 28, 2001, and docked with the International Space Station two days later. It launched the crew of the visiting mission ISS EP-1, which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito, as well as two Russian cosmonauts. The Soyuz TM-32 remained docked to the station until October; during this time it served as the lifeboat for the crew of Expedition 2 and later for the crew of Expedition 3. In October it landed the crew of ISS EP-2, who had been launched by Soyuz TM-33.
Docking with ISS
- Docked to ISS: April 30, 2001, 07:58 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
- Undocked from ISS: October 19, 2001, 10:48 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
- Docked to ISS: October 19, 2001, 11:04 UTC (to Pirs module)
- Undocked from ISS: October 31, 2001, 01:38 UTC (from Pirs module)
Mission highlights
TM-32 carried a three-man crew (two Russians and one American, the latter not a professional astronaut) to the International Space Station, ISS. It docked automatically with the ISS at 07:57 UT on April 30, 2001, just a few hours after the space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 undocked. The launched crew stayed for a week and returned in Soyuz TM-31, which had been docked to (or nearby) the station since November 2000 functioning as "lifeboat" for the onboard crew (Expedition 1 and 2).
As the new lifeboat for Expedition 2 and later Expedition 3, TM-32 stayed docked at the station for six months (except for a brief move between docking ports) and finally, on October 31, brought home two cosmonauts and an ESA astronaut who had arrived a week earlier in Soyuz TM-33.