Soyuz TM-31 transported the first residential crew, Expedition 1, to the International Space Station. The ISS crew returned on Space Shuttle mission STS-102 and Soyuz TM-31 brought back the crew launched on Soyuz TM-32.
Crafts
Soyuz
Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.
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