Soyuz TM-24
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.
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
---|---|---|
Commander | Valery Korzun First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Kaleri Second spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | Claudie André-Deshays First spaceflight |
Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight |
References
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