Soyuz TM-33 was a crewed Russian spaceflight which launched on October 21, 2001, on the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. It carried Russian cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev, Konstantin Kozeyev, and French cosmonaut Claudie Haigneré to the International Space Station. Crew Docking with ISS Docked to ISS: October 23, 2001, 10:44 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya) Undocked from ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:16 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya) Docked to ISS: April 20, 2002, 09:37 UTC (to Pirs module) Undocked from ISS: May 5, 2002, 00:31 UTC (from Pirs module) Mission highlights 14th crewed mission to ISS. Soyuz TM-33 is a Russian astronaut-transporting spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:59 UT on 21 October 2001. It carried two Russian and one French astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked with the ISS at 10:44 UT on 23 October. This new crew spent eight days on the ISS, and returned on the older Soyuz TM-32 at 04:59 UT on 31 October. The new Soyuz remained docked as a lifeboat craft for the then current crew of three (two Russian and one American) astronauts. External links NASA Soyuz-33 (launch)/Soyuz-32 (return) Taxi Crew Crewed Soyuz missions Spacecraft launched in 2001 Orbital space tourism missions Spacecraft which reentered in 2002 Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets