Name: Gidzenko, Yuri Country: Russia M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz TM-22 September 3, 1995 - Soyuz TM-22 February 29, 1996 - Soyuz TM-22
2. ISS Crew 1 October 31, 2000 - Soyuz TM-31 March 21, 2001 - STS-102 (Discovery)
3. Soyuz TM-34 April 25, 2002 - Soyuz TM-34 May 5, 2002 - Soyuz TM-33

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz TM-20
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-17 Crew
1. Soyuz TM-22 Mir Main Expedition EO-20 Crew
Docked with Mir from September 5, 1995 to February 29, 1996
2. ISS Crew 1 ISS "Alpha" Expedition Crew 1 (ISS Crew Transfer Flight 2R)
Docked with the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Soyuz TM-31 on November 2, 2000 - Returned to Earth aboard Discover as part of the STS-102 crew on March 21, 2001
3. Soyuz TM-34 ISS Taxi Flight 4S (ISS "Alpha" Visiting Expedition EP-03)
Soyuz TM-34 replaced Soyuz TM-33 as the International Space Station's "lifeboat".
Soyuz TM-34 docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 27, 2002.
Soyuz TM-33 returned to Earth on May 5, 2002.

Spacewalks - 2
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-22 December 8, 1995 Transfer docking cone to receive Priroda module
37 minutes
Soyuz TM-22 February 8, 1996 Recover European Space Exposure Facility (ESEF-1) dust collectors from Spektr's exterior. Repair antenna on Kvant 2 solar array
3 hours 6 minutes

Return to Master List Russian Cosmonauts Three Spaceflights Spacewalkers
International Space Station Program - Phase II - 2000 / Phase III - 2002 / Exp. & Taxi-Crews
Shuttle-Mir Program - 1995 / Backup Crew Russian Cosmonauts flown by USA

Updated - September 17, 2006