Soyuz TM-10
COSPAR ID | 1990-067A |
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SATCAT no. | 20722![]() |
Mission duration | 130 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 51 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,125 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 up 3 down |
Members | Gennady Manakov Gennady Strekalov |
Landing | Toyohiro Akiyama |
Callsign | Вулка́н (Vulkan – Volcano) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 1 August 1990, 09:32:21 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 10 December 1990, 06:08:12 | UTC
Landing site | 69 kilometres (43 mi) NW of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 198 kilometres (123 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 219 kilometres (136 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 3 August 1990, 11:45:44 UTC |
Undocking date | 10 December 1990, 02:48:11 UTC |
![]() Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]
Crew
[edit]Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Fourth spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | None | ![]() First spaceflight |
Mission highlights
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Side_of_Soyuz_TM-10.jpg/250px-Side_of_Soyuz_TM-10.jpg)
TM-10 marked the return to Earth of Japanese reporter Toyohiro Akiyama.
The Soyuz arrived at Mir's aft port with four passengers: quail for cages in Kvant-2. A quail had laid an egg en route to the station. It was returned to Earth, along with 130 kg of experiment results and industrial products, in Soyuz TM-9. The spacecraft landed without incident.
It spent 131 days attached to Mir. A camera was installed in the descent module as part of the agreement with Akiyama's network to film the reactions of the returning cosmonauts.
References
[edit]- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm10.htm