Soyuz TM-31 launched the Expedition 1 crew — Commander William Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev — beginning the International Space Station's continuous human presence, which has lasted ever since.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 646th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 31 October 2000, 07:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 2000-070
- Launches in 2000
- 72nd of 85
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