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Soyuz TM 28

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COSPAR ID
  
1998-047A

Spacecraft type
  
Soyuz-TM

Crew size
  
3 up 2 down

Dates
  
13 Aug 1998 – 28 Feb 1999

Member
  
Gennady Padalka

Rocket
  
Soyuz-U

Orbits completed
  
3,144

Manufacturer
  
RKK Energia

Period
  
1.5 hours

Launch date
  
13 August 1998

Landing date
  
28 February 1999

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Mission duration
  
198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds

Operator
  
Roscosmos State Corporation

TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.

Mission Accomplishments

  • Docked with Mir.
  • Baturin became the first Russian politician in space.
  • Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cables connected for solar structures).

    • References

    Soyuz TM-28 Wikipedia
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