Soyuz TM-10
COSPAR ID | 1990-067A | ||||
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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 |
Gennadi Manakov Gennady Strekalov | ||||
Landing | Toyohiro Akiyama | ||||
Callsign | Вулка́н (Vulkan - Volcano) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | August 1, 1990, 09:32:21 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | December 10, 1990, 06:08:12 UTC | ||||
Landing site | 69 kilometres (43 mi) NW of Arkalyk | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 198 kilometres (123 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 219 kilometres (136 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
Period | 88.7 minutes | ||||
Docking with Mir | |||||
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The Soyuz-TM crew transports (T - транспортный - Transportnyi - meaning transport, M - модифицированный - Modifitsirovannyi - meaning modified) were fourth generation (1986–2002) Soyuz spacecraft used for ferry flights to the Mir and ISS space stations. It added to the Soyuz-T new docking and rendezvous, radio communications, emergency and integrated parachute/landing engine systems. The new Kurs rendezvous and docking system permitted the Soyuz-TM to maneuver independently of the station, without the station making "mirror image" maneuvers to match unwanted translations introduced by earlier models' aft-mounted attitude control.
Soyuz TM-10 was the tenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Gennadi Manakov First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Gennady Strekalov Fourth spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | None | Toyohiro Akiyama (Reporter) First spaceflight |
Mission highlights
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
- ↑ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm10.htm