Soyuz TMA-1Soyuz-FGRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Launch Status Success Tue · Oct 29th, 2002 10:11 PM EST Crew Sergei Zalyotin CommanderStatus: Retired 4/21/1962 - Nationality: Russian Type: Government First Flight: 4/4/2000 Last Flight: 10/30/2002Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of two space missions. Zalyotin was born in Tula and attended the Borisoglebsk Higher Military School before becoming a fighter pilot in the Russian Air Force. He also holds a degree in ecological management. Zalyotin was selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 1990. In 2000, Zalyotin was a member of the final resident crew aboard the Mir space station. He briefly visited the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-1 in 2002. Frank De Winne Flight EngineerStatus: Retired 4/25/1961 - Nationality: Belgian Type: Government First Flight: 10/30/2002 Last Flight: 5/27/2009Frank, Viscount De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout). He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21. ESA astronaut de Winne serves currently as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency in Cologne/Germany (Köln). Yury Lonchakov Flight EngineerStatus: Retired 3/4/1965 - Nationality: Russian Type: Government First Flight: 4/19/2001 Last Flight: 10/12/2008Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Лончаков; born 4 March 1965) is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions. He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two career spacewalks. MissionSoyuz TMA-1Type: Human ExplorationSoyuz TMA-1 covers Expedition 5 and 6 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Zalyotin alongside Flight Engineers, Frank De Winne (ESA) & Yury Lonchakov (RSA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. The landing crew on TMA-1 are Commander Nikolai Budarin (RSA) and Flight Engineers Kenneth Bowersox (ESA), Donald Pettit (NASA). It landed on May 4, 2003, 02:04:25 UTC Location1/5Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan469 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan. RocketSoyuzLength: 49.5 meters Diameter: 3 meters First Launch: May 20, 2001The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.The Soyuz rocket has been launched a total of 60 times with 59 successful and 1 failed launches. AgencyRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Type: Government Abbreviation: RFSA Administration: Administrator: Dmitry Rogozin Founded: 1992 Launchers: Soyuz Spacecraft: Soyuz Country: RUSThe Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana. View Rocket Launch Schedule