COSPAR ID 1999-007A Spacecraft type Soyuz-TM Period 1.5 hours Launch date 20 February 1999 Rocket Soyuz-U | Orbits completed ~3,070 Manufacturer RKK Energia Dates 20 Feb 1999 – 28 Aug 1999 Landing date 28 August 1999 | |
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Mission duration 188 days, 20 hours, 16 minutes, 19 seconds Launch mass 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) Operator Roscosmos State Corporation Members Viktor Afanasyev, Jean-Pierre Haigneré | ||
Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian manned spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22 at 05:36 GMT with Cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev of Russia, Jean-Pierre Haigneré of France, and Ivan Bella of Slovakia aboard. Since two crew seats had been sold (to Slovakia and France), Afanasyev was the only Russian cosmonaut aboard. This meant that Russian engineer Avdeyev already aboard Mir would have to accept a double-length assignment. After the February 27 departure of EO-26 crew commander Padalka and cosmonaut Bella aboard Soyuz TM-28, the new EO-27 Mir crew consisted of Afanasyev as Commander, Avdeyev as Engineer and French cosmonaut Haigneré.
Mission highlights
38th expedition to Mir.
References
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