Soyuz TM-25
Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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COSPAR ID | 1997-003A | ||||
Mission duration | 184 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes, 40 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | ~2,950 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | ||||
Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size |
3 up 2 down | ||||
Members |
Vasili Tsibliyev Aleksandr Lazutkin | ||||
Launching | Reinhold Ewald | ||||
Callsign | Си́риус (Sirius) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | February 10, 1997, 14:09:30 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | August 14, 1997, 12:17:10 UTC | ||||
Landing site | 170 kilometres (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 378 kilometres (235 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 394 kilometres (245 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.56 degrees | ||||
Docking with Mir | |||||
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Soyuz TM-25 was the 30th manned spacecraft mission to visit the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Vasili Tsibliyev Second and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Lazutkin Only spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight |
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Mission highlights
This was the 30th expedition to Mir. An ESA astronaut from Germany was included on the mission.
Soyuz TM-25 is a Russian spacecraft that was launched to carry astronauts and supplies to Mir station. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baykonur cosmodrome at 14:09 UT to ferry three cosmonauts for a 162-day stay at the station; it docked with the station at 15:51 UT on 12 February 97. Within meters of automatic approach to the station, a slight misalignment was noted, and the commander of the module had to dock it by manual steering.
References
- ↑ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-25.htm
Coordinates: 47°36′N 69°42′E / 47.600°N 69.700°E
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