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 before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.
- Program
- Soyuz programme
- Launch
- Aug 17, 1996
- Return
- Mar 2, 1997
- Duration
- 197 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇩🇪 Reinhold Ewald —
- 🇫🇷 Claudie Haigneré —
- 🇸🇺 Aleksandr Kaleri —
- 🇷🇺 Valery Korzun —