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.[1]
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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| COSPAR ID | 1996-047A |
| SATCAT no. | 24280 |
| Mission duration | 196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,160 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Valery Korzun Aleksandr Kaleri |
| Launching | Claudie André-Deshays |
| Landing | Reinhold Ewald |
| Callsign | Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 August 1996, 13:18:03 (1996-08-17UTC13:18:03Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2 March 1997, 06:44:16 (1997-03-02UTC06:44:17Z) UTC |
| Landing site | 47.82°N 69.40°E / 47.82; 69.40 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.56 degrees |
| Docking with Mir | |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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| Commander | First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Second spaceflight | |
| Research Cosmonaut | First spaceflight |
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