Marco Polo
Marco Polo was Roberto Vittori's first spaceflight and a short-duration visiting mission to the International Space Station. The crew launched from Baikonur on Soyuz TM-34 on April 25, 2002, docked with the ISS two days later, and returned to Earth on Soyuz TM-33 on May 5 after exchanging the station's Soyuz lifeboat. The mission carried Russian commander Yuri Gidzenko, ESA/ASI astronaut Roberto Vittori, and South African private spaceflight participant Mark Shuttleworth.
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- Soyuz TM-34 Marco PoloSoyuz TM-34 taxi flightISS visiting crew 4S
- Name
- Marco Polo
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Marco Polo was Roberto Vittori's first spaceflight and a short-duration visiting mission to the International Space Station. The crew launched from Baikonur on Soyuz TM-34 on April 25, 2002, docked with the ISS two days later, and returned to Earth on Soyuz TM-33 on May 5 after exchanging the station's Soyuz lifeboat. The mission carried Russian commander Yuri Gidzenko, ESA/ASI astronaut Roberto Vittori, and South African private spaceflight participant Mark Shuttleworth.
- End Date
- 2002-05-05
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Completed. Soyuz TM-34 delivered the visiting crew to the ISS, replaced Soyuz TM-33 as the station rescue spacecraft, and the crew returned safely aboard Soyuz TM-33 after a 9-day mission.
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- Start Date
- 2002-04-25
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- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-34
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- July 8, 2026 at 08:54:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:45 UTC
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