ISS EP-1
ISS EP-1 was the first short-duration Soyuz taxi visit to the International Space Station. Yuri Baturin launched on Soyuz TM-32 from Baikonur Site 1/5 on April 28, 2001, with commander Talgat Musabayev and spaceflight participant Dennis Tito. The spacecraft docked with the ISS on April 30, exchanged the station lifeboat spacecraft, and the visiting crew returned on Soyuz TM-31 on May 6. Spacefacts lists Baturin's personal flight duration for this mission as 7 days, 22 hours, and 4 minutes.
Identity
- Aliases
- Soyuz TM-32/Soyuz TM-31Soyuz TM-32 visiting missionISS taxi flight 1First ISS taxi crew
- Name
- ISS EP-1
- Slug
- iss-ep-1
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- ISS EP-1 was the first short-duration Soyuz taxi visit to the International Space Station. Yuri Baturin launched on Soyuz TM-32 from Baikonur Site 1/5 on April 28, 2001, with commander Talgat Musabayev and spaceflight participant Dennis Tito. The spacecraft docked with the ISS on April 30, exchanged the station lifeboat spacecraft, and the visiting crew returned on Soyuz TM-31 on May 6. Spacefacts lists Baturin's personal flight duration for this mission as 7 days, 22 hours, and 4 minutes.
- End Date
- 2001-05-06
- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. The visiting crew exchanged Soyuz lifeboat spacecraft at the ISS and returned safely on Soyuz TM-31.
- Program
- International Space Station
- Space Station Id
- ms7vrdmhtb6vsyh53zc92thbc984p323
- Start Date
- 2001-04-28
- Vehicle Family Ids
- nd7nvfq53pzm44tb1dhkrdz44x85j2z7
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-32
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/8/2026, 7:01:04 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/8/2026, 7:01:04 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Soyuz and ISS partner operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td7b0ch34qvw4cd7z5etncewrx7nnpfh
- Role
- Flight Engineer