Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Soyuz TM-32 was a manned Russian spacecraft which was launched on April 28 2001 and docked with the International Space Station two days later. It launched the crew of the visiting mission ISS EP-1 which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito as well as two Russian cosmonauts. The Soyuz TM-32 remained docked to the station until October; during this time it served as the lifeboat for the crew of Expedition 2 and later for the crew of Expedition 3.