Soyuz TM-31

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Soyuz TM-31
Spacecraft properties
Soyuz TM-31 launch

Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Russian Space Agency
COSPAR ID	2000-070A
SATCAT no.	26603
Mission duration	186 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,040


Spacecraft	Soyuz 7K-STM No.205
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer	Energia


Crew
Crew size	3
Launching	Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Krikalev William Shepherd
Landing	Talgat Musabayev Yuri Baturin Dennis Tito
Callsign	Uran


Start of mission
Launch date	October 31, 2000, 07:52:47 (2000-10-31UTC07:52:47Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress


End of mission
Landing date	May 6, 2001, 05:41:28 (2001-05-06UTC05:41:29Z) UTC
Landing site	90 kilometres (56 mi) NE of Arkalyk (50°38′42″N 66°43′54″E / 50.64500°N 66.73167°E / 50.64500; 66.73167)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude	249 kilometres (155 mi)
Inclination	51.57°
Period	88.6 minutes


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	2 November 2000, 09:21:03 UTC
Undocking date	24 February 2001, 10:06 UTC
Time docked	114 days, 44 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)
Docking port	Zarya nadir
Docking date	24 February 2001, 10:37 UTC
Undocking date	18 April 2001, 12:40 UTC
Time docked	53 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	18 April 2001, 13:01 UTC
Undocking date	6 May 2001, 02:21:09 UTC
Time docked	17 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes

Crew launching, from left: Krikalev, Shepherd and Gidzenko Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-30 Soyuz TM-32 →

Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).^[1] The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1, the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket.

The crew consisted of Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, and American William Shepherd. Gidzenko was commander of the flight up, but once aboard the station, Shepherd became commander of the long-duration mission Expedition 1.^[2] It is notable for beginning the continuous occupation of space from October 31, 2000 to the present.^[3]

Crew


Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Yuri Gidzenko, RSA Expedition 1 Second spaceflight	Talgat Musabayev, RSA ISS EP-1 Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Sergei Krikalev, RSA Expedition 1 Fifth spaceflight	Yuri Baturin, RSA ISS EP-1 Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant	William Shepherd, NASA Expedition 1 Fourth and last spaceflight	Dennis Tito, SA ISS EP-1 First spaceflight Tourist

References

^ "Soyuz ISS Missions" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-02.
^ "ISS: 10 Years of Human Space Mission". Russian Federal Space Agency. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01.
^ Wall, Mike (2019-04-23). "The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-12-12.

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed) Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 (uncrewed) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo–Soyuz) 22
Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†
Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M
Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 MS-12 MS-13 MS-14 (uncrewed) MS-15 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 MS-22 (uncrewed landing) MS-23 (uncrewed launch) MS-24 MS-25

Current missions

MS-26

Future missions

2025
- MS-27
- MS-28
2026
- MS-29

Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)".
The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions.

v t e Human spaceflights to the International Space Station
See also: ISS expeditions, Uncrewed ISS flights
1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5	International Space Station Emblem
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–2019	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13 MS-15
Since 2020	2020 Soyuz MS-16 SpaceX Demo-2 Soyuz MS-17 SpaceX Crew-1 2021 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2 Soyuz MS-19 SpaceX Crew-3 Soyuz MS-20 2022 Soyuz MS-21 Axiom-1 SpaceX Crew-4 Soyuz MS-22 SpaceX Crew-5 2023 Soyuz MS-23 SpaceX Crew-6 Axiom-2 SpaceX Crew-7 Soyuz MS-24 2024 Axiom-3 SpaceX Crew-8 Soyuz MS-25 Boeing CFT Soyuz MS-26 SpaceX Crew-9
Future	2025 SpaceX Crew-10 Soyuz MS-27 Axiom-4 Boeing Starliner-1
Individuals	List of ISS visitors crew
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Boeing Starliner Crew Dragon Soyuz Future Orel
Ongoing spaceflights are in underline † - mission failed to reach ISS

v t e ← 1999 Orbital launches in 2000 2001 →
January	USA-148 Galaxy 10R Feng Huo 1 JAWSAT, FalconSAT-1, ASUSat-1, OCSE, OPAL (STENSAT, MEMS 1A, MEMS 1B, MASAT, Thelma, Louise)
February	Progress M1-1 Kosmos 2369 Hispasat 1C Globalstar 60, Globalstar 62, Globlastar 63, Globalstar 64 Gruzovoy Maket, IRDT-1 ASTRO-E STS-99 Garuda 1 Superbird-B2
March	Ekspress A2 MTI ICO F1 Dumsat INSAT-3B, AsiaStar IMAGE
April	Soyuz TM-30 SESAT 1 Galaxy 4R Progress M1-2
May	GOES 11 Kosmos 2370 USA-149 USA-150 SimSat 1, SimSat 2 STS-101 Eutelsat W4
June	Gorizont No.45L TSX-5 Ekspress A3 Fengyun 2B, Nadezhda 6, Tsinghua 1, SNAP-1 TDRS-8 Sirius FM-1
July	Kosmos 2371 Zvezda EchoStar VI CHAMP, MITA, Rubin-1 USA-151 Samba, Salsa Sindri (MEMS 2A, MEMS 2B) PAS-9
August	Progress M1-3 Rumba, Tango Brazilsat B4, Nilesat 102 USA-152 DM-F3 Globus No.16L
September	Zi Yuan 2 Sirius FM-2 Eutelsat W1 STS-106 Astra 2B GE-7 NOAA-16 Kosmos 2372 Megsat 1, Unisat 1, Saudisat 1A, Saudisat 1B, TiungSAT-1 Kosmos 2373
October	GE-1A N-SAT-110 HETE-2 STS-92 (ITS Z1, PMA-3) Kosmos 2374, Kosmos 2375, Kosmos 2376 Progress M-43 USA-153 Thuraya 1 GE-6 Europe*Star 1 Beidou 1A Soyuz TM-31
November	USA-154 PAS-1R, AMSAT-P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1D Progress M1-4 QuickBird-1 EO-1, SAC-C, Munin Anik F1 Sirius FM-3
December	STS-97 (ITS P6) EROS A USA-155 Astra 2D, GE-8, LDREX Beidou 1B Gonets-D1 No.7, Gonets-D1 No.8, Gonets-D1 No.9, Strela-3 No.125, Strela-3 No.126, Strela-3 No.127
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).