31 October 2001
The Andromède crew boarded the Soyuz vehicle on the evening of Tuesday 30 October.
Closure of the hatch took place at 23:37 CET (22:37 GMT) followed by the undocking of the Soyuz vehicle on Wednesday 31 October at 02:39 CET (01:39 GMT).
The Soyuz touched ground today at 05:59:26 CET (04:59:26 GMT) 180 km from the town of Dsheskasgan, in northern Kazakhstan, as planned. The landing took place under normal conditions.
The crew's mission to the International Space Station lasted a total of 10 days, during which time several scientific and technological experiments were undertaken. The other prime objective of the mission has now been successfully completed - to deliver the Station's new lifeboat and exchange for the older Soyuz vehicle that had been attached to the Station for the past six months. Claudie described the mission as "a challenging and intensely fulfilling experience".
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Related articles
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| • | Day 10: Last day on ISS for Andromède crew (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAOEVZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 8: Claudie's tour of the Space Station (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAF0UZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 7: Experiments continue to schedule (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESA60UZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 6: Prize awarded to ISS partners (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESARZTZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 5: In-flight with Schwartzenberg (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAIZTZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 4: First full day on board the ISS (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAJPRZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 3: Soyuz docking and boarding ISS (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAIHQZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 2: Chasing the ISS in orbit (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAP5MZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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| • | Day 1: Build up to the launch - photo report (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAA8LZK0TC_astronauts_0.html) |
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Related links
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| • | Claudie in space website (http://www.esa.int/claudie) |
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| • | Launch clip and videos (http://esa.capcave.nl/esa/andromede/info.html) |
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| • | Astronauts (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/astronauts.html) |
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| • | Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) (http://www.cnes.fr/html/_455_.php) |
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| • | More on Soyuz (http://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz.html) |
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| • | ESA's ISS pages (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html) |
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| • | ISS (NASA pages) (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html) |
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