The Soyuz TM23 spacecraft landed safely in Kazakhstan on 2 September, ending the French-funded Casseiopea science mission performed on the Russian Mir 1 space station by spacionaute Claudie Andre-Deshays, who was launched aboard the Soyuz TM24 on 17 August. Deshays landed with cosmonauts Yuri Onufrienko and Yuri Usachev, who had been replaced by the TM24's Valeri Korzun and Alexander Kaleri.

Source: Flight International