-2000 First Soyuz spacecraft docking at the Space Station (2/15)

Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).This Soyuz-TM spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1, the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Russia at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000 by a Soyuz-U rocket.