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Soyuz TM 27

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COSPAR ID
  
1998-004A

Spacecraft type
  
Soyuz-TM

Apogee
  
390,000 m

Launch date
  
29 January 1998

Rocket
  
Soyuz-U

Orbits completed
  
3,284

Manufacturer
  
RKK Energia

Dates
  
29 Jan 1998 – 25 Aug 1998

Landing date
  
25 August 1998

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Mission duration
  
207 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes, 2 seconds

Launch mass
  
7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)

Operator
  
Roscosmos State Corporation

Members
  
Talgat Musabayev, Nikolai Budarin

Soyuz TM-27 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station. It was the 33rd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on January 29, 1998. The main mission was to exchange one crew member, carry out French mission PEGASE, and conduct routine science experiments.

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TM-27 docked with Mir. The crew repaired the Spektr solar panel and installed a new VDU station orientation system.

Mission accomplishments

  • Docked with Mir
  • Exchange part of crew
  • Carried out French mission PEGASE
  • Conducted routine science experiments
  • EVA schedule

  • 03.03.1998 aborted due to faulty hatch
  • 01.04.1998 (6h 40m)
  • 06.04.1998 (4h 23m)
  • 11.04.1998 (6h 25m)
  • 17.04.1998 (6h 32m)
  • 22.04.1998 (6h 21m)
  • Over the course of these 5 walks, the cosmonauts repaired the Spektr solar panel and installed a new VDU station orientation system.
  • References

    Soyuz TM-27 Wikipedia